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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Template Fitter” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #453 of 702. Estimated risk: 82.0%

Directly assessed by researchers as likely automatable
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AI Exposure Risk

38%

“Template Fitter” 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 38% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

59%

“Template Fitter” will maybe be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 59% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Sheet Metal Workers, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Fabricate, assemble, install, and repair sheet metal products and equipment, such as ducts, control boxes, drainpipes, and furnace casings. Work may involve any of the following: setting up and operating fabricating machines to cut, bend, and straighten sheet metal; shaping metal over anvils, blocks, or forms using hammer; operating soldering and welding equipment to join sheet metal parts; or inspecting, assembling, and smoothing seams and joints of burred surfaces. Includes sheet metal duct installers who install prefabricated sheet metal ducts used for heating, air conditioning, or other purposes.

Avg. Annual Salary $66,110
Avg. Hourly Wage $31.78
Available Jobs (US) 117,470
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Sheet Metal Workers #47-2211
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Sheet Metal Workers”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Inspect individual parts, assemblies, or installations, using measuring instruments, such as calipers, scales, or micrometers.

  • Convert blueprints into shop drawings to be followed in the construction or assembly of sheet metal products.

  • Verify that heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems are designed, installed, and calibrated in accordance with green certification standards, such as those of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED).

  • Hire, train, or supervise new employees or apprentices.

  • Fabricate ducts for high efficiency heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems to maximize efficiency of systems.

  • Determine project requirements, such as scope, assembly sequences, or required methods or materials, using blueprints, drawings, or written or verbal instructions.

  • Maintain equipment, making repairs or modifications when necessary.

  • Fabricate or alter parts at construction sites, using shears, hammers, punches, or drills.

  • Perform building commissioning activities by completing mechanical inspections of a building's water, lighting, or heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems.

  • Fasten seams or joints together with welds, bolts, cement, rivets, solder, caulks, metal drive clips, or bonds to assemble components into products or to repair sheet metal items.

  • Finish parts, using hacksaws or hand, rotary, or squaring shears.

  • Maneuver completed roofing units into position for installation.

  • Fasten roof panel edges or machine-made moldings to structures by nailing or welding.

  • Install assemblies, such as flashing, pipes, tubes, heating and air conditioning ducts, furnace casings, rain gutters, or downspouts in supportive frameworks.

  • Select gauges or types of sheet metal or nonmetallic material, according to product specifications.

  • Trim, file, grind, deburr, buff, or smooth surfaces, seams, or joints of assembled parts, using hand tools or portable power tools.

  • Shape metal material over anvils, blocks, or other forms, using hand tools.

  • Transport prefabricated parts to construction sites for assembly and installation.

  • Lay out, measure, and mark dimensions and reference lines on material, such as roofing panels, using calculators, scribes, dividers, squares, or rulers.

Technologies & Software

  • Procore AI
  • XY Soft Sheet Cutting Suite
  • JETCAM Expert
  • WiCAM PN4000
  • Microsoft Excel
  • FCC Software AutoPOL Series
  • Computer aided manufacturing CAM software
  • Applied Production ProFold
  • Striker Systems SS-Profile
  • Siemens NX
  • PTC Creo Parametric
  • Autodesk Construction AI
  