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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Soft Tile Setter” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #438 of 702. Estimated risk: 79.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

39%

“Soft Tile 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 39% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

50%

“Soft Tile Setter” will probably not be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 50% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Apply blocks, strips, or sheets of shock-absorbing, sound-deadening, or decorative coverings to floors.

Avg. Annual Salary $60,550
Avg. Hourly Wage $29.11
Available Jobs (US) 24,850
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles #47-2042
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Trim excess covering materials, tack edges, and join sections of covering material to form tight joint.

  • Apply adhesive cement to floor or wall material to join and adhere foundation material.

  • Sweep, scrape, sand, or chip dirt and irregularities to clean base surfaces, correcting imperfections that may show through the covering.

  • Determine traffic areas and decide location of seams.

  • Inspect surface to be covered to ensure that it is firm and dry.

  • Disconnect and remove appliances, light fixtures, and worn floor and wall covering from floors, walls, and cabinets.

  • Lay out, position, and apply shock-absorbing, sound-deadening, or decorative coverings to floors, walls, and cabinets, following guidelines to keep courses straight and create designs.

  • Cut covering and foundation materials, according to blueprints and sketches.

  • Remove excess cement to clean finished surface.

  • Roll and press sheet wall and floor covering into cement base to smooth and finish surface, using hand roller.

  • Form a smooth foundation by stapling plywood or Masonite over the floor or by brushing waterproof compound onto surface and filling cracks with plaster, putty, or grout to seal pores.

  • Cut flooring material to fit around obstructions.

  • Measure and mark guidelines on surfaces or foundations, using chalk lines and dividers.

  • Heat and soften floor covering materials to patch cracks or fit floor coverings around irregular surfaces, using blowtorch.

Technologies & Software

  • Aya Associates Comp-U-Floor
  • Pacific Solutions FloorRight
  • Measure Square FloorEstimate Pro
  • Gemini for Workspace
  • Procore AI
  • Textile Management Systems RollMaster
  • Radio frequency identification RFID software
  • CPR Software FloorCOST Estimator for Excel
  • Focus Floor Covering Software
  • Project visualization software
  • Flooring Technologies QFloors
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Buildots AI
  • Autodesk Construction AI
  • On Center On-Screen Takeoff
  • Web browser software
  • Facebook
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Floor caulking guns
  • Appliance sliders
  • Handheld distance meters
  • Material dollies
  • Pinch bars
  • Base molding lifters
  • Strap clamps
  • Pneumatic coil nailers
  • Pull bars
  • Power mixers
  • Personal computers
  • Grout floats
  • Hacksaws
  • Nail driving bars
  • Bar scribers
  • Adjustable wedges
  • Grinding stones
  • Flooring knee pads
  • Bubble levels
  • Grooving tools
  • Electric glue guns
  • Razor floor scrapers
  • Chalk line markers
  • Butane torches
  • Steel straightedges
  • Undercut saws
  • Cove base shears
  • Layout squares
  • Tapping blocks
  • Vinyl tile cutters
  • Scoring knives
  • Moving straps
  • Hammer tackers
  • Laser squares
  • Linoleum dollies
  • Floor sanders
  • Hot air guns
  • Flooring edge cutters
  • Linoleum rollers
  • Measuring tapes
  • Guillotine shears
  • Vinyl scribers
  • Quarter moon knives
  • Corner templates
  • Aviation snips
  • Laminate shears
  • Underlayment staplers
  • Concrete floor grinders
  • Claw hammers
  • Dolphin knives
  • Hand groovers
  • Scratch awls
  • Screeds
  • Staple removers
  • Adhesive syringes
  • Concrete floats
  • Floor stripping machines
  • Flooring screw guns
  • Gauge rakes
  • Adhesive spreaders
  • Heat welding nozzles
  • Material carts
  • Humidity measurement equipment
  • Pull saws
  • Broad knives
  • Skiving knives
  • Power groovers
  • Claw clamps
  • Flooring utility knives
  • Laminate files
  • Rubber mallets
  • Grout sponges
  • Wall spacers
  • Linoleum knives
  • Tile cutters
  • Floor polishing machines
  • Hand rollers
  • Notched trowels
  • Automatic plasma arc welding machines
  • Protective safety glasses
  • Flooring staplers

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