Will AI replace First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand?
AI reaches some of this job’s work, but most of it stays with people.
35/100
Moderate exposure
More exposed to AI than 52% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 8% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 50% of the work
What the job involves
Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of helpers, laborers, or material movers, hand.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Already happening(2)
- Participate in the hiring process by reviewing credentials, conducting interviews, or making hiring decisions or recommendations.
- Evaluate employee performance and prepare performance appraisals.
Within reach(12)
- Review work throughout the work process and at completion to ensure that it has been performed properly.
- Maintain a safe working environment by monitoring safety procedures and equipment.
- Transmit and explain work orders to laborers.
- Estimate material, time, and staffing requirements for a given project, based on work orders, job specifications, and experience.
- Plan work schedules and assign duties to maintain adequate staff for effective performance of activities and response to fluctuating workloads.
and 7 more
Out of reach(10)
- Collaborate with workers and managers to solve work-related problems.
- Resolve personnel problems, complaints, or formal grievances when possible, or refer them to higher-level supervisors for resolution.
- Counsel employees in work-related activities, personal growth, or career development.
- Conduct staff meetings to relay general information or to address specific topics, such as safety.
- Inform designated employees or departments of items loaded or problems encountered.
and 5 more
Also called
Warehouse Supervisor · Aircraft Cleaning Supervisor · Tank Cleaning Supervisor · Receiving Manager · Receiving Supervisor · Shipping Supervisor · Warehouse Manager · Building Materials Supervisor
Related jobs
- First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers21/100
- First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers29/100
- First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers20/100
- First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators31/100
- First-Line Supervisors of Passenger Attendants32/100
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.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics