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Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
Manually move freight, stock, luggage, or other materials, or perform other general labor. Includes all manual laborers not elsewhere classified.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Maintain equipment storage areas to ensure that inventory is protected.Mostly human for now
- 02Read work orders or receive oral instructions to determine work assignments or material or equipment needs.Mostly human for now
- 03Move freight, stock, or other materials to and from storage or production areas, loading docks, delivery vehicles, ships, or containers, by hand or using trucks, tractors, or other equipment.Mostly human for now
- 04Install protective devices, such as bracing, padding, or strapping, to prevent shifting or damage to items being transported.Mostly human for now
- 05Sort cargo before loading and unloading.Mostly human for now
- 06Attach identifying tags to containers or mark them with identifying information.Mostly human for now
- 07Record numbers of units handled or moved, using daily production sheets or work tickets.AI could speed this up a lot
- 08Attach slings, hooks, or other devices to lift cargo and guide loads.Mostly human for now
- 09Carry needed tools or supplies from storage or trucks and return them after use.Mostly human for now
- 10Pack containers and re-pack damaged containers.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
4%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 12% 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 98% 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.
- Install protective devices, such as bracing, padding, or strapping, to prevent shifting or damage to items being transported.
- Maintain equipment storage areas to ensure that inventory is protected.
- Sort cargo before loading and unloading.