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How exposed to AI is a Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic?

Of the 16 tasks O*NET lists for extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic, 1 could be done in half the time with a chat window today. 14 cannot be sped up at all. Here is which.

Exposure means published research judged an AI could halve the time a task takes, at the same quality. It does not mean the task stops needing a person. How to read this

Also called
Equipment TechnicianExtruder OperatorExtrusion OperatorExtrusion Press OperatorMachine OperatorMetal InspectorSetup OperatorWire Mill OperatorWire Mill Rover
Reachable today Needs software built first Cannot be sped up
16
tasks rated for this occupation
0%
hold a degree, from a survey of 23
59k
people do this job in the US
55 of 107
least protected in production

Every task, and what AI can do with it

These are O*NET's task statements for this occupation, exactly as written, sorted into the three bands by the ratings behind this report. Nothing has been reworded.

Reachable with a chat window today

1
  • Select nozzles, spacers, and wire guides, according to diameters and lengths of rods

Only with software built on top

1
  • Determine setup procedures and select machine dies and parts, according to specifications

Cannot be sped up

14
  • Measure and examine extruded products to locate defects and to check for conformance to specifications, adjusting controls as necessary to alter products
  • Start machines and set controls to regulate vacuum, air pressure, sizing rings, and temperature, and to synchronize speed of extrusion
  • Reel extruded products into rolls of specified lengths and weights
  • Install dies, machine screws, and sizing rings on machines that extrude thermoplastic or metal materials
  • Change dies on extruding machines, according to production line changes
  • Clean work areas
  • Troubleshoot, maintain, and make minor repairs to equipment
  • Weigh and mix pelletized, granular, or powdered thermoplastic materials and coloring pigments
  • Test physical properties of products with testing devices such as acid-bath testers, burst testers, and impact testers
  • Load machine hoppers with mixed materials, using augers, or stuff rolls of plastic dough into machine cylinders
  • Maintain an inventory of materials
  • Adjust controls to draw or press metal into specified shapes and diameters
  • Replace worn dies when products vary from specifications
  • Operate shearing mechanisms to cut rods to specified lengths
What this does not say

This is not a prediction about your job

Nobody surveyed an employer. Tasks are counted equally, so a percentage here is a share of the list rather than a share of your week. And the ratings were made in 2023, which makes every figure a floor rather than a ceiling.

It must never be used to select anyone for redundancy. The full limits are here.

Where to go next

This is the standard task list for the title. The useful next question is which of the tasks you actually do should go near AI, and which should not.

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Exposure ratings from Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs, Science 384, 1306–1308, 2024, used under the MIT licence. This page includes information from the O*NET Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. People Team AI has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Employment figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.