Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
The short answer
This job is less likely to change much. Most of the work is the kind AI can't help with. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to shrink over the next decade, with about 108 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the least exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. Most of what it involves isn't the kind of work AI can take over.
How much AI could touch this job
Looking at the job itself, AI could help with a small part of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the least exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.
What AI can and can’t help with in this job
This job is in the least exposed fifth of New York jobs for AI exposure. The tasks below show why: most of what it involves is work AI can't simply take over.
AI can help with or automate about 14% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Examine logs or lumber to plan the best cuts.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Inspect stock for imperfections or to estimate grades or qualities of stock or workpieces.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Examine blueprints, drawings, work orders, or patterns to determine equipment set-up or selection details, procedures to be used, or dimensions of final products.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Inspect and measure workpieces to mark for cuts and to verify the accuracy of cuts, using rulers, squares, or caliper rules.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Adjust saw blades, using wrenches and rulers, or by turning handwheels or pressing pedals, levers, or panel buttons.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Mount and bolt sawing blades or attachments to machine shafts.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Adjust bolts, clamps, stops, guides, or table angles or heights, using hand tools.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Set up, operate, or tend saws or machines that cut or trim wood to specified dimensions, such as circular saws, band saws, multiple-blade sawing machines, scroll saws, ripsaws, or crozer machines.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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