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Printers
maintaining and adjusting equipment for optimal performance, tracking job progress using computer database software and managing workflow scheduling using computer database software. If that's your week, this page is about your job.
The honest answer
AI is already taking a real slice of the routine work here: reading production orders to determine types and sizes of items scheduled for printing and mailing. That is a slice of tasks, not of you.
That slice is not coming back; the core of the job, adjusting ink fountain flow rates, stays yours. New tools, same person answering for it.
Your week, as this page understands it
Printers set up and operate various small offset printing presses and digital printing processes. The job title says “printers”. The real job is the part underneath: adjusting ink fountain flow rates. That is the thing someone has to be right about.
The exposed part of this job is specific, and we won’t pretend it is coming back. But printers is not one task. It is 48 scored ones, and they are nowhere near equally exposed. The most durable of them, on this evidence, is adjusting ink fountain flow rates, and the ledger below shows exactly why.
Where the work sits, by task weight
- shifting to AI
- 24%
- changing shape
- 12%
- staying human
- 64%
These bars are tasks changing hands, not people being counted out. The ledger below shows which.
Whole-job exposure score 29 out of 100 (26–35 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, across 48 scored tasks. The number is the support for the sentence above it, not a headline about anyone’s future.
How we know this
What is measured: Every published task statement for printers is rated on five dimensions: can a model produce the output, does the work need a body in a room, does it need a legally accountable person, does it depend on a person being trusted in the moment, and how much data exists. A published formula turns those five ratings into the score; the model never writes the number.
How the bar is built: Each task’s share of the bar is its published importance weight, so a task you do all day counts for more than one you do twice a year.
Release: 2026-q4.1, scores computed 2026-08-05. Read the full method.
Your job, task by task
These are the official task statements for this occupation, in plain English, sorted by what the evidence says is happening to each one. The official wording sits under every line so you can check the rewrite against it.
- One task scored differently between repeat runs, so its range on this page is wider. We would rather show the wobble than hide it.
- 15 of this occupation's scored task statements carry a score that was measured under a different occupation's context, because the statement is shared between jobs and has only been scored once so far. Each one names the occupation it was measured under in the free routes below; none is presented as a measurement for this job.
- Task clusters are not derived in this release, so the task-cluster field is empty and no Collab365 Space routing is attached to this occupation yet.
Shifting to AI
9 tasksTasks today’s tools can already do most of. This is the part we will not soften: where these rows are the bulk of your week, the week changes.
Inputting production job settings into workstation terminals to control automated printing systems
This is reading one thing and writing another: production job settings in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 60 · 5422/01, 5422/02, 5422/03, 5422/04Source: “Input production job settings into workstation terminals to control automated printing systems.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 69 out of 100 (65–73 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Entering job settings at a terminal is screen work that automation already does from job files.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Reading production orders to determine types and sizes of items scheduled for printing and mailing
This is reading one thing and writing another: production orders in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 70 · 5422/01, 5422/02, 5422/03, 5422/04Source: “Read production orders to determine types and sizes of items scheduled for printing and mailing.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 93 out of 100 (86–100 allowing for uncertainty): very high exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Pulling item types and sizes out of a production order is straightforward document reading that software does reliably.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Ordering printing supplies to maintain production
This is reading one thing and writing another: supplies in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 50 · 5422/01, 5422/02, 5422/03, 5422/04Source: “Order printing supplies to maintain production.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 79 out of 100 (72–86 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Ordering supplies from stock levels is routine purchasing that systems already automate.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Downloading or scanning files
This is reading one thing and writing another: files in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 85 · 5422/02, 5422/03, 5422/04Source: “Download or scan files to be printed, using printing production software.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 69 out of 100 (62–76 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Pulling print files into production software is routine file handling done at the workstation.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Changing shape
5 tasksTasks where the machine takes the producing and a person keeps the checking, the deciding, or the answering-for-it. For most jobs this is the biggest group, and it is where "transformation, not termination" is literally visible.
