Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
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 191 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 8% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Review work orders, blueprints, specifications, or job samples to determine components, settings, and adjustments for cutting and slicing machines.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Maintain production records, such as quantities, types, and dimensions of materials produced.
AI could do much of this on its own
Tasks AI can't do much of
Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut or slice materials, such as glass, stone, cork, rubber, tobacco, food, paper, or insulating material.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Examine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring devices, such as rulers, micrometers, or scales.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Press buttons, pull levers, or depress pedals to start and operate cutting and slicing machines.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Start machines to verify setups, and make any necessary adjustments.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Feed stock into cutting machines, onto conveyors, or under cutting blades, by threading, guiding, pushing, or turning handwheels.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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