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In 3 of the 26 jobs that do this, AI or robots already show up on it, most often as robots doing it. In the other 23, there's no evidence yet. Jobs spend a median of 18m of an 8-hour shift on it, and about 2.0 million U.S. workers hold these jobs.
23No evidence yet
3Robots
Every job that does this
Each job words the task its own way. Minutes are that job's estimate for a typical shift; the label is the evidence for that job's version.
| Job and its version of the task | Per shift | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersWeigh or measure materials, ingredients, or products to ensure conformance to requirements. | 53m | No evidence yet |
| BakersMeasure or weigh flour or other ingredients to prepare batters, doughs, fillings, or icings, using scales or graduated containers. | 45m | No evidence yet |
| Food BatchmakersSelect and measure or weigh ingredients, using English or metric measures and balance scales. | 43m | No evidence yet |
| Molders, Shapers, and CastersMeasure ingredients and mix molding, casting material, or sealing compounds to prescribed consistencies, according to formulas. | 36m | No evidence yet |
| Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and TendersMeasure or weigh specified amounts of ingredients or materials, and load them into tanks, vats, hoppers, or other equipment. | 36m | No evidence yet |
| Food Cooking Machine Operators and TendersMeasure or weigh ingredients, using scales or measuring containers. | 33m | No evidence yet |
| Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and TendersWeigh materials to be charged into furnaces, using scales. | 29m | No evidence yet |
| Biomass Plant TechniciansCalculate, measure, load, or mix biomass feedstock for power generation. | 24m | Robots |
| Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticWeigh and mix pelletized, granular, or powdered thermoplastic materials and coloring pigments. | 24m | No evidence yet |
| Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersWeigh or measure materials, ingredients, or products at specified intervals to ensure conformance to requirements. | 23m | No evidence yet |
| Chemical Equipment Operators and TendersMeasure, weigh, and mix chemical ingredients, according to specifications. | 22m | No evidence yet |
| Biological TechniciansMeasure or weigh compounds and solutions for use in testing or animal feed. | 18m | Robots |
| Biofuels Processing TechniciansCalculate, measure, load, or mix refined feedstock used in biofuels production. | 18m | No evidence yet |
| Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersMeasure or weigh materials to be refined, mixed, transferred, stored, or otherwise processed. | 18m | No evidence yet |
| Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and TendersWeigh ingredients, such as dye, to be mixed together for use in textile processing. | 18m | No evidence yet |
| Cleaning, Washing, and Metal Pickling Equipment Operators and TendersMeasure, weigh, or mix cleaning solutions, using measuring tanks, calibrated rods or suction tubes. | 17m | No evidence yet |
| Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and TendersWeigh or measure specified amounts of ingredients or materials for processing, using devices such as scales and calipers. | 17m | No evidence yet |
| Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and TendersMeasure and mix ingredients to prepare glue. | 12m | No evidence yet |
| Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersMeasure, mix, cut, shape, soften, and join materials and ingredients, such as powder, cornmeal, or rubber to prepare them for machine processing. | 12m | No evidence yet |
| Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine OperatorsMeasure and mix chemicals to prepare solutions for processing, according to formulas. | 7m | No evidence yet |
| Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal WorkersWeigh, mix, and melt metal alloys or materials needed for jewelry models. | 6m | No evidence yet |
| Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and WeighersWeigh materials, products, containers, or samples to verify packaging weights or ingredient quantities. | 6m | No evidence yet |
| Stationary Engineers and Boiler OperatorsWeigh, measure, and record fuel used. | 6m | No evidence yet |
| Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersWeigh or measure chemicals, coatings, or paints before adding them to machines. | 6m | Robots |
| Semiconductor Processing TechniciansMeasure and weigh amounts of crystal growing materials, mix and grind materials, load materials into container, and monitor processing procedures to help identify crystal growing problems. | 6m | No evidence yet |
| Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and PlasticMeasure or weigh materials, using rulers, calculators, and scales. | 6m | No evidence yet |
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This task type comes from O*NET's detailed work activities, which link similar tasks across jobs. A label applies to one job's version of the task: AI use comes from real AI conversations (Anthropic Economic Index) and robot evidence from deployments in real workplaces. "No evidence yet" may just mean the task is rare in the data. How we keep time.
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