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What can extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders switch to?

The closest match is milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic, paying about 15% more at the median. 10 jobs in all use similar skills with less of the shift touched by AI or robots.

Time card for milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic: 2h 36m of an 8-hour shift touched by AI or robotsTime card: Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic →

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What can extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders switch to? AI or robots touch about 3h 43m of a typical 8-hour shift for extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders, nearly all of it on tasks AI or robots have done on their own somewhere. The jobs below use many of the same skills, and less of their day is touched today. The closest fit is milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic: 2h 36m touched, with median pay 15% higher.

Matches come from O*NET's ratings of the skills, knowledge and work activities each job uses. "To build up" lists the skills each option rates as clearly more important than extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders do today. "Touched" is time on tasks with documented AI use or robots working in real workplaces. Treat these as starting points: pay, openings and requirements differ by state.

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  1. Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticClose skills · 2h 36m touched (vs 3h 43m) · $53k · -13.2% by 2035 · high school diploma, some trainingShared skills: Operations Monitoring, Operation and Control, TroubleshootingNo big skill gaps
  2. Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticClose skills · 17m touched (vs 3h 43m) · $49k · -17.2% by 2035 · high school diploma, some trainingShared skills: Troubleshooting, Equipment Maintenance, Operation and ControlNo big skill gaps
  3. Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass FibersClose skills · 2h 36m touched (vs 3h 43m) · $46k · -3.3% by 2035 · high school diploma, some trainingShared skills: Operation and Control, Operations Monitoring, RepairingNo big skill gaps
  4. Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersClose skills · 1h 42m touched (vs 3h 43m) · $52k · -5.7% by 2035 · high school diploma, some trainingShared skills: Operations Monitoring, Repairing, InstallationNo big skill gaps
  5. Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and TendersClose skills · 1h 31m touched (vs 3h 43m) · $48k · +2.6% by 2035 · high school diploma, some trainingShared skills: Operations Monitoring, Operation and Control, Quality Control AnalysisNo big skill gaps
  6. Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and TendersClose skills · 2h 58m touched (vs 3h 43m) · $41k · +5.9% by 2035 · high school diploma, some trainingShared skills: Operation and Control, Operations Monitoring, RepairingTo build up: Critical Thinking, Complex Problem Solving, Equipment Maintenance
  7. Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersClose skills · 37m touched (vs 3h 43m) · $43k · +4.1% by 2035 · high school diploma, some trainingShared skills: Equipment Maintenance, Operations Monitoring, Operation and ControlNo big skill gaps
  8. Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersClose skills · 2h 11m touched (vs 3h 43m) · $39k · -13.6% by 2035 · high school diploma, some trainingShared skills: Operations Monitoring, Operation and Control, RepairingNo big skill gaps

With more training

  1. Industrial Machinery MechanicsClose skills · 6m touched (vs 3h 43m) · $65k · +17.8% by 2035 · vocational school or associate's degreeShared skills: Operation and Control, Operations Monitoring, RepairingTo build up: Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, Troubleshooting
  2. Machinery Maintenance WorkersClose skills · 49m touched (vs 3h 43m) · $61k · -1.9% by 2035 · vocational school or associate's degreeShared skills: Operation and Control, Operations Monitoring, RepairingTo build up: Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, Troubleshooting

Before you switch

See the full time card for extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders first: many tasks there still need a person, and learning AI tools for the rest can be its own way forward. For pay where you live, open any job above and pick your state.