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Helpers--Production Workers
Help production workers by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include supplying or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Lift raw materials, finished products, and packed items, manually or using hoists.Mostly human for now
- 02Mark or tag identification on parts.Mostly human for now
- 03Observe equipment operations so that malfunctions can be detected, and notify operators of any malfunctions.Mostly human for now
- 04Count finished products to determine if product orders are complete.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 05Examine products to verify conformance to quality standards.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Operate machinery used in the production process, or assist machine operators.Mostly human for now
- 07Load and unload items from machines, conveyors, and conveyances.Mostly human for now
- 08Remove products, machine attachments, or waste material from machines.Mostly human for now
- 09Separate products according to weight, grade, size, or composition of materials used to produce them.Mostly human for now
- 10Pack and store materials and products.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
9%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 3% 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 94% 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.
- Lift raw materials, finished products, and packed items, manually or using hoists.
- Mark or tag identification on parts.
- Observe equipment operations so that malfunctions can be detected, and notify operators of any malfunctions.