Preparing digital files for printing
The software now makes the first pass at digital files, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 60 · 5422/01, 5422/02, 5422/03, 5422/04Source: “Prepare digital files for printing.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 58 out of 100 (51–65 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Print-ready files depend on press-specific settings and checks that someone still has to set up and verify.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Ensuring paper and ink specifications match job requirements
The software now makes the first pass at paper, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 50 · 5422/01, 5422/02, 5422/03, 5422/04Source: “Ensure paper and ink specifications match job requirements.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 56 out of 100 (49–63 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Matching paper and ink to the job specification is a checking task that can be done from job data.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Recording and updating time logs or production data for operational efficiency analysis
The software now makes the first pass at time logs, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 80 · 5422/01, 5422/02, 5422/03, 5422/04Source: “Record and update time logs or production data for operational efficiency analysis.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 56 out of 100 (49–63 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Time logs and production data are routine records, and much of it can be captured automatically.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Staying human
34 tasksTasks that stay with a person, because they happen in the physical world, because the rules need someone accountable, or because the value is that a specific person does them.
Maintaining and adjusting equipment for optimal performance
This work happens in the physical world: equipment, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 90 · 5422/01, 5422/02, 5422/03, 5422/04Source: “Maintain and adjust equipment for optimal performance.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Keeping equipment running well means working on it with tools.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Adjusting ink fountain flow rates
This work happens in the physical world: ink fountain flow rates, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 80 · 5422/01, 5422/02, 5422/03, 5422/04Source: “Adjust ink fountain flow rates.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–7 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence, and it moved between repeat runs, so the range is widened.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Adjusting ink fountain flow is a hands-on setting made at the press.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Aligning printing plates correctly for optimal print quality
This work happens in the physical world: plates, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 70 · 5422/01, 5422/02, 5422/03, 5422/04Source: “Align printing plates correctly for optimal print quality.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 14 out of 100 (7–21 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Getting plates in register is hands-on press work, with some fine adjustment done at the console.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Show the other 38 tasks
Tracking job progress using computer database software
shifting to AIThis is reading one thing and writing another: job progress in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 75 · 5422/02, 5422/03, 5422/04Source: “Track job progress using computer database software.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 93 out of 100 (89–97 allowing for uncertainty): very high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Tracking job progress in a database is routine record keeping.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Managing workflow scheduling using computer database software
shifting to AIThis is reading one thing and writing another: workflow in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 75 · 5422/02, 5422/03, 5422/04Source: “Manage workflow scheduling using computer database software.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 79 out of 100 (75–83 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Scheduling work through database software is exactly the kind of planning computers do well.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Downloading completed jobs to archive media so that queries can be answered or jobs
shifting to AIThis is reading one thing and writing another: completed jobs in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 70 · 5422/02, 5422/03, 5422/04Source: “Download completed jobs to archive media so that queries can be answered or jobs replicated.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 69 out of 100 (65–73 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Archiving finished jobs to storage is a file-handling task software does reliably.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Ensuring that all records, both digital and manual
shifting to AIThis is reading one thing and writing another: all records, both digital and manual in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 70 · 5422/04Source: “Ensure that all records, both digital and manual, are updated both during and on completion of each stage.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 69 out of 100 (65–73 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Keeping digital and paper records up to date at each stage is routine record work.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Monitoring environmental conditions, such as temperature and humidity
shifting to AIThis is reading one thing and writing another: environmental conditions in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 70 · 5422/02, 5422/03, 5422/04Source: “Monitor environmental conditions, such as temperature and humidity.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 62 out of 100 (58–66 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Temperature and humidity readings are watched on a screen, which software can do continuously.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Ensuring that the work schedule for a defined period or shift will minimise wash ups
changing shapeThe software now makes the first pass at the work schedule, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 75 · 5422/04Source: “Ensure that the work schedule for a defined period or shift will minimise wash ups, changeovers, and machine downtime.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 56 out of 100 (49–63 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Scheduling to cut changeovers and downtime is a well understood planning problem software solves, though someone checks it works on the floor.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Providing technical expertise to senior staff within the production organisation and to clients
changing shapeThe software now makes the first pass at technical expertise, but the part that matters is a person saying it and standing behind it. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 70 · 5422/04Source: “Provide technical expertise to senior staff within the production organisation and to clients.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 53 out of 100 (46–60 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Technical answers can be drafted well, but being the person others turn to depends on their trust in you.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Reviewing job bag or work instructions to ensure inclusion of equipment and materials for print job
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: job bag, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 75 · 5422/04Source: “Review job bag or work instructions to ensure inclusion of equipment and materials for print job.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 38 out of 100 (31–45 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Checking a job bag against the print job is a comparison task, partly done by picking up the physical bag.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Managing levels of waste and run-overs for subsequent process stages
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: levels of waste, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 65 · 5422/04Source: “Manage levels of waste and run-overs for subsequent process stages.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 38 out of 100 (31–45 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Waste and run-over levels are numbers that can be calculated and tracked, with material handled on the floor.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Liaising with printers, copywriters and photographers as part of the production team
staying humanThe value here is that a specific person handles printers, copywriters and photographers and stands behind it. That is earned, not computed.
