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Machine Feeders and Offbearers
Feed materials into or remove materials from machines or equipment that is automatic or tended by other workers.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Inspect materials and products for defects, and to ensure conformance to specifications.Mostly human for now
- 02Record production and operational data, such as amount of materials processed.AI could speed this up a lot
- 03Push dual control buttons and move controls to start, stop, or adjust machinery and equipment.Mostly human for now
- 04Weigh or measure materials or products to ensure conformance to specifications.Mostly human for now
- 05Identify and mark materials, products, and samples, following instructions.Mostly human for now
- 06Clean and maintain machinery, equipment, and work areas to ensure proper functioning and safe working conditions.Mostly human for now
- 07Load materials and products into machines and equipment, or onto conveyors, using hand tools and moving devices.Mostly human for now
- 08Transfer materials and products to and from machinery and equipment, using industrial trucks or hand trucks.Mostly human for now
- 09Fasten, package, or stack materials and products, using hand tools and fastening equipment.Mostly human for now
- 10Remove materials and products from machines and equipment, and place them in boxes, trucks or conveyors, using hand tools and moving devices.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
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 97% 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.
- Inspect materials and products for defects, and to ensure conformance to specifications.
- Push dual control buttons and move controls to start, stop, or adjust machinery and equipment.
- Weigh or measure materials or products to ensure conformance to specifications.