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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Boiler Setter” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #377 of 702. Estimated risk: 68.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

30%

“Boiler Setter” 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 Setter” 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • Conduct pressure tests on vessels, such as boilers.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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