Helpers--Production Workers
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 580 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 17% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Count finished products to determine if product orders are complete.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Examine products to verify conformance to quality standards.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Measure amounts of products, lengths of extruded articles, or weights of filled containers to ensure conformance to specifications.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Record information, such as the number of products tested, meter readings, or dates and times of product production.
AI could do much of this on its own
Read gauges or charts, and record data obtained.
AI could do much of this on its own
Tasks AI can't do much of
Load and unload items from machines, conveyors, and conveyances.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Operate machinery used in the production process, or assist machine operators.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Place products in equipment or on work surfaces for further processing, inspecting, or wrapping.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Separate products according to weight, grade, size, or composition of materials used to produce them.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Turn valves to regulate flow of liquids or air, to reverse machines, to start pumps, or to regulate equipment.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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