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Transport & Logistics · Updated Aug 2026

First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators

Directly supervise and coordinate activities of material-moving machine and vehicle operators and helpers.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
50/100
Moderate

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

Replacement Risk
42/100
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
Confidence80/100
Task coverage85%

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
Resolve worker problems or collaborate with employees to assist in problem resolution.High
69
Review orders, production schedules, blueprints, or shipping or receiving notices to determine work sequences and material shipping dates, types, volumes, or destinations.Medium
69
Confer with customers, supervisors, contractors, or other personnel to exchange information or to resolve problems.High
61
Maintain or verify records of time, materials, expenditures, or crew activities.Medium
70
Dispatch personnel and vehicles in response to telephone or radio reports of emergencies.Medium
70
Explain and demonstrate work tasks to new workers or assign training tasks to experienced workers.Medium
70
Prepare, compile, and submit reports on work activities, operations, production, or work-related accidents.Medium
70
Examine, measure, or weigh cargo or materials to determine specific handling requirements.Medium
52
Inspect or test materials, stock, vehicles, equipment, or facilities to ensure that they are safe, free of defects, and consistent with specifications.Medium
51
Plan work assignments and equipment allocations to meet transportation, operations or production goals.High
37
Drive vehicles or operate machines or equipment to complete work assignments or to assist workers.Medium
34
Monitor field work to ensure proper performance and use of materials.Medium
31
Perform or schedule repairs or preventive maintenance of vehicles or other equipment.Medium
36
Interpret transportation or tariff regulations, shipping orders, safety regulations, or company policies and procedures for workers.High
24
Requisition needed personnel, supplies, equipment, parts, or repair services.Medium
22
Compute or estimate cash, payroll, transportation, personnel, or storage requirements.Medium
21
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

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

  1. Maintain or verify records of time, materials, expenditures, or crew activities.70
  2. Dispatch personnel and vehicles in response to telephone or radio reports of emergencies.70
  3. Explain and demonstrate work tasks to new workers or assign training tasks to experienced workers.70
  4. Prepare, compile, and submit reports on work activities, operations, production, or work-related accidents.70
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. Compute or estimate cash, payroll, transportation, personnel, or storage requirements.01
  2. Requisition needed personnel, supplies, equipment, parts, or repair services.02
  3. Interpret transportation or tariff regulations, shipping orders, safety regulations, or company policies and procedures for workers.03
  4. Drive vehicles or operate machines or equipment to complete work assignments or to assist workers.04
  5. Monitor field work to ensure proper performance and use of materials.05
Where else this work leads

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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 dependency84
Physical dependency58
Adoption pressure58
Labour-market resilience71
Methodology & sources

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

Confidence80/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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