Paper Goods 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 195 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.
Almost none of this job's tasks are the kind AI can help with or automate.
Tasks AI can't do much of
Examine completed work to detect defects and verify conformance to work orders, and adjust machinery as necessary to correct production problems.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Observe operation of various machines to detect and correct machine malfunctions such as improper forming, glue flow, or pasteboard tension.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Install attachments to machines for gluing, folding, printing, or cutting.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Cut products to specified dimensions, using hand or power cutters.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Place rolls of paper or cardboard on machine feed tracks, and thread paper through gluing, coating, and slitting rollers.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Jobs you could switch to
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Skills you already have
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What the move takes
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Your current skills largely cover this move.