cooper

Coopers build barrels and related products made of segments of wood, like wooden buckets. They shape the wood, fit hoops around them, and shape the barrel to hold the product, which contemporarily is usually premium alcoholic beverages.

The most in-demand skills for this role include wood moisture content, woodworking tools, manufacture of wooden barrels, wood cuts, types of wood, bend staves. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives cooper a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.