First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand

Most exposed tasks

Highest structured exposure values in this role’s task mix — the work AI systems can already do most of.

• Conduct staff meetings to relay general information or to address specific topics, such as safety.83
• Plan work schedules and assign duties to maintain adequate staff for effective performance of activities and response to fluctuating workloads.80
• Schedule times of shipment and modes of transportation for materials.76

Augmentable tasks

Work where AI assists rather than replaces — the productivity frontier of this role.

• Estimate material, time, and staffing requirements for a given project, based on work orders, job specifications, and experience.59
• Review work throughout the work process and at completion to ensure that it has been performed properly.57
• Collaborate with workers and managers to solve work-related problems.52

Most durable tasks

Lowest exposure — typically judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability. This is the human moat.

The current data release does not distinguish durable tasks for this role.

Task exposure values and classifications come from the versioned data release — they are structured data, not model output. Bars show exposure contribution relative to this role’s task mix.

What this means

A score of 63 puts First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand in the most-exposed quarter of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this high is about the mix: 12 of 20 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 8 augmentable, and 0 durable. The useful question isn’t “will AI take this job” — it’s which tasks go first, which get faster, and where to reposition time. That’s what the personalized report maps against your actual week.

One next move: audit how much of your week sits in the exposed tasks above — then shift time toward the durable set or investigate the adjacent roles below.

Lower-exposure adjacent roles

Shown only when the target is at least 10 points lower under the same score version and skill overlap is at least 50%. These are adjacent roles with lower task exposure — not guaranteed “safe careers”.

Related roles

Adjacent by skills or family — no exposure claim implied.

• First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators 68
• First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 59
• First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 76
• First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers 43
• First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 61
• First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 50

FAQ — First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand

What does a score of 63 mean for a First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand?

It means that, weighted across the 20 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 63 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the most-exposed quarter of analyzed occupations. It measures task exposure to current and near-term AI capabilities, not the probability of losing a job.

Which tasks in this role are most exposed to AI?

The highest-exposure tasks are: Conduct staff meetings to relay general information or to address specific topics, such as safety; Plan work schedules and assign duties to maintain adequate staff for effective performance of activities and response to fluctuating workloads; Schedule times of shipment and modes of transportation for materials. Exposure is scored per task from structured data, not generated by a language model.

Which parts of this job are most durable?

The current data release does not distinguish durable tasks for this role.

Is this score personalized to me?

No — this page shows the occupation-level baseline. Two people with the same title often do different work. The $9 personalized report recalculates the score from the tasks you actually do and builds a concrete 7/30/90-day plan around them.