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Will AI replace Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing?

AI reaches little of this job’s work.

3/100

Low exposure

More exposed to AI than 10% of US workers.

AI already used in
0% of the work
As AI tools mature: up to
7% of the work

What the job involves

Set up, operate, or tend woodworking machines, such as drill presses, lathes, shapers, routers, sanders, planers, and wood nailing machines. May operate computer numerically controlled (CNC) equipment.

Where AI reaches the work

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

Within reach(2)

  • Determine product specifications and materials, work methods, and machine setup requirements, according to blueprints, oral or written instructions, drawings, or work orders.
  • Set up, program, or control computer-aided design (CAD) or computer numerical control (CNC) machines.

Out of reach(23)

  • Examine finished workpieces for smoothness, shape, angle, depth-of-cut, or conformity to specifications and verify dimensions, visually and using hands, rules, calipers, templates, or gauges.
  • Start machines, adjust controls, and make trial cuts to ensure that machinery is operating properly.
  • Monitor operation of machines and make adjustments to correct problems and ensure conformance to specifications.
  • Clean or maintain products, machines, or work areas.
  • Set up, program, operate, or tend computerized or manual woodworking machines, such as drill presses, lathes, shapers, routers, sanders, planers, or wood-nailing machines.

and 18 more

Also called

Molder Operator · Boring Machine Operator · Router Operator · Sander · Machine Setter · Planer Operator · Barker Operator · Bowl Turner

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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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