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Retail Loss Prevention Specialists
Implement procedures and systems to prevent merchandise loss. Conduct audits and investigations of employee activity. May assist in developing policies, procedures, and systems for safeguarding assets.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Investigate known or suspected internal theft, external theft, or vendor fraud.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 02Implement or monitor processes to reduce property or financial losses.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 03Identify and report merchandise or stock shortages.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 04Maintain documentation or reports on security-related incidents or investigations.AI could speed this up a lot
- 05Apprehend shoplifters in accordance with guidelines.Mostly human for now
- 06Verify proper functioning of physical security systems, such as closed-circuit televisions, alarms, sensor tag systems, or locks.Mostly human for now
- 07Identify and report safety concerns to maintain a safe shopping and working environment.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 08Conduct store audits to identify problem areas or procedural deficiencies.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 09Monitor compliance with standard operating procedures for loss prevention, physical security, or risk management.People already use AI for this at work
- 10Inspect buildings, equipment, or access points to determine security risks.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
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 loss6%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
38%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 10% 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 52% 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.
- Apprehend shoplifters in accordance with guidelines.
- Verify proper functioning of physical security systems, such as closed-circuit televisions, alarms, sensor tag systems, or locks.