Will AI replace First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand?

What this score means

First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand leans toward the safer end for Transportation. Parts of the role touch tasks AI is getting good at, but the core still depends on hands-on work or judgment that resists automation. At 34 out of 100 it scores 16 points above the Transportation average of 18. Across the 2 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 32 to 36, so the score is a weighted consensus rather than any single figure.

The number is a consensus estimate for the typical version of the role, built from published academic and industry research scored occupation by occupation. It is not a prediction about any individual. How scoring works

What this job actually involves

Exposure follows the work itself rather than the job title, so it is worth seeing what the role is made of. These are the tasks O*NET records for First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand, most central first, showing 12 of 24.

• 01Maintain a safe working environment by monitoring safety procedures and equipment.
• 02Collaborate with workers and managers to solve work-related problems.
• 03Review work throughout the work process and at completion to ensure that it has been performed properly.
• 04Inform designated employees or departments of items loaded or problems encountered.
• 05Inspect equipment for wear and for conformance to specifications.
• 06Prepare and maintain work records and reports of information such as employee time and wages, daily receipts, or inspection results.
• 07Transmit and explain work orders to laborers.
• 08Plan work schedules and assign duties to maintain adequate staff for effective performance of activities and response to fluctuating workloads.
• 09Participate in the hiring process by reviewing credentials, conducting interviews, or making hiring decisions or recommendations.
• 10Estimate material, time, and staffing requirements for a given project, based on work orders, job specifications, and experience.
• 11Counsel employees in work-related activities, personal growth, or career development.
• 12Assess training needs of staff and arrange for or provide appropriate instruction.

Task statements from O*NET by the National Center for O*NET Development, used under CC BY 4.0. The tasks are descriptive; the exposure score above is ours.

The research behind this score

This baseline aggregates 2 research sources that scored First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand for AI and automation exposure. More recent, higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.

• 01GPTs are GPTs: Labor Market Impact Potential of LLMs · 2024
• 02AI Occupational Exposure to Language Modeling · 2023

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