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Will AI replace Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic?

AI reaches little of this job’s work.

7/100

Low exposure

More exposed to AI than 14% of US workers.

AI already used in
0% of the work
As AI tools mature: up to
14% of the work

What the job involves

Set up, operate, or tend milling or planing machines to mill, plane, shape, groove, or profile metal or plastic work pieces.

Where AI reaches the work

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

Within reach(2)

  • Record production output.
  • Select and install cutting tools and other accessories according to specifications, using hand tools or power tools.

Out of reach(13)

  • Remove workpieces from machines, and check to ensure that they conform to specifications, using measuring instruments such as microscopes, gauges, calipers, and micrometers.
  • Verify alignment of workpieces on machines, using measuring instruments such as rules, gauges, or calipers.
  • Position and secure workpieces on machines, using holding devices, measuring instruments, hand tools, and hoists.
  • Move controls to set cutting specifications, to position cutting tools and workpieces in relation to each other, and to start machines.
  • Study blueprints, layouts, sketches, or work orders to assess workpiece specifications and to determine tooling instructions, tools and materials needed, and sequences of operations.

and 8 more

Also called

Barrel Rifler · File Cutter · Lever Miller · Scalper Operator · Tool Shaper Setup Operator · Tooth Cutter · Wheel Cutter · Mill 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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