Packers and Packagers, Hand
SOC Code: 53-7064
Packers and Packagers, Hands examine and inspect containers, materials, or products to ensure that product quality and packing specifications are met. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 80.1/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Monitoring, Critical Thinking, Active Listening.
AI-Proof Score: 80.1 — Very High
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Median Salary
$35,580
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Job Growth
-5.4%
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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
- •Critical Thinking
- •Active Listening
- •Reading Comprehension
- •Speaking
- •Coordination
- •Quality Control Analysis
- •Judgment and Decision Making
- •Time Management
Common Tasks
- ✓Examine and inspect containers, materials, or products to ensure that product quality and packing specifications are met.
- ✓Measure, weigh, and count products and materials.
- ✓Record product, packaging, and order information on specified forms and records.
- ✓Seal containers or materials, using glues, fasteners, nails, and hand tools.
- ✓Assemble, line, and pad cartons, crates, and containers, using hand tools.
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