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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Boiler Shop Mechanic” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #377 of 702. Estimated risk: 68.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

30%

“Boiler Shop Mechanic” 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 Shop Mechanic” 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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Conduct pressure tests on vessels, such as boilers.

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

  • 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.

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

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

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