All occupations › ProductionCan AI Replace Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in 2026? Lower exposure. AI could handle about 5% of today's drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic tasks by 2036, and there is a 13% chance the number of jobs falls by a fifth or more. AI mostly assists people in this role.
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Timeline Year 2030 Chance of 20%+ fewer jobs
10% 2030 · 13% 2036
One person could cover, 2036
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0% 50% 100% 2026 2028 2030 2032 2034 2036 2026: 1% 2027: 1% 2028: 1% 2029: 2% 2030: 2% 2031: 3% 2032: 4% 2033: 4% 2034: 4% 2035: 5% 2036: 5% 2% Share of today's tasks AI can perform 40 80 120 2026 2028 2030 2032 2034 2036 2026: 100 2027: 99 2028: 99 2029: 98 2030: 98 2031: 97 2032: 97 2033: 96 2034: 96 2035: 95 2036: 95 98 Headcount index, 2025 = 100 (dashed line) Your survival map Not every part of your job is at the same risk. Tap a number to see what to do about each task.
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1 Verify conformance of machined work to specifications, using measuring instruments, such as calipers, micrometers, or fixed or telescoping gauges. 2 Move machine controls to lower tools to workpieces and to engage automatic feeds. 3 Verify that workpiece reference lines are parallel to the axis of table rotation, using dial indicators mounted in spindles. 4 Study machining instructions, job orders, or blueprints to determine dimensional or finish specifications, sequences of operations, setups, or tooling requirements. Your plan Ticks are saved in this browser only.
Try an AI tool on one task you'd normally do by hand: "Study machining instructions, job orders, or blueprints to determine dimensional or finish specifications, sequences of operations, setups, or tooling requirements". Get visibly better at your human core: "Verify conformance of machined work to specifications, using measuring instruments, such as calipers, micrometers, or fixed or telescoping gauges". Rewrite the top of your CV around judgment, people and decisions, not routine output. Similar occupations Milling and Planing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic · Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic · Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic · Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Based on 17 O*NET tasks for "Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic" (SOC 51-4032.00). LLM alone: 0% of tasks; with AI tools: 6%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10
