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Will AI replace Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic?

AI reaches little of this job’s work.

0/100

Low exposure

More exposed to AI than 2% of US workers.

AI already used in
0% of the work
As AI tools mature: up to
0% of the work

What the job involves

Set up, operate, or tend drilling machines to drill, bore, ream, mill, or countersink metal or plastic work pieces.

Where AI reaches the work

The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.

Out of reach(17)

  • Verify conformance of machined work to specifications, using measuring instruments, such as calipers, micrometers, or fixed or telescoping gauges.
  • Study machining instructions, job orders, or blueprints to determine dimensional or finish specifications, sequences of operations, setups, or tooling requirements.
  • Change worn cutting tools, using wrenches.
  • Select and set cutting speeds, feed rates, depths of cuts, and cutting tools, according to machining instructions or knowledge of metal properties.
  • Move machine controls to lower tools to workpieces and to engage automatic feeds.

and 12 more

Also called

Driller · Drill Press Operator · Radial Drill Operator · Choke Reamer · Collet Driller · Horizontal Boring Mill Setup Operator · Single Spindle Drill Press Setup Operator · Tapper Operator

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What these numbers mean

The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.

“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.

The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.

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