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In 1 of the 16 jobs that do this, AI or robots already show up on it, most often as robots doing it. In the other 15, there's no evidence yet. Jobs spend a median of 23m of an 8-hour shift on it, and about 1.9 million U.S. workers hold these jobs.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Butchers and Meat CuttersWrap, weigh, label, and price cuts of meat. | 1h 23m | No evidence yet |
| Ophthalmic Laboratory TechniciansInspect, weigh, and measure mounted or unmounted lenses after completion to verify alignment and conformance to specifications, using precision instruments. | 53m | No evidence yet |
| Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersWeigh or measure materials, ingredients, or products to ensure conformance to requirements. | 53m | No evidence yet |
| Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersExamine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to standards, using measuring devices such as templates, micrometers, or scales. | 41m | No evidence yet |
| Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersExamine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring devices, such as rulers, micrometers, or scales. | 36m | No evidence yet |
| Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and FinishersInspect, weigh, and measure products to verify conformance to specifications, using instruments such as micrometers, calipers, magnifiers, or rulers. | 32m | No evidence yet |
| Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersSort, grade, weigh, and inspect products, verifying and adjusting product weight or measurement to meet specifications. | 25m | 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 |
| Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and TrimmersWeigh meats and tag containers for weight and contents. | 19m | No evidence yet |
| Food and Tobacco Roasting, Baking, and Drying Machine Operators and TendersWeigh or measure products, using scale hoppers or scale conveyors. | 18m | No evidence yet |
| Hand Cutters and TrimmersCount or weigh and bundle items. | 18m | No evidence yet |
| Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and TendersWeigh packages and adjust freezer air valves or switches on filler heads to obtain specified amounts of product in each container. | 18m | No evidence yet |
| Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersExamine, measure, weigh, or test sample products to ensure conformance to specifications. | 12m | No evidence yet |
| Semiconductor Processing TechniciansCount, sort, and weigh processed items. | 12m | Robots |
| Helpers for Production WorkersMeasure amounts of products, lengths of extruded articles, or weights of filled containers to ensure conformance to specifications. | 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 |
How to read this
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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