Helpers--Production Workers
SOC Code: 51-9198
Helpers--Production Workerss load and unload items from machines, conveyors, and conveyances. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 81.5/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Monitoring, Active Listening, Critical Thinking.
AI-Proof Score: 81.5 — Very High
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Median Salary
$38,220
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Job Growth
-8.9%
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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
- •Monitoring
- •Active Listening
- •Critical Thinking
- •Speaking
- •Operations Monitoring
- •Coordination
- •Operation and Control
- •Quality Control Analysis
- •Reading Comprehension
- •Social Perceptiveness
Common Tasks
- ✓Load and unload items from machines, conveyors, and conveyances.
- ✓Operate machinery used in the production process, or assist machine operators.
- ✓Place products in equipment or on work surfaces for further processing, inspecting, or wrapping.
- ✓Examine products to verify conformance to quality standards.
- ✓Start machines or equipment to begin production processes.
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