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Automation Squad

Role

AI for Office Machine Operators

Robert MacKelfresh

By Robert MacKelfresh

Founder, Automation Squad

Operate one or more of a variety of office machines, such as photocopying, photographic, and duplicating machines, or other office machines.

Office Machine Operators, Except Computer · O*NET 43-9071.00 · Job Zone 2 · sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor occupation database

Automation coverage

11 of 14tools on this list have an AI solution available today

Counted by matching the tools this occupation is documented as using against a corpus of 226,452 AI products, MCP servers, skills and connectors. Where a tool has no match, we say so rather than inventing one.

AI you can use for this job

18 matched to the tools office machine operators, except computer use. Showing 18.

The tools this job actually uses

14 documented for this occupation. Showing 14, hot technologies first. A filled dot means an AI solution exists for it.

  • Adobe Acrobathot
  • Adobe Illustratorhot
  • Adobe InDesignhot
  • Adobe Photoshophot
  • Microsoft Accesshot
  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Office softwarehot
  • Microsoft Outlookhot
  • Microsoft PowerPointhot
  • Microsoft Windowshot
  • Microsoft Wordhot
  • Eko
  • Microsoft Publisher
  • Multi-line optical character reader OCR software

What this job involves

18 documented tasks, most important first. Showing 18.

  1. Read job orders to determine the type of work to be done, the quantities to be produced, and the materials needed.
  2. Deliver completed work.
  3. Place original copies in feed trays, feed originals into feed rolls, or position originals on tables beneath camera lenses.
  4. Sort, assemble, and proof completed work.
  5. Operate office machines such as high speed business photocopiers, readers, scanners, addressing machines, stencil-cutting machines, microfilm readers or printers, folding and inserting machines, bursters, and binder machines.
  6. Complete records of production, including work volumes and outputs, materials used, and any backlogs.
  7. Compute prices for services and receive payment, or provide supervisors with billing information.
  8. Set up and adjust machines, regulating factors such as speed, ink flow, focus, and number of copies.
  9. Load machines with materials such as blank paper or film.
  10. Monitor machine operation, and make adjustments as necessary to ensure proper operation.
  11. Clean machines, perform minor repairs, and report major repair needs.
  12. File and store completed documents.
  13. Operate auxiliary machines such as collators, pad and tablet making machines, staplers, and paper punching, folding, cutting, and perforating machines.
  14. Maintain stock of supplies, and requisition any needed items.
  15. Prepare and process papers for use in scanning, microfilming, and microfiche.
  16. Clean and file master copies or plates.
  17. Cut copies apart and write identifying information, such as page numbers or titles, on copies.
  18. Move heat units and clamping frames over screen beds to form Braille impressions on pages, raising frames to release individual copies.