Food cooking machine operator
Runs or tends cooking equipment like steam vats, deep fryers, pressure cookers, and kettles to make food products.
Will AI replace food cooking machine operator jobs?
AI changes jobs more often than it replaces them. How much AI can help with this work: Low. More AI overlap than 31 in 100 jobs. AI touches a small part of this work. Most of the job happens with your hands, your body or in person. 0% of this job’s working time is already spent on tasks people bring to AI at work (Anthropic Economic Index). Based on Microsoft research on real AI use at work, matched to the tasks of each job in O*NET.
What AI already helps with
- Read work orders and recipes to learn cooking times, temperatures, and ingredients
- Record production and test data like steps, temperatures, cooking time, and results
What stays human
- Clean and sterilize equipment and the cooking area
- Watch gauges and adjust controls to keep heat and pressure right
- Measure or weigh ingredients using scales or measuring containers
10-year outlook · USA
Expected change in the number of these jobs by 2035: -0.3%. Typical pay: $41,590 a year. US Bureau of Labor Statistics. German figures differ, but the direction is usually similar.
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