🤖 BARBIE MODE ACTIVATED 💗    Your adblocker was detected!    Comic Sans has been applied as cosmic punishment 💅    Ads keep this database FREE — please whitelist replacedbyrobot.info!    ✨ Everything is pink and that's entirely your fault ✨    🌸                     🤖 BARBIE MODE ACTIVATED 💗    Your adblocker was detected!    Comic Sans has been applied as cosmic punishment 💅    Ads keep this database FREE — please whitelist replacedbyrobot.info!    ✨ Everything is pink and that's entirely your fault ✨    🌸                     
Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Structural Steel Painter” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #411 of 702. Estimated risk: 75.0%

Advertisement

A robot took your ad!

Ads keep this free database of 57,000+ jobs alive. Please whitelist replacedbyrobot.info — we promise our ads are tasteful!

AI Exposure Risk

41%

“Structural Steel Painter” 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 41% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

55%

“Structural Steel Painter” will maybe be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 55% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Painters, Construction and Maintenance, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Paint walls, equipment, buildings, bridges, and other structural surfaces, using brushes, rollers, and spray guns. May remove old paint to prepare surface prior to painting. May mix colors or oils to obtain desired color or consistency.

Avg. Annual Salary $53,710
Avg. Hourly Wage $25.82
Available Jobs (US) 224,180
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Painters, Construction and Maintenance #47-2141
Wage vs. National Median
ℹ️

Data is based on the reference occupation: “Painters, Construction and Maintenance”

Advertisement

A robot took your ad!

Ads keep this free database of 57,000+ jobs alive. Please whitelist replacedbyrobot.info — we promise our ads are tasteful!

Related Occupations & Automation Risk

Construction and Building Inspectors

AI Risk 57%
Robot Risk 36%

Energy Auditors

AI Risk 56%
Robot Risk 43%

Helpers--Electricians

AI Risk 51%
Robot Risk 57%

Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters

AI Risk 50%
Robot Risk 63%

Construction Laborers

AI Risk 48%
Robot Risk 56%

Solar Photovoltaic Installers

AI Risk 48%
Robot Risk 57%

Core Skills & Abilities

  • Wash and treat surfaces with oil, turpentine, mildew remover, or other preparations, and sand rough spots to ensure that finishes will adhere properly.

  • Cut stencils and brush or spray lettering or decorations on surfaces.

  • Cover surfaces with dropcloths or masking tape and paper to protect surfaces during painting.

  • Remove fixtures such as pictures, door knobs, lamps, or electric switch covers prior to painting.

  • Erect scaffolding or swing gates, or set up ladders, to work above ground level.

  • Smooth surfaces, using sandpaper, scrapers, brushes, steel wool, or sanding machines.

  • Read work orders or receive instructions from supervisors or homeowners to determine work requirements.

  • Polish final coats to specified finishes.

  • Select and purchase tools or finishes for surfaces to be covered, considering durability, ease of handling, methods of application, and customers' wishes.

  • Apply paint, stain, varnish, enamel, or other finishes to equipment, buildings, bridges, or other structures, using brushes, spray guns, or rollers.

  • Remove old finishes by stripping, sanding, wire brushing, burning, or using water or abrasive blasting.

  • Calculate amounts of required materials and estimate costs, based on surface measurements or work orders.

  • Apply primers or sealers to prepare new surfaces, such as bare wood or metal, for finish coats.

  • Use special finishing techniques such as sponging, ragging, layering, or faux finishing.

  • Waterproof buildings, using waterproofers or caulking.

  • Mix and match colors of paint, stain, or varnish with oil or thinning and drying additives to obtain desired colors and consistencies.

  • Fill cracks, holes, or joints with caulk, putty, plaster, or other fillers, using caulking guns or putty knives.

Technologies & Software

  • Gemini for Workspace
  • On Center Quick Bid
  • Procore AI
  • Evergreen Technology Total Faux
  • Corel Paint Shop Pro
  • Evergreen Technology Eagle Bid Estimating
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Act!
  • Spreadsheet software
  • Buildots AI
  • Corel Painter
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Autodesk Construction AI
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Word processing software
  • Turtle Creek Software Goldenseal
  • Microsoft Word
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Insight Direct ServiceCEO
  • Striping tools
  • Chippers
  • Forklifts
  • Scoring tools
  • Glue guns
  • Notebook computers
  • Putty chisels
  • Patching knives
  • Pressure washers
  • Hoists
  • Drywall axes
  • Paint strainers
  • Airless spray equipment
  • Paint brush cleaner spinners
  • Disk sanders
  • Stucco patching guns
  • Painting edgers
  • Pneumatic spray texture guns
  • Temperature gauges
  • Utility knives
  • Paint rollers
  • Bosun chairs
  • Drywall hammers
  • Mobile scaffolds
  • Power rollers
  • Ladders
  • Power brushes
  • Saws
  • Drywall ripping tools
  • Paint lead testing kits
  • Chipping hammers
  • Heat guns
  • Riggings
  • Stilts
  • Drywall lifters
  • Slings
  • Extension ladders
  • Screwdrivers
  • Paint shakers
  • Blow torches
  • Power drills
  • Stripper brushes
  • Power sanders
  • Floor scrapers
  • Electric paint removers
  • Stencils
  • Float trowels
  • Power paint mixers
  • Striping machines
  • Drywall taping knives
  • Spray guns
  • Hopper guns
  • Tinting machines
  • Caulking guns
  • Seam rollers
  • Steam cleaning equipment
  • Power saws
  • Single-cut mill saw files
  • Electric grinders
  • Glass scrapers
  • Bucket trucks
  • Work boots
  • Personal computers
  • Swing stages
  • High velocity low pressure HVLP spraying equipment
  • Scaffolding
  • Texturing trowels
  • Personal digital assistants PDA
  • Spackling knives
  • Wallpaper steamers
  • Putty knives
  • Air compressors
  • Conventional spray equipment
  • Hydroblasters
  • Line lasers
  • Sandblasters
  • Hard hats
  • Circle cutters
  • Aerial lifts
  • Combing tools
  • Respirators
  • Wire brushes
  • Trowels
  • Grout removal tools
  • Glaziers' knives
  • Platforms
  • Trim guides
  • Laser printers
  • Hydraulic lifts
  • Spray texture guns
  • Paint brushes
  • Paint stripping equipment
  • Desktop computers
  • Hammers

Alternative Job Titles