importance 70 · 5422/04Source: “Liaise with printers, copywriters, and photographers as part of the production team.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 30 out of 100 (23–37 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Keeping printers, writers and photographers moving together is co-ordination done by a person who knows them.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Ensuring print quality and maximise operational efficiency in printing processes
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: print quality, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 80 · 5422/04Source: “Ensure print quality and maximise operational efficiency in printing processes.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 29 out of 100 (22–36 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Quality and efficiency can be analysed from data, but much of the fix happens at the press.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Maintaining compliance with health, safety and environmental legislation, ensuring a safe working environment
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: compliance, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 70 · 5422/04Source: “Maintain compliance with health, safety and environmental legislation, ensuring a safe working environment.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 29 out of 100 (22–36 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Compliance documents and checks can be drafted by software, though keeping the press room genuinely safe needs a person on site.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Discussing with production team any potential improvements or changes
staying humanThe value here is that a specific person handles production team any potential improvements and stands behind it. That is earned, not computed.
importance 70 · 5422/04Source: “Discuss with production team any potential improvements or changes.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 26 out of 100 (19–33 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Improvement discussions rely on shop-floor experience, though notes and proposals can be drafted.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Supporting continuous improvement activity within the organisation
staying humanThe value here is that a specific person handles continuous improvement activity within the organisation and stands behind it. That is earned, not computed.
importance 65 · 5422/04Source: “Support continuous improvement activity within the organisation.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 26 out of 100 (19–33 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Improvement ideas can be drafted, but making them stick depends on colleagues taking them up.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Applying 5S methodology to support continuous improvement
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: 5S methodology, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 60 · 5422/04Source: “Apply 5S methodology to support continuous improvement.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 24 out of 100 (17–31 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Tidy, organised workspaces are created physically, though the audits and checklists can be templated.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Conducting workplace risk assessments to ensure safety and compliance
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: workplace risk assessments, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 65 · 5422/04Source: “Conduct workplace risk assessments to ensure safety and compliance.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 22 out of 100 (15–29 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: A risk assessment can be drafted from a template, but someone competent has to walk the press room and stand behind the findings.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Directing the work of press crews to ensure print quality and production efficiency
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: the work of press crews, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 80 · 5422/02, 5422/03, 5422/04Source: “Direct the work of press crews to ensure print quality and production efficiency.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 18 out of 100 (11–25 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Directing a press crew happens on the floor as the run goes, though planning can be assisted.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Solving issues identified by print operatives and supporting peers in their handling of these issues
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: issues, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 70 · 5422/04Source: “Solve issues identified by print operatives and support peers in their handling of these issues.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 18 out of 100 (11–25 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Helping operatives fix problems usually means going to the machine with them.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Inspecting the output at set intervals
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: the output, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 70 · 5422/01, 5422/02, 5422/03, 5422/04Source: “Inspect the output at set intervals, reporting any issues such as misalignment or colour variations.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 14 out of 100 (7–21 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Checking printed output means looking at real sheets under the light, though the report can be drafted.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Monitoring automated press operation systems and responding
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: automated press operation systems, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 80 · 5422/02, 5422/03, 5422/04Source: “Monitor automated press operation systems and respond to fault, error, or alert messages.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 14 out of 100 (7–21 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Alerts appear on screen, but responding to them usually means going to the press.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Assessing final quality of product and confirm job specification is fit for purpose before passing to the next department or stage
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: final quality of product, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 75 · 5422/04Source: “Assess final quality of product and confirm job specification is fit for purpose before passing to the next department or stage.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 14 out of 100 (7–21 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Final quality checks mean handling the actual printed product before it moves on.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Assessing the image quality of printed materials
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: the image quality of printed materials, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 80 · 5422/04Source: “Assess the image quality of printed materials.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 10 out of 100 (3–17 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Some checks can be automated, but judging a printed sheet means holding it under the light.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Adhering to health and safety requirements in the workplace
