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Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping
Weigh, measure, and check materials, supplies, and equipment for the purpose of keeping relevant records. Duties are primarily clerical by nature. Includes workers who collect and keep record of samples of products or materials.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Document quantity, quality, type, weight, test result data, and value of materials or products to maintain shipping, receiving, and production records and files.AI could speed this up a lot
- 02Weigh or measure materials, equipment, or products to maintain relevant records, using volume meters, scales, rules, or calipers.Mostly human for now
- 03Collect or prepare measurement, weight, or identification labels and attach them to products.Mostly human for now
- 04Examine products or materials, parts, subassemblies, and packaging for damage, defects, or shortages, using specification sheets, gauges, and standards charts.Mostly human for now
- 05Signal or instruct other workers to weigh, move, or check products.Mostly human for now
- 06Collect product samples and prepare them for laboratory analysis or testing.Mostly human for now
- 07Maintain, monitor, and clean work areas, such as recycling collection sites, drop boxes, counters and windows, and areas around scale houses.Mostly human for now
- 08Compare product labels, tags, or tickets, shipping manifests, purchase orders, and bills of lading to verify accuracy of shipment contents, quality specifications, or weights.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 09Remove from stock products or loads not meeting quality standards, and notify supervisors or appropriate departments of discrepancies or shortages.Mostly human for now
- 10Inspect products and examination records to determine the number of defects per worker and the reasons for examiners' rejections.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 lossToo little dataNot enough work use was seen to measure. This does not mean the job is safe from AI.Anthropic, 2026
29%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 26% 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 80% 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.
- Weigh or measure materials, equipment, or products to maintain relevant records, using volume meters, scales, rules, or calipers.
- Collect or prepare measurement, weight, or identification labels and attach them to products.
- Remove from stock products or loads not meeting quality standards, and notify supervisors or appropriate departments of discrepancies or shortages.