Key findings
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is set to impact, but not transform, blue-collar jobs like Paperhangers.
These workers are unlikely to be automated due to the physical nature of their tasks.
The demand for premium goods and services may even increase their income share.
In the future, skills like Information Ordering and Digital Data Processing could be automated, but tasks requiring Active Listening, Speaking, and Coordination will remain essential for jobs like Paperhangers.
How could AI or automation replace or complement job activities?
While AI, automation, or LLMs like Chatgpt could enhance aspects of the paperhanger’s job, they could not fully replace the person performing the tasks.
These technologies could potentially improve efficiency in measuring, cutting, and estimating material quantities.
For example, they could assist in pattern matching and alignment, reducing errors and saving time.
However, the physical and detailed nature of tasks such as smoothing surfaces, applying adhesives, and ensuring neatness require human dexterity and judgment that current technologies may not replicate effectively.
Job description
Covers interior walls or ceilings with decorative wallpaper or fabric, and attaches advertising posters on walls and billboards. May also remove old materials or prepare surfaces for papering.
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