Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
Production Occupations- O*NET-SOC code
- 51-9041.00
Set up, operate, or tend machines, such as glass-forming machines, plodder machines, and tuber machines, to shape and form products such as glassware, food, rubber, soap, brick, tile, clay, wax, tobacco, or cosmetics.
AI exposure
- Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
Low· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery highGroup-level value
Scale, basis and source
Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)
831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band
- Data source: AnthropicPublished: 2026-03
0.000
0.000Range of values carried here0.745Scale, basis and source
Observed exposure index, 0–1 as published
Mapped onto O*NET tasks
Published per SOC 2018 occupation; every O*NET occupation with the same SOC 2018 code carries this value
- Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.14–0.18· 4 ISCO-08 groups
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
Published per ISCO-08 unit group. Linked to this occupation, wholly or in part, by applying U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to 2018 SOC) as published
What kind of figure this source publishes
The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.
ILO value for each linked ISCO-08 group
- ISCO-08 7516Tobacco Preparers and Tobacco Products Makers0.14
- ISCO-08 8141Rubber Products Machine Operators0.18
- ISCO-08 8160Food and Related Products Machine Operators0.15
- ISCO-08 8181Glass and Ceramics Plant Operators0.17
AI exposure (OpenAI rubric)
28 rated tasks · 2 tasks with β ≥ 0.5 (7.1%)
β = direct exposure (E1) + 0.5 × exposure when tools are available (E2), per the source repository's definition.
- Source unit: O*NET 27.2 tasks → O*NET 31.0 occupation code
- 2 rated tasks are not in the O*NET 31.0 task list; their scores are kept as published for O*NET 27.2.
- Source
- OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" exposure rubric
- Release
- gh-main-0471612
- License
- MIT License, Copyright (c) 2024 OpenAI
Tasks
Task statements from the O*NET® 31.0 Database, core tasks first.
| Task | Type | β (OpenAI) |
|---|---|---|
| Adjust machine components to regulate speeds, pressures, and temperatures, and amounts, dimensions, and flow of materials or ingredients. | Core | 0 |
| Examine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to standards, using measuring devices such as templates, micrometers, or scales. | Core | 0 |
| Monitor machine operations and observe lights and gauges to detect malfunctions. | Core | 0 |
| Press control buttons to activate machinery and equipment. | Core | 0 |
| Turn controls to adjust machine functions, such as regulating air pressure, creating vacuums, and adjusting coolant flow. | Core | 0 |
| Review work orders, specifications, or instructions to determine materials, ingredients, procedures, components, settings, and adjustments for extruding, forming, pressing, or compacting machines. | Core | 0 |
| Record and maintain production data, such as meter readings, and quantities, types, and dimensions of materials produced. | Core | 1 |
| Notify supervisors when extruded filaments fail to meet standards. | Core | 0 |
| Synchronize speeds of sections of machines when producing products involving several steps or processes. | Core | 0 |
| Clear jams, and remove defective or substandard materials or products. | Core | 0 |
| Move materials, supplies, components, and finished products between storage and work areas, using work aids such as racks, hoists, and handtrucks. | Core | 0 |
| Clean dies, arbors, compression chambers, and molds, using swabs, sponges, or air hoses. | Core | 0 |
| Select and install machine components, such as dies, molds, and cutters, according to specifications, using hand tools and measuring devices. | Supplemental | 0 |
| Feed products into machines by hand or conveyor. | Supplemental | 0 |
| Swab molds with solutions to prevent products from sticking. | Supplemental | 0 |
| Complete work tickets, and place them with products. | Supplemental | 1 |
| Activate machines to shape or form products, such as candy bars, light bulbs, balloons, or insulation panels. | Supplemental | 0 |
| Remove molds, mold components, and feeder tubes from machinery after production is complete. | Supplemental | 0 |
| Remove materials or products from molds or from extruding, forming, pressing, or compacting machines, and stack or store them for additional processing. | Supplemental | 0 |
| Measure, mix, cut, shape, soften, and join materials and ingredients, such as powder, cornmeal, or rubber to prepare them for machine processing. | Supplemental | 0 |
| Send product samples to laboratories for analysis. | Supplemental | 0 |
| Disassemble equipment to repair it or to replace parts, such as nozzles, punches, and filters. | Supplemental | 0 |
| Pour, scoop, or dump specified ingredients, metal assemblies, or mixtures into sections of machine prior to starting machines. | Supplemental | 0 |
| Install, align, and adjust neck rings, press plungers, and feeder tubes. | Supplemental | 0 |
| Couple air and gas lines to machines to maintain plasticity of material and to regulate solidification of final products. | Supplemental | 0 |
| Measure arbors and dies to verify sizes specified on work tickets. | Supplemental | 0 |
Occupation information
Sources and attribution
This page includes information from the O*NET® 31.0 Database (https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html) by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. AI Changing Work has modified all or some of this information: the O*NET-SOC code, title and task statements are reproduced in English without change; task-type labels are shown in the page's language and tasks are listed core first; any Korean occupation title shown on the Korean-language page is AI Changing Work's translation; any KSCO-8 unit groups linked to this occupation were paired with it by AI Changing Work's judgment, and the relation labels and statuses are AI Changing Work's additions. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications.
Any AI exposure figures on this page are published by third parties, not by AI Changing Work, and none is part of the O*NET information. OpenAI publishes task-level scores (MIT License) for O*NET 27.2 task statements; each is shown next to the O*NET 31.0 task statement with the same task ID, whose wording can differ from the 27.2 statement that was scored. OpenAI also publishes occupation-level scores for O*NET-SOC codes in the same release, and any such score is shown on the O*NET occupation with the same code. Anthropic publishes an observed exposure index in the Anthropic Economic Index (CC-BY), and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes relative AI exposure categories (public domain); both are published per SOC code, and each value is shown on every O*NET occupation with that code. The International Labour Organization publishes a generative AI exposure index in ILO Working Paper 140 (CC BY 4.0) for ISCO-08 unit groups; AI Changing Work links those groups to O*NET occupations by applying the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC and 2010 SOC to 2018 SOC crosswalks as published, without case-by-case selection, and these crosswalks match many groups only in part. Where several unit groups are linked, each group's published value is listed, and any summary shows only the lowest and highest of those values with the number of groups; no exposure figure is averaged or recalculated. Any employment figures are published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for the SOC group containing this occupation. Each source is credited where its figures are shown.
O*NET OnLine: 51-9041.00 Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
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