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Office Machine Operators, Except Computer
Operate one or more of a variety of office machines, such as photocopying, photographic, and duplicating machines, or other office machines.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Read job orders to determine the type of work to be done, the quantities to be produced, and the materials needed.AI could speed this up a lot
- 02Deliver completed work.Mostly human for now
- 03Place original copies in feed trays, feed originals into feed rolls, or position originals on tables beneath camera lenses.Mostly human for now
- 04Sort, assemble, and proof completed work.AI could speed this up a lot
- 05Operate office machines such as high speed business photocopiers, readers, scanners, addressing machines, stencil-cutting machines, microfilm readers or printers, folding and inserting machines, bursters, and binder machines.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Complete records of production, including work volumes and outputs, materials used, and any backlogs.AI could speed this up a lot
- 07Compute prices for services and receive payment, or provide supervisors with billing information.People already use AI for this at work
- 08Set up and adjust machines, regulating factors such as speed, ink flow, focus, and number of copies.Mostly human for now
- 09Load machines with materials such as blank paper or film.Mostly human for now
- 10Monitor machine operation, and make adjustments as necessary to ensure proper operation.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 loss2%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
40%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 55% 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 89% 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.
- Deliver completed work.
- Place original copies in feed trays, feed originals into feed rolls, or position originals on tables beneath camera lenses.
- Set up and adjust machines, regulating factors such as speed, ink flow, focus, and number of copies.