Will AI replace Stockers and Order Fillers?
Estimated risk score: 33 out of 100
Lower replacement risk
Estimate from published task research, not reviewed by a person · how we estimate
Within about 19 points for 4 in 5 of the jobs we checked (14 to 52).
For the occupation as a whole, from ratings of its 30 O*NET tasks published in 2023 and calibrated to our hand scores. A specialty inside it can sit higher or lower.
O*NET-SOC 53-7065.00 · Transportation and Material Moving
Tasks rated in 2023 as ones AI could do or speed up
Tasks a GPT-4-class model could do, or do in half the time or less: 7 of its 30 rated tasks; the first 6 are shown. In O*NET’s words.
- Compute prices of items or groups of items.
- Complete order receipts.
- Keep records of out-going orders.
- Keep records on the use or damage of stock or stock-handling equipment.
- Read orders to ascertain catalog numbers, sizes, colors, and quantities of merchandise.
- Receive and count stock items, and record data manually or on computer.
Tasks rated in 2023 as not sped up by AI
Tasks such a model was rated as not speeding up or taking over: 19 of its 30 rated tasks; the first 6 are shown. In O*NET’s words.
- Clean and maintain supplies, tools, equipment, and storage areas to ensure compliance with safety regulations.
- Clean display cases, shelves, and aisles.
- Dispose of damaged or defective items, or return them to vendors.
- Mark stock items, using identification tags, stamps, electric marking tools, or other labeling equipment.
- Obtain merchandise from bins or shelves.
- Operate equipment such as forklifts.
What the job is
Receive, store, and issue merchandise, materials, equipment, and other items from stockroom, warehouse, or storage yard to fill shelves, racks, tables, or customers' orders. May operate power equipment to fill orders. May mark prices on merchandise and set up sales displays.
Also called: Checker Stocker, Stockman, Crib Clerk, Die Keeper, Tag Marker, Tool Clerk, Warehouser, Bay Stocker.
Closest jobs we score by hand
In the same field (Transportation and Material Moving). Different jobs, each scored by a person.
Source. This site includes information from the O*NET 30.1 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. (O*NET, CC BY 4.0.) Task ratings: Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock (2023), “GPTs are GPTs: An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact Potential of Large Language Models”, data used under the MIT licence (licence texts). Our change: we averaged the ratings over this occupation’s tasks and calibrated them to our 0–100 scale. It is not a prediction about any one person and not career advice. Disagree? Write to hello@yourstopwashit.com. How we estimate