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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Boiler Repairman” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #377 of 702. Estimated risk: 68.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

30%

“Boiler Repairman” will probably not be replaced by AI.

Based on the cognitive demands, communication requirements, and logical reasoning intrinsic to this occupation according to O*NET data, we project a 30% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

51%

“Boiler Repairman” will maybe be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 51% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Boilermakers, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Construct, assemble, maintain, and repair stationary steam boilers and boiler house auxiliaries. Align structures or plate sections to assemble boiler frame tanks or vats, following blueprints. Work involves use of hand and power tools, plumb bobs, levels, wedges, dogs, or turnbuckles. Assist in testing assembled vessels. Direct cleaning of boilers and boiler furnaces. Inspect and repair boiler fittings, such as safety valves, regulators, automatic-control mechanisms, water columns, and auxiliary machines.

Avg. Annual Salary $76,900
Avg. Hourly Wage $36.97
Available Jobs (US) 10,170
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Boilermakers #47-2011
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Boilermakers”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Locate and mark reference points for columns or plates on boiler foundations, following blueprints and using straightedges, squares, transits, or measuring instruments.

  • Lay out plate, sheet steel, or other heavy metal and locate and mark bending and cutting lines, using protractors, compasses, and drawing instruments or templates.

  • Examine boilers, pressure vessels, tanks, or vats to locate defects, such as leaks, weak spots, or defective sections, so that they can be repaired.

  • Bolt or arc weld pressure vessel structures and parts together, using wrenches or welding equipment.

  • Install refractory bricks or other heat-resistant materials in fireboxes of pressure vessels.

  • Shape seams, joints, or irregular edges of pressure vessel sections or structural parts to attain specified fit of parts, using cutting torches, hammers, files, or metalworking machines.

  • Repair or replace defective pressure vessel parts, such as safety valves or regulators, using torches, jacks, caulking hammers, power saws, threading dies, welding equipment, or metalworking machinery.

  • Assemble large vessels in an on-site fabrication shop prior to installation to ensure proper fit.

  • Straighten or reshape bent pressure vessel plates or structure parts, using hammers, jacks, or torches.

  • Install manholes, handholes, taps, tubes, valves, gauges, or feedwater connections in drums of water tube boilers, using hand tools.

  • Study blueprints to determine locations, relationships, or dimensions of parts.

  • Position, align, and secure structural parts or related assemblies to boiler frames, tanks, or vats of pressure vessels, following blueprints.

  • Shape or fabricate parts, such as stacks, uptakes, or chutes, to adapt pressure vessels, heat exchangers, or piping to premises, using heavy-metalworking machines such as brakes, rolls, or drill presses.

  • Clean pressure vessel equipment, using scrapers, wire brushes, and cleaning solvents.

  • Attach rigging and signal crane or hoist operators to lift heavy frame and plate sections or other parts into place.

  • Inspect assembled vessels or individual components, such as tubes, fittings, valves, controls, or auxiliary mechanisms, to locate any defects.

  • Conduct pressure tests on vessels, such as boilers.

  • Bell, bead with power hammers, or weld pressure vessel tube ends to ensure leakproof joints.

