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Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Set up, operate, or tend machines to crush, grind, or polish materials, such as coal, glass, grain, stone, food, or rubber.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Observe operation of equipment to ensure continuity of flow, safety, and efficient operation, and to detect malfunctions.Mostly human for now
- 02Clean, adjust, and maintain equipment, using hand tools.Mostly human for now
- 03Tend accessory equipment, such as pumps and conveyors, to move materials or ingredients through production processes.Mostly human for now
- 04Move controls to start, stop, or adjust machinery and equipment that crushes, grinds, polishes, or blends materials.Mostly human for now
- 05Notify supervisors of needed repairs.Mostly human for now
- 06Weigh or measure materials, ingredients, or products at specified intervals to ensure conformance to requirements.Mostly human for now
- 07Record data from operations, testing, and production on specified forms.People already use AI for this at work
- 08Reject defective products and readjust equipment to eliminate problems.Mostly human for now
- 09Inspect chains, belts, or scrolls for signs of wear.Mostly human for now
- 10Clean work areas.Mostly human for now
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss4%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
11%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 10% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Above 96% of jobsin how much of this job’s physical work robots have been shown to do, from factories to homes (2026).Anthropic, 2026
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Observe operation of equipment to ensure continuity of flow, safety, and efficient operation, and to detect malfunctions.
- Clean, adjust, and maintain equipment, using hand tools.
- Tend accessory equipment, such as pumps and conveyors, to move materials or ingredients through production processes.