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Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials
Press or shape articles by hand or machine.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Hang, fold, package, and tag finished articles for delivery to customers.Mostly human for now
- 02Operate steam, hydraulic, or other pressing machines to remove wrinkles from garments and flatwork items, or to shape, form, or patch articles.Mostly human for now
- 03Straighten, smooth, or shape materials to prepare them for pressing.Mostly human for now
- 04Remove finished pieces from pressing machines and hang or stack them for cooling, or forward them for additional processing.Mostly human for now
- 05Finish pleated garments, determining sizes of pleats from evidence of old pleats or from work orders, using machine presses or hand irons.Mostly human for now
- 06Lower irons, rams, or pressing heads of machines into position over material to be pressed.Mostly human for now
- 07Identify and treat spots on garments.Mostly human for now
- 08Shrink, stretch, or block articles by hand to conform to original measurements, using forms, blocks, and steam.Mostly human for now
- 09Finish fancy garments such as evening gowns and costumes, using hand irons to produce high quality finishes.Mostly human for now
- 10Push and pull irons over surfaces of articles to smooth or shape them.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
1%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 81% 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.
- Hang, fold, package, and tag finished articles for delivery to customers.
- Operate steam, hydraulic, or other pressing machines to remove wrinkles from garments and flatwork items, or to shape, form, or patch articles.
- Straighten, smooth, or shape materials to prepare them for pressing.