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How exposed to AI is a Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and Tender?

Of the 20 tasks O*NET lists for food and tobacco roasting, baking, and drying machine operators and tenders, 0 could be done in half the time with a chat window today. 18 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
Bean RoasterCoffee RoasterLine OperatorMachine OperatorOven OperatorOven TechnicianRoast MasterRoasterRoaster OperatorRoasterman
Reachable today Needs software built first Cannot be sped up
20
tasks rated for this occupation
0%
hold a degree, from a survey of 22
21k
people do this job in the US
61 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.

Only with software built on top

2
  • Record production data, such as weight and amount of product processed, type of product, and time and temperature of processing
  • Signal coworkers to synchronize flow of materials

Cannot be sped up

18
  • Observe, feel, taste, or otherwise examine products during and after processing to ensure conformance to standards
  • Set temperature and time controls, light ovens, burners, driers, or roasters, and start equipment, such as conveyors, cylinders, blowers, driers, or pumps
  • Observe temperature, humidity, pressure gauges, and product samples and adjust controls, such as thermostats and valves, to maintain prescribed operating conditions for specific stages
  • Observe flow of materials and listen for machine malfunctions, such as jamming or spillage, and notify supervisors if corrective actions fail
  • Weigh or measure products, using scale hoppers or scale conveyors
  • Operate or tend equipment that roasts, bakes, dries, or cures food items such as cocoa and coffee beans, grains, nuts, and bakery products
  • Read work orders to determine quantities and types of products to be baked, dried, or roasted
  • Fill or remove product from trays, carts, hoppers, or equipment, using scoops, peels, or shovels, or by hand
  • Take product samples during or after processing for laboratory analyses
  • Test products for moisture content, using moisture meters
  • Clear or dislodge blockages in bins, screens, or other equipment, using poles, brushes, or mallets
  • Start conveyors to move roasted grain to cooling pans and agitate grain with rakes as blowers force air through perforated bottoms of pans
  • Open valves, gates, or chutes or use shovels to load or remove products from ovens or other equipment
  • Clean equipment with steam, hot water, and hoses
  • Smooth out products in bins, pans, trays, or conveyors, using rakes or shovels
  • Install equipment, such as spray units, cutting blades, or screens, using hand tools
  • Push racks or carts to transfer products to storage, cooling stations, or the next stage of processing
  • Dump sugar dust from collectors into melting tanks and add water to reclaim sugar lost during processing
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.