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  • Claw hammers
  • Caulking guns
  • Shears
  • Calipers
  • Hammer wrenches
  • Air carbon arc cutting equipment
  • Socket wrench sets
  • Welding oxygen regulators
  • Soft face hammers
  • Full body harnesses
  • Welding tip cleaning files
  • Wire brushes
  • Oxygen concentration meters
  • Vise grip pliers
  • Putty knives
  • Tube milling machines
  • Chain wrenches
  • Hand saws
  • Reciprocating saws
  • Metal-cutting chisels
  • Chipping hammers
  • Ear plugs
  • Shielded arc welding tools
  • Block and tackle equipment
  • Box end wrenches
  • Staging equipment
  • Trammel points
  • Tube drifts
  • Tube wall reducing tools
  • Hacksaws
  • Air grinders
  • Chain hoists
  • Metal inert gas MIG welders
  • Pneumatic impact wrenches
  • Hard hats
  • Forklifts
  • Sandblasters
  • Computer-controlled welding equipment
  • Metal-cutting snips
  • Utility knives
  • Water levels
  • Combination wrenches
  • Workshop cranes
  • Protractors
  • Inspection mirrors
  • Drill point gauges
  • X ray inspection equipment
  • Beam trolleys
  • Full-face respirators
  • Tube pullers
  • Telescoping lifts
  • Plumb bobs
  • Serrating tools
  • Swivel hoist rings
  • Blacksmiths' punches
  • Open end wrenches
  • Power saws
  • Digital levels
  • Electrode holders
  • Dust masks
  • Chain falls
  • Scale rules
  • Wire rope pullers
  • Drill presses
  • Oxygen lances
  • Cutoff saws
  • Bull pins
  • Hydrostatic testers
  • Spud wrenches
  • Fire retardant coveralls
  • Personal computers
  • Portable welding machines
  • Air hammers
  • Steamboat ratchet jacks
  • Electrode ovens
  • Micrometers
  • Chain pulleys
  • Strap wrenches
  • Air compressors
  • Allen wrenches
  • Pre-heating torches
  • Side cutting pliers
  • Flashback arrestors
  • Bar clamps
  • Compasses
  • Engineers' levels
  • Hydraulic cranes
  • Lead hammers
  • End cutting pliers
  • Plasma arc welding equipment
  • Slip joint pliers
  • Splitting chisels
  • Air scalers
  • Hydraulic jacks
  • C clamps
  • Channel lock pliers
  • Scissor lifts
  • Leather protective clothing
  • Circular saws
  • Welding distribution panels
  • Tube end facers
  • Hydraulic boom trucks
  • Friction lighters
  • Bench vises
  • Utility hoists
  • Bench lathes
  • Adjustable crescent wrenches
  • Pipe vises
  • Carbon dioxide CO2 meters
  • Pneumatic hoists
  • Atmospheric monitoring devices
  • Two way radios
  • Atmospheric testing equipment
  • Heat lamps
  • Slings
  • Respiratory protection equipment
  • Measuring tapes
  • Longnose pliers
  • Framing squares
  • Desktop computers
  • Self-contained breathing apparatus
  • Pipe and tubing cutters
  • Digital lasers
  • Center punches
  • Squares
  • Straightedges
  • Combination squares
  • Swing stages
  • Milling machines
  • Stick electrodes
  • Ventilation fans
  • Bolt cutters
  • Protective gloves
  • Spreader beams
  • Shackles
  • Wedges
  • Non-sparking hammers
  • Needle pressure gauges
  • Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
  • Vernier calipers
  • Safety goggles
  • Temperature sticks
  • Punch presses
  • Sledgehammers
  • Beveling machines
  • Pry bars
  • Safety glasses
  • Pneumatic drills
  • Scaffolding
  • Clear lenses
  • Ground clamps
  • Welding tips
  • Jig saws
  • Drift pins
  • Beam clamps
  • Buffing tools
  • Filtered lenses
  • Dividers
  • Ball peen hammers
  • Brakes
  • Screwdrivers
  • Welding shields
  • Plate clamps
  • Sliding t-bevels
  • Cutting torches
  • Half-face respirators
  • Chalk lines
  • Power grinders
  • Torque wrenches
  • Flaring tools
  • Contour markers
  • Pin punches
  • Welding adaptors
  • Telescoping gauges
  • Adjustable pipe wrenches
  • Tap sets
  • Air manifolds
  • Laser levels
  • Acetylene torches
  • Ladders
  • Single-cut mill saw files
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Nibblers
  • Transit levels
  • Hydraulic stub pullers
  • Screw jacks
  • Scribers
  • Resin spray guns
  • Spirit levels
  • Catalyst dispensers

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