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Conveyor 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 66 openings expected each year.

Step 1

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

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Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about a quarter 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.

Step 2

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 15% of the tasks in this job.

Tasks AI can help with or automate

  1. Observe packages moving along conveyors to identify packages, detect defective packaging, and perform quality control.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  2. Record production data such as weights, types, quantities, and storage locations of materials, as well as equipment performance problems and downtime.

    AI could do much of this on its own

  3. Contact workers in work stations or other departments to request movement of materials, products, or machinery, or to notify them of incoming shipments and their estimated delivery times.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

Tasks AI can't do much of

  1. Collect samples of materials or products, checking them to ensure conformance to specifications or sending them to laboratories for analysis.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  2. Inform supervisors of equipment malfunctions that need to be addressed.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  3. Position deflector bars, gates, chutes, or spouts to divert flow of materials from one conveyor onto another conveyor.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  4. Observe conveyor operations and monitor lights, dials, and gauges to maintain specified operating levels and to detect equipment malfunctions.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  5. Repair or replace equipment components or parts such as blades, rolls, and pumps.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

Step 3

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