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Manufacturing & Production · Updated Aug 2026

Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers

Shape molten glass according to patterns.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
72/100
High

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

Replacement Risk
56/100
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
Confidence84/100
Task coverage88%

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
Place glass into dies or molds of presses and control presses to form products, such as glassware components or optical blanks.High
74
Spray or swab molds with oil solutions to prevent adhesion of glass.High
74
Heat glass to pliable stage, using gas flames or ovens and rotating glass to heat it uniformly.High
74
Blow tubing into specified shapes to prevent glass from collapsing, using compressed air or own breath, or blow and rotate gathers in molds or on boards to obtain final shapes.High
73
Record manufacturing information, such as quantities, sizes, or types of goods produced.High
74
Shape, bend, or join sections of glass, using paddles, pressing and flattening hand tools, or cork.High
72
Determine types and quantities of glass required to fabricate products.High
73
Inspect, weigh, and measure products to verify conformance to specifications, using instruments such as micrometers, calipers, magnifiers, or rulers.High
57
Set up and adjust machine press stroke lengths and pressures and regulate oven temperatures, according to glass types to be processed.High
71
Design and create glass objects, using blowpipes and artisans' hand tools and equipment.High
71
Operate and maintain finishing machines to grind, drill, sand, bevel, decorate, wash, or polish glass or glass products.Medium
69
Develop sketches of glass products into blueprint specifications, applying knowledge of glass technology and glass blowing.Medium
73
Superimpose bent tubing on asbestos patterns to ensure accuracy.Medium
74
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

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

  1. Place glass into dies or molds of presses and control presses to form products, such as glassware components or optical blanks.74
  2. Spray or swab molds with oil solutions to prevent adhesion of glass.74
  3. Heat glass to pliable stage, using gas flames or ovens and rotating glass to heat it uniformly.74
  4. Record manufacturing information, such as quantities, sizes, or types of goods produced.74
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. Place glass into dies or molds of presses and control presses to form products, such as glassware components or optical blanks.01
  2. Spray or swab molds with oil solutions to prevent adhesion of glass.02
  3. Heat glass to pliable stage, using gas flames or ovens and rotating glass to heat it uniformly.03
  4. Blow tubing into specified shapes to prevent glass from collapsing, using compressed air or own breath, or blow and rotate gathers in molds or on boards to obtain final shapes.04
  5. Record manufacturing information, such as quantities, sizes, or types of goods produced.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 dependency49
Physical dependency54
Adoption pressure41
Labour-market resilience56
Methodology & sources

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

Confidence84/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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