The tasks · Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom SewersSOC 51-6052.00
Design patterns and estimate costsWhat can do this →
85% · agentMostly automatable
Record measurements and alteration instructionsWhat can do this →
82% · agentMostly automatable
Read work orders and determine specificationsWhat can do this →
78% · agentMostly automatable
Measure clients and materials for fitWhat can do this →
72% · agentMostly automatable
Confer with customers on garment styles and materialsWhat can do this →
42% · you keepPartly automatable
Sew, alter, repair, and press garmentsWhat can do this →
18% · you keepBarely automatable
The team4 agents · 3 need no setup
Pattern design and costing agent
Garment design software · Microsoft Excel · Docs
● No integration needed
Measurement recording agent
TailorMax · Microsoft Excel · Docs
Needs TailorMax
Work order processing agent
Microsoft Word · Docs · Sheets
● No integration needed
Measurement calculation agent
Microsoft Excel · Sheets · Docs
● No integration needed
You keep this
Perform all hands-on sewing, cutting, fitting, altering, and pressing workConduct in-person fittings and physical garment adjustments on customersOwn final decisions on garment design changes and style modificationsBuild and maintain trusted customer relationships for custom work
Automatability scores estimate how much of a task an agent can reliably do today, grounded in O*NET task data. They are not predictions of job loss.
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The most automatable work in this job, and the one tool we would use for each. Every task has a page of its own with the reasoning and every occupation that does it.
