44/100
ModerateHow much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.
38/100
LowHow likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.
Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured
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.
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Sift and pack sand into mold sections, core boxes, and pattern contours, using hand or pneumatic ramming tools.High65
Position patterns inside mold sections, and clamp sections together.High68
Sprinkle or spray parting agents onto patterns and mold sections to facilitate removal of patterns from molds.High68
Tend machines that bond cope and drag together to form completed shell molds.High66
Rotate sweep boards around spindles to make symmetrical molds for convex impressions.High68
Operate ovens or furnaces to bake cores or to melt, skim, and flux metal.High66
Form and assemble slab cores around patterns, and position wire in mold sections to reinforce molds, using hand tools and glue.High22
Clean and smooth molds, cores, and core boxes, and repair surface imperfections.High16
Move and position workpieces, such as mold sections, patterns, and bottom boards, using cranes, or signal others to move workpieces.High17
Position cores into lower sections of molds, and reassemble molds for pouring.High16
Lift upper mold sections from lower sections, and remove molded patterns.High17
Where AI can do more
Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.
- Position patterns inside mold sections, and clamp sections together.68
- Sprinkle or spray parting agents onto patterns and mold sections to facilitate removal of patterns from molds.68
- Rotate sweep boards around spindles to make symmetrical molds for convex impressions.68
- Tend machines that bond cope and drag together to form completed shell molds.66
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.
- Position cores into lower sections of molds, and reassemble molds for pouring.01
- Clean and smooth molds, cores, and core boxes, and repair surface imperfections.02
- Move and position workpieces, such as mold sections, patterns, and bottom boards, using cranes, or signal others to move workpieces.03
- Lift upper mold sections from lower sections, and remove molded patterns.04
- Form and assemble slab cores around patterns, and position wire in mold sections to reinforce molds, using hand tools and glue.05
Where else this work leads
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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.
Methodology & sources
O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.
Confidence82/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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