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Manufacturing & Production · Updated Aug 2026

Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders

Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut or slice materials, such as glass, stone, cork, rubber, tobacco, food, paper, or insulating material.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
35/100
Low

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
40/100
Moderate

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence81/100
Task coverage86%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Maintain production records, such as quantities, types, and dimensions of materials produced.High
69
Start machines to verify setups, and make any necessary adjustments.High
66
Adjust machine controls to alter position, alignment, speed, or pressure.High
66
Position width gauge blocks between blades, and level blades and insert wedges into frames to secure blades to frames.Medium
69
Review work orders, blueprints, specifications, or job samples to determine components, settings, and adjustments for cutting and slicing machines.High
39
Examine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring devices, such as rulers, micrometers, or scales.High
35
Feed stock into cutting machines, onto conveyors, or under cutting blades, by threading, guiding, pushing, or turning handwheels.High
37
Remove defective or substandard materials from machines, and readjust machine components so that products meet standards.High
37
Monitor operation of cutting or slicing machines to detect malfunctions or to determine whether supplies need replenishment.High
32
Type instructions on computer keyboards, push buttons to activate computer programs, or manually set cutting guides, clamps, and knives.High
37
Press buttons, pull levers, or depress pedals to start and operate cutting and slicing machines.High
22
Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut or slice materials, such as glass, stone, cork, rubber, tobacco, food, paper, or insulating material.High
22
Remove completed materials or products from cutting or slicing machines, and stack or store them for additional processing.High
22
Move stock or scrap to and from machines manually, or by using carts, handtrucks, or lift trucks.High
23
Position stock along cutting lines, or against stops on beds of scoring or cutting machines.High
22
Cut stock manually to prepare for machine cutting, using tools such as knives, cleavers, handsaws, or hammers and chisels.Medium
22
Stack and sort cut material for packaging, further processing, or shipping, according to types and sizes of material.High
16
Mark cutting lines or identifying information on stock, using marking pencils, rulers, or scribes.High
16
Turn cranks or press buttons to activate winches that move cars under sawing cables or saw frames.Medium
17
Select and install machine components, such as cutting blades, rollers, and templates, according to specifications, using hand tools.Medium
22
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Maintain production records, such as quantities, types, and dimensions of materials produced.69
  2. Position width gauge blocks between blades, and level blades and insert wedges into frames to secure blades to frames.69
  3. Start machines to verify setups, and make any necessary adjustments.66
  4. Adjust machine controls to alter position, alignment, speed, or pressure.66
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Stack and sort cut material for packaging, further processing, or shipping, according to types and sizes of material.01
  2. Mark cutting lines or identifying information on stock, using marking pencils, rulers, or scribes.02
  3. Turn cranks or press buttons to activate winches that move cars under sawing cables or saw frames.03
  4. Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut or slice materials, such as glass, stone, cork, rubber, tobacco, food, paper, or insulating material.04
  5. Remove completed materials or products from cutting or slicing machines, and stack or store them for additional processing.05
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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency57
Physical dependency72
Adoption pressure51
Labour-market resilience61
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence81/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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