Office Machine Operators, Except Computer
SOC Code: 43-9071
Office Machine Operators, Except Computers read job orders to determine the type of work to be done, the quantities to be produced, and the materials needed. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 83.4/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Operation and Control, Operations Monitoring, Reading Comprehension.
AI-Proof Score: 83.4 — Very High
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Median Salary
$39,020
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Job Growth
-15.2%
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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
- •Operation and Control
- •Operations Monitoring
- •Reading Comprehension
- •Monitoring
- •Active Listening
- •Speaking
- •Critical Thinking
- •Judgment and Decision Making
Common Tasks
- ✓Read job orders to determine the type of work to be done, the quantities to be produced, and the materials needed.
- ✓Deliver completed work.
- ✓Place original copies in feed trays, feed originals into feed rolls, or position originals on tables beneath camera lenses.
- ✓Sort, assemble, and proof completed work.
- ✓Operate office machines such as high speed business photocopiers, readers, scanners, addressing machines, stencil-cutting machines, microfilm readers or printers, folding and inserting machines, bursters, and binder machines.
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