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: health, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 70 · 5422/04Source: “Adhere to health and safety requirements in the workplace.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 10 out of 100 (3–17 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Software can supply the rules, but working safely around presses, inks and solvents is something the printer does in person.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Following maintenance manuals, technical specifications and regulations to ensure compliance and safety
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: maintenance manuals, technical specifications and regulations, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 65 · 5422/04Source: “Follow maintenance manuals, technical specifications, and regulations to ensure compliance and safety.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 10 out of 100 (3–17 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Software can pull the right steps out of the manuals, but following them on a running press is done by hand.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Consulting with customers on wet proofs and press approvals
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: customers, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 70 · 5422/04Source: “Consult with customers on wet proofs and press approvals.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 4 out of 100 (0–8 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Wet proof and press approval sessions happen with the customer standing at the press.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 3/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Loading presses with paper
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: presses, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 80 · 5422/01, 5422/02, 5422/03, 5422/04Source: “Load presses with paper.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Loading paper into a press is physical work.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Carrying out minor repairs to printing machinery
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: minor repairs, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 60 · 5422/01, 5422/02, 5422/03, 5422/04Source: “Carry out minor repairs to printing machinery.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Minor machine repairs need tools and hands on the press.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Changing press cylinders
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: press cylinders, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 50 · 5422/01, 5422/02, 5422/03, 5422/04Source: “Change press cylinders as required.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Changing press cylinders is heavy hands-on work.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Cleaning and maintaining pressing machines
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: machines, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 90 · 5422/02, 5422/03, 5422/04Source: “Clean and maintain pressing machines, using cleaning solutions and lubricants.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Cleaning and lubricating presses is physical maintenance work.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Mounting printing plates on a press
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: plates, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 90 · 5422/02, 5422/03, 5422/04Source: “Mount printing plates on a press.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Mounting plates on the press is physical work at the machine.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Starting presses and pull proofs to check for ink coverage and density
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: presses, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 90 · 5422/02, 5422/03, 5422/04Source: “Start presses and pull proofs to check for ink coverage and density, alignment, and registration.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Starting the press and pulling proofs is done standing at the press.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Cleaning plates after press runs
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: plates after press runs, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 85 · 5422/02, 5422/03, 5422/04Source: “Clean plates after press runs.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Cleaning plates is hands-on work after the run.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Setting up and feed paper into machines
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: and feed paper, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 85 · 5422/02, 5422/03, 5422/04Source: “Set up and feed paper into machines.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Setting up and feeding paper is physical machine handling.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Operating auxiliary machines like collators
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: auxiliary machines like collators, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 75 · 5422/02, 5422/03, 5422/04Source: “Operate auxiliary machines like collators, pad and tablet making machines, staplers, and paper processing machines.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Running collators, staplers and finishing machines is hands-on.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Setting up and adjusting machine press stroke lengths and pressures according to glass types
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: and adjusting machine press stroke lengths, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 60 · 5422/03, 5422/04Source: “Set up and adjust machine press stroke lengths and pressures according to glass types.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Setting press strokes and pressures is done at the machine.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Printing on a variety of surfaces
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: a variety of surfaces, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 90 · 5422/04Source: “Print on a variety of surfaces, such as plastics, metal, glass, textiles, wood and paper.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Printing onto different materials is machine work in the press room.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Producing prints using etching, screen printing and lithography techniques
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: prints, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 85 · 5422/04Source: “Produce prints using etching, screen printing, and lithography techniques.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Etching, screen printing and lithography are hand and machine crafts.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Creating prints to client specifications
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: prints, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 75 · 5422/04Source: “Create prints to client specifications.” (UK task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Producing the actual printed items is machine work.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
What this job pays, and how many people do it
- Median pay
- £33,000a year, before tax, the middle of the range, so half earn more and half earn less.ashe-t14, 2025 · ASHE 2025 provisional (reference April 2025)Provisional, because the ONS revises this figure in the autumn.
