How Ruakākā works: desk-based, hands-on and people-facing roles
57.4% of employed residents in Ruakākā work in desk-based roles, against 63.6% across New Zealand. The difference is mostly machinery operators and drivers: 8.7% of employed residents here, against 5.9% nationally. So a whole-of-staff rollout is the wrong shape here. Start with the people who carry the paperwork (office, admin, management and the professionals) and put Claude to work on the documents they already write: procedures, reports, applications and correspondence.
| Occupation group | Chart | Ruakākā | NZ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Managers | 15.5% | 18.3% | |
| Professionals | 24.5% | 26.8% | |
| Technicians and trades workers | 14.6% | 12.5% | |
| Community and personal service workers | 7.1% | 9.0% | |
| Clerical and administrative workers | 10.1% | 10.8% | |
| Sales workers | 7.3% | 7.8% | |
| Machinery operators and drivers | 8.7% | 5.9% | |
| Labourers | 12.5% | 9.0% |
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