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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Boilermaker Welder” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #377 of 702. Estimated risk: 68.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

30%

“Boilermaker Welder” 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%

“Boilermaker Welder” 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • Conduct pressure tests on vessels, such as boilers.

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

  • 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.

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

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