How we know this
Source: ashe-t14
Reference period: ASHE 2025 provisional (reference April 2025)
Rounding: Shown to the nearest £100. The exact published figure is in the downloadable dataset. We do not render pounds the survey cannot support.
- People doing this job
- 18,000in the UK, 2026.nomis-aps · Apr 2025-Mar 2026 (latest APS 12-month period)This headcount comes from a survey, not a census, so treat it as a good estimate rather than an exact count.
What is deliberately not here: a forecast of how many of these jobs exist in ten years. Where an official projection exists for a market we publish it with its vintage; where it does not, we leave the space empty rather than borrow the other country’s number.
Why this is shifting
The reason is boringly specific. Most of what is shifting here is reading one thing and writing another: production orders in, a record out. The rows above are exactly that shape: reading production orders to determine types and sizes of items scheduled for printing and mailing and inputting production job settings into workstation terminals to control automated printing systems. What it cannot do is be there in the room, and that is still where ink fountain flow rates get done. Which is why this page talks about your tasks changing, not your job ending.
Your move
Over a pint: what I’d tell you if you were my friend
Your week is splitting in two, and which half fills it is the whole question. Reading production orders to determine types and sizes of items scheduled for printing and mailing is going; adjusting ink fountain flow rates is not.
So, given all that: 24% of this job's task weight sits in rows the software is already learning, 12% in rows that change shape rather than disappear, and 64% in rows it is nowhere near. That is the position, measured across 48 scored tasks. It is not a forecast about you.
The occupation is an average and you are not, so the first job below is finding out where your own week actually sits.
This week: one thing
Print the task ledger above and put your own hours next to each row. Roughly, in pen, in one sitting. Then look at which group your hours actually pile up in. Twenty minutes, this week.
- What you end up holding
- your own week, on one page, sorted into what is shifting and what is not
- How long it takes
- about twenty minutes
If printing it isn’t practical: Read the rows off this page and write the same list on the back of an envelope. Same twenty minutes, same page, and it works just as well said out loud to someone who knows the job. The point is your hours next to the rows, not the paper it is on.
Over the next 90 days
Volunteer toward the durable end, visibly. Over the next ninety days put your hand up for the work in the bottom group (adjusting ink fountain flow rates) and let people see you doing it. Not a new project: the same job, with your mix deliberately tilted. The point is that when the rota or the reorganisation comes, the version of you people picture is the one doing the part that stays.
Over the next 12 months
Claim a specialism at the durable end and let the other end go. Over a year, deliberately become the person who handles adjusting ink fountain flow rates, and deliberately stop being the first choice for the rows in the top group. That trade costs something, because the exposed work is often the comfortable work. Decide it on purpose rather than by drift. Before you pay for anything, spend an hour with National Careers Service. It is free and government-funded, and it is listed below with the rest of the free routes.
The roads out of here, and why I am not sending you down them
I looked at the obvious moves out of this job, and here is what I found.
I checked the 12 nearest UK occupations to printers (nearest by the work that AI is not taking, not by job title), and none of them survived. The closest was printing machine assistants: only about 15% of its durable work is work you already do. And on the numbers you do not need one. This job scores 29/100 here, with only 24% of the task list in the top band, and “align printing plates correctly for optimal print quality” is not work that hands over cleanly. None of them beats deepening what you already have.
How that was checked: this job was compared against all 412 UK occupations in this release on their official task statements, and the 12 nearest were examined one by one. A move that turns on an industry, an employer or a qualification rather than on the work itself will not show up in a check like that. And this release carries no licence register, so anything you are weighing needs that looked up separately.
3 moves I checked and rejected
These are the obvious-looking jumps. They are here with their reasons rather than quietly dropped, because the ones that fail are worth knowing about. It is one less thing to turn over at night.
Printing machine assistants
Why it looked obvious: It came up as a near neighbour because one of your tasks is on their list in the same words: “adjust ink fountain flow rates”. Across the whole of both lists that adds up to about 15% of the work in that job the software is not taking.
Why I am not recommending it: You would be starting most of it from nothing: about 15% of the durable work in that job is work you do today, and the rest you would be learning while the bills carried on.
Elementary administration occupations n.e.c.
Why it looked obvious: It came up as a near neighbour because one of your tasks is on their list in the same words: “mount printing plates on a press”. Across the whole of both lists that adds up to about 6% of the work in that job the software is not taking.
Why I am not recommending it: Almost none of it is work you already do: about 6% of the durable side of that job. That is a different job, not a next step. It is a pay cut, in those words: £26,631 against your £33,019, 19.3% less (ASHE Table 14.7a, 2025 provisional (both)). Retraining to earn less is a decision, not advice.
Print finishing and binding workers
Why it looked obvious: It came up as a near neighbour because one of your tasks is on their list in the same words: “set up and feed paper into machines”. Across the whole of both lists that adds up to about 5% of the work in that job the software is not taking.
Why I am not recommending it: Almost none of it is work you already do: about 5% of the durable side of that job. That is a different job, not a next step. It is a pay cut, in those words: £27,315 against your £33,019, 17.3% less (ASHE Table 14.7a, 2025 provisional (both)). Retraining to earn less is a decision, not advice.
What I’d stop worrying about
A friend tells you what not to spend fear on. This is that list.
The headline number you read somewhere
The big “X% of jobs” figures are about the whole economy, not about you. The number that describes your job is on this page: 24% of its task weight, across 48 scored tasks. Every row behind it is printed above with the source. Check ours; ignore theirs.
The whole-job doom story
Nothing on this page says this job ends. It says the mix inside it moves. Half the rows above are unchanged or changing shape, and the plan is about which half your week sits in. That is a very different problem, and a solvable one.
Panic-buying a course
Do the twenty-minute sorting exercise first. Most people who buy a course before they have done it buy the wrong one, and the free services listed below will tell you the same thing without charging for it.
The “obvious” next job everyone suggests
I checked the obvious moves and most of them did not survive. The reasons are printed with the routes above, including the pay and the gate. A move that fails on the numbers is worth knowing about so you can stop turning it over at night.
You are reading the United Kingdom figures
The United States splits this work across more than one official group, of which Printing Press Operators is the closest. The pay and employment figures are not directly comparable, and we do not average them together.
Switch to the United States page →partial match
In US official statistics this job is counted as Printing Press Operators. Pay and employment stay on this page’s own group; the task list and the scores do not cross over.
Your route through this
Where to go next, and what it costs
Free, and complete
The moves above cost nothing. These are the real services that go with them: public, government-funded, and free at the point of use. Nothing on this page is behind an email address or a payment.
In England:
A free hour with a government-funded careers adviser is worth more than another evening of reading. In England that's the National Careers Service.
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In England:
National Careers Service - Find a course
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Free, up to 16 weeks, and you get a job interview at the end. In England these are Skills Bootcamps - search what's running near you.
Free for eligible adults in England
In Scotland:
My World of Work (Skills Development Scotland)
In Scotland it's My World of Work, from Skills Development Scotland.
Free, publicly funded
In Wales:
In Wales it's Careers Wales.
Free, Welsh Government-funded
In Northern Ireland:
Careers Service Northern Ireland
In Northern Ireland it's the Careers Service on nidirect.
Free, Department for the Economy-funded
No Space for this job, but one for what is happening to it
Nothing Collab365 runs is built for printers, and we are not going to point you at the nearest one and call it a fit.
There is one that is not about a job title at all. The AI Authority is about being the person who directs these tools at work rather than the person they get compared to. That is worth saying here, because 24% of the work on this page is already inside what they can do.
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The AI Authority is a general community about working with AI, not a course for printers. You do not need it to act on anything here: the moves above cost nothing and stand on their own. The data on this page is the same either way.
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Questions people ask about this job
- Will AI replace Printers?
- Not as a job, but it is already doing parts of the work. Across the 48 official task statements scored for Printers (United Kingdom, SOC 5422), 24% of the importance-weighted core work is made of tasks today's AI could already do most of. The overall exposure score is 29 out of 100 (range 26–35, band: low). That is a statement about tasks, not about headcount: this measures what AI could do, not whether any employer adopts it, whether the law allows it, or whether doing the routine parts faster creates more demand for the human parts. Figures are from release 2026-q4.1.
- Which tasks in “Printers” can AI already do?
- The highest-scoring tasks in release 2026-q4.1 are: “Read production orders to determine types and sizes of items scheduled for printing and mailing” (93/100, very high); “Track job progress using computer database software” (93/100, very high); “Order printing supplies to maintain production” (79/100, high). Each score comes from five published 0–4 ratings turned into a number by a published formula, and each carries the model's one-sentence reason on the page.
- Which tasks in “Printers” stay human?
- About 64% of this job's task weight sits in work that scores low for AI exposure. The lowest-scoring tasks in release 2026-q4.1 are: “Create prints to client specifications” (0/100, minimal); “Produce prints using etching, screen printing, and lithography techniques” (0/100, minimal); “Print on a variety of surfaces, such as plastics, metal, glass, textiles, wood and paper” (0/100, minimal). Low scores usually mean the task needs a body in a room, a legally accountable human, or trust built in real time. Those are the three things the scoring rubric treats as gates rather than obstacles.
- What should someone working in “Printers” do about AI?
- Start from the ledger rather than the headline: 24% of this job's weighted core work is exposed, and roughly 64% is not. The practical move is to spend more of your week on the tasks that score low, the ones above, and to get fluent at directing AI through the tasks that score high, because those are the parts that change whether or not you are ready for them. This page does not predict your job, and nothing here is career advice tailored to you: the score describes the occupation, not the person.
- How is the AI exposure score for Printers calculated?
- Each official task statement for the occupation is rated on five published 0–4 dimensions (output replicability, physical embodiment, licensed accountability, real-time human trust, and data availability) by claude-opus-5 using scoring prompt task_scoring_v1.0. The model never writes the score; a published formula turns the five ratings into a 0–100 number, so every score can be recomputed by hand. The occupation figure is the importance-weighted mean across 48 scored tasks. The prompt, the rubric, the formula and the full dataset are published at https://futureproof.collab365.com/method and https://futureproof.collab365.com/data/2026-q4.1 under CC BY 4.0.
Where these numbers come from
About the data on this page
- Provisional, because the ONS revises this figure in the autumn.
- This headcount comes from a survey, not a census, so treat it as a good estimate rather than an exact count.
- One task scored differently between repeat runs, so its range on this page is wider. We would rather show the wobble than hide it.
- The match between this job and its counterpart in the other country is partial, so the two pages count slightly different groups of people.
- 15 of this occupation's scored task statements carry a score that was measured under a different occupation's context, because the statement is shared between jobs and has only been scored once so far. Each one names the occupation it was measured under in the free routes below; none is presented as a measurement for this job.
- Task clusters are not derived in this release, so the task-cluster field is empty and no Collab365 Space routing is attached to this occupation yet.
- Task statements
- gaisi-indexProcessing: catalogue-bridge → ssc-relatedness-weighting → task-scoring → score-aggregation
- Task weights
- gaisi-index (relatedness)
- Scores
- Rubric task_scoring_v1.0, model claude-opus-5, computed 2026-08-05.
- Pay and employment
- ashe-t14 (ASHE 2025 provisional (reference April 2025))nomis-aps (Apr 2025-Mar 2026 (latest APS 12-month period))
Figures on this page come from release 2026-q4.1, published 2026-08-05. Every release keeps its own permanent address, so a figure you cite in March is still there, unchanged, in November.
The plain-English wording on this page is assembled directly from the task statements and the published ratings, not written by hand for this occupation. That is why it is specific, and it is also why we say so.
The routes and free resources further up are today’s, not the release’s (last reviewed 2026-08-05). A route is an offer, not a historical fact, so it moves on its own clock.
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Collab365 (2026). Collab365 Futureproof: task-level AI exposure for US and UK occupations, release 2026-q4.1 (methodVersion 2.0.0, promptVersion task_scoring_v1.0). https://futureproof.collab365.com/data/2026-q4.1. Licensed CC BY 4.0. Built with O*NET data (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); ONS data (Open Government Licence v3.0); GAISI task framework (arXiv:2507.22748, MIT); BLS data (public domain).
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@misc{collab365futureproof2026q41,
title = {Collab365 Futureproof: task-level AI exposure for US and UK occupations, release 2026-q4.1},
author = {{Collab365}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://futureproof.collab365.com/data/2026-q4.1},
note = {Release 2026-q4.1, methodVersion 2.0.0, promptVersion task_scoring_v1.0, CC BY 4.0}
}Data as of release 2026-q4.1, published . Releases never change after publication; when the figures move, a new dated release is published beside this one and this one stays exactly where it is.