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Helpers--Carpenters
Help carpenters by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Erect scaffolding, shoring, or braces.Mostly human for now
- 02Clean work areas, machines, or equipment, to maintain a clean and safe job site.Mostly human for now
- 03Align, straighten, plumb, or square forms for installation.Mostly human for now
- 04Select tools, equipment, or materials from storage and transport items to work site.Mostly human for now
- 05Fasten timbers or lumber with glue, screws, pegs, or nails and install hardware.Mostly human for now
- 06Position and hold timbers, lumber, or paneling in place for fastening or cutting.Mostly human for now
- 07Cut timbers, lumber, or paneling to specified dimensions.Mostly human for now
- 08Hold plumb bobs, sighting rods, or other equipment to aid in establishing reference points and lines.Mostly human for now
- 09Cut or weld metal.No rating yet
- 10Drill holes in timbers or lumber.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 lossToo little dataNot enough work use was seen to measure. This does not mean the job is safe from AI.Anthropic, 2026
0%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 5% 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 95% 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.
- Erect scaffolding, shoring, or braces.
- Clean work areas, machines, or equipment, to maintain a clean and safe job site.
- Align, straighten, plumb, or square forms for installation.