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How exposed to AI is a Pourers and Casters, Metal?

Of the 16 tasks O*NET lists for pourers and casters, metal, 0 could be done in half the time with a chat window today. 16 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
CasterCasting Machine OperatorCasting OperatorDC Caster (Direct Chill Caster)Die Cast Machine OperatorDie Casting Machine OperatorIron PourerMelterMetal HandlerPourer
Reachable today Needs software built first Cannot be sped up
16
tasks rated for this occupation
0%
hold a degree, from a survey of 20
7k
people do this job in the US
103 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.

Cannot be sped up

16
  • Examine molds to ensure they are clean, smooth, and properly coated
  • Pour and regulate the flow of molten metal into molds and forms to produce ingots or other castings, using ladles or hand-controlled mechanisms
  • Pull levers to lift ladle stoppers and to allow molten steel to flow into ingot molds to specified heights
  • Read temperature gauges and observe color changes, adjusting furnace flames, torches, or electrical heating units as necessary to melt metal to specifications
  • Collect samples, or signal workers to sample metal for analysis
  • Load specified amounts of metal and flux into furnaces or clay crucibles
  • Add metal to molds to compensate for shrinkage
  • Skim slag or remove excess metal from ingots or equipment, using hand tools, strainers, rakes, or burners, collecting scrap for recycling
  • Remove metal ingots or cores from molds, using hand tools, cranes, and chain hoists
  • Position equipment such as ladles, grinding wheels, pouring nozzles, or crucibles, or signal other workers to position equipment
  • Transport metal ingots to storage areas, using forklifts
  • Repair and maintain metal forms and equipment, using hand tools, sledges, and bars
  • Turn valves to circulate water through cores, or spray water on filled molds to cool and solidify metal
  • Stencil identifying information on ingots and pigs, using special hand tools
  • Assemble and embed cores in casting frames, using hand tools and equipment
  • Remove solidified steel or slag from pouring nozzles, using long bars or oxygen burners
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.