As of June 2026, Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders has an AI-exposure score of 53/100 (Elevated exposure) on the AI-Safe Careers index, blending O*NET tasks, the Anthropic Economic Index, the Penn/OpenAI study, and BLS data. This is an estimate of task exposure, not a prediction of job loss.
AI Exposure Score for
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
53/100
Elevated exposure
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More exposed than 42% of the roles we track. Median pay ~US$46,570. About 5,300 projected openings a year (BLS 2024–34 — growth plus replacement).
Pay & demand figures are US medians (BLS, in USD) — your local figures will differ. Your exposure score applies broadly.
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Your tasks, by AI exposure
Automatable
- Maintain production records, such as quantities, types, and dimensions of materials produced.
- Stack and sort cut material for packaging, further processing, or shipping, according to types and sizes of material.
Augmentable
- Mark cutting lines or identifying information on stock, using marking pencils, rulers, or scribes.
- Monitor operation of cutting or slicing machines to detect malfunctions or to determine whether supplies need replenishment.
- Review work orders, blueprints, specifications, or job samples to determine components, settings, and adjustments for cutting and slicing machines.
- Type instructions on computer keyboards, push buttons to activate computer programs, or manually set cutting guides, clamps, and knives.
- Position stock along cutting lines, or against stops on beds of scoring or cutting machines.
- Move stock or scrap to and from machines manually, or by using carts, handtrucks, or lift trucks.
- Clean and lubricate cutting machines, conveyors, blades, saws, or knives, using steam hoses, scrapers, brushes, or oil cans.
- Feed stock into cutting machines, onto conveyors, or under cutting blades, by threading, guiding, pushing, or turning handwheels.
- Start machines to verify setups, and make any necessary adjustments.
- Adjust machine controls to alter position, alignment, speed, or pressure.
- Remove completed materials or products from cutting or slicing machines, and stack or store them for additional processing.
- Press buttons, pull levers, or depress pedals to start and operate cutting and slicing machines.
- Select and install machine components, such as cutting blades, rollers, and templates, according to specifications, using hand tools.
- Examine, measure, and weigh materials or products to verify conformance to specifications, using measuring devices, such as rulers, micrometers, or scales.
- Set up, operate, or tend machines that cut or slice materials, such as glass, stone, cork, rubber, tobacco, food, paper, or insulating material.
- Change or replace saw blades, cables, cutter heads, and grinding wheels, using hand tools.
- Remove defective or substandard materials from machines, and readjust machine components so that products meet standards.
- Position width gauge blocks between blades, and level blades and insert wedges into frames to secure blades to frames.
Durable
No durable tasks identified for this role — its real, individually-assessed tasks consistently read as augmentable (90%).
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