AI exposure by occupation, O*NET 53-1042.00
Will AI replace First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand?
First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand: AI can already handle 4 of 24 tasks; the work mostly needs a standard-tier model.
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Every task, scored
The 24 tasks O*NET 30.3 lists for First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand, from most to least exposed. 4 reach 60 or more, the level at which AI already handles a task.
| Task | AI exposure | Evidence | Model tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Review work throughout the work process and at completion to ensure that it has been performed properly. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Assess training needs of staff and arrange for or provide appropriate instruction. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Evaluate employee performance and prepare performance appraisals. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Recommend or initiate personnel actions, such as promotions, transfers, or disciplinary measures. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Inform designated employees or departments of items loaded or problems encountered. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Plan work schedules and assign duties to maintain adequate staff for effective performance of activities and response to fluctuating workloads. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Provide assistance in balancing books, tracking, monitoring, or projecting a unit's budget needs, and in developing unit policies and procedures. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Participate in the hiring process by reviewing credentials, conducting interviews, or making hiring decisions or recommendations. | Observed | Standard | |
| Counsel employees in work-related activities, personal growth, or career development. | Observed | Standard | |
| Maintain a safe working environment by monitoring safety procedures and equipment. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Inspect equipment for wear and for conformance to specifications. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Prepare and maintain work records and reports of information such as employee time and wages, daily receipts, or inspection results. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Inspect job sites to determine the extent of maintenance or repairs needed. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Collaborate with workers and managers to solve work-related problems. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Examine freight to determine loading sequences. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Transmit and explain work orders to laborers. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Schedule times of shipment and modes of transportation for materials. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Inventory supplies and requisition or purchase additional items, as necessary. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Estimate material, time, and staffing requirements for a given project, based on work orders, job specifications, and experience. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Conduct staff meetings to relay general information or to address specific topics, such as safety. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Check specifications of materials loaded or unloaded against information contained in work orders. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Perform the same work duties as those supervised, or perform more difficult or skilled tasks or assist in their performance. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Resolve personnel problems, complaints, or formal grievances when possible, or refer them to higher-level supervisors for resolution. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Quote prices to customers. | Estimated | No tier |
Observed: scored from AI use recorded in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), 2 of 24 tasks. Estimated: scored from the task's O*NET 30.3 work activity, 22 of 24. Importance is O*NET's 1 to 5 rating of how central the task is. Model tier is the lowest tier that can do the task under the published rubric; "No tier" marks hands-on work.
The model tier this role needs
A standard-tier model or lower covers 46% of the role's importance-weighted task work. 54% of the work is something AI can address at some tier, and 46% is hands-on.
Efficient, standard and frontier tiers come from the JobRoute model tier reference. The recommended tier is the lowest one that covers 80% of the work AI can address. How the method works.
Wages, employment and outlook
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) publishes no national employment or wage figure for this O*NET occupation.
Adjacent roles
The occupations that reuse the most of this role's skills, with the usual time to move. These are the first places to look when you plan to redeploy or retrain people in this role.
- First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators 82% skill overlap, about 7 months to move Exposure34
- First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 74% skill overlap, about 9 months to move Exposure38
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 73% skill overlap, about 10 months to move Exposure21
- First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers 71% skill overlap, about 11 months to move Exposure38
- First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 71% skill overlap, about 11 months to move Exposure31
Skill overlap and transition time from the JobRoute role adjacency graph on O*NET 30.3 skills.
Questions about First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand and AI
Will AI replace First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand?
AI already handles 4 of the 24 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, at a task exposure of 60 or more, and the role's importance-weighted exposure is 30 out of 100. JobRoute scores tasks, not whole jobs, so the score shows how much of the work changes rather than whether the job disappears.
What is the AI exposure of First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand?
30 out of 100 on JobRoute's task exposure measure, the importance-weighted average of the role's O*NET task scores. Higher means more of the work is AI-doable today. 2 of the 24 task scores are observed in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), and the other 22 are estimated from each task's O*NET work activity.
Which First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand tasks can AI already do?
The tasks with the highest exposure are: Review work throughout the work process and at completion to ensure that it has been performed properly; Assess training needs of staff and arrange for or provide appropriate instruction; Evaluate employee performance and prepare performance appraisals. They are three of the 4 tasks that reach 60 or more.
What AI model tier does this role need?
A standard-tier model or lower covers 46% of the role's importance-weighted task work, and 46% is hands-on work that no model tier covers. JobRoute assigns each task the lowest tier that can do it under a published rubric and recommends the lowest tier that covers 80% of the work AI can address.
How to cite
Data version 2026-11-02, JobRoute method v1.0.0. Download all occupations or this occupation as JSON. Methodology.
JobRoute (2026). AI exposure: First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand. Data version 2026-11-02, method v1.0.0. Built on O*NET 30.3, BLS OEWS May 2025 and the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026). CC BY 4.0. https://www.jobroute.ai/jobs/first-line-supervisors-of-helpers-laborers-and-material-movers-hand
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