Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
SOC Code: 43-5061
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerkss distribute production schedules or work orders to departments. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 85.3/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Critical Thinking.
AI-Proof Score: 85.3 — Very High
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Median Salary
$57,770
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Job Growth
-1.8%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Reading Comprehension
- •Speaking
- •Critical Thinking
- •Active Listening
- •Monitoring
- •Time Management
Common Tasks
- ✓Distribute production schedules or work orders to departments.
- ✓Revise production schedules when required due to design changes, labor or material shortages, backlogs, or other interruptions, collaborating with management, marketing, sales, production, or engineering.
- ✓Review documents, such as production schedules, work orders, or staffing tables, to determine personnel or materials requirements or material priorities.
- ✓Arrange for delivery, assembly, or distribution of supplies or parts to expedite flow of materials and meet production schedules.
- ✓Confer with establishment personnel, vendors, or customers to coordinate production or shipping activities and to resolve complaints or eliminate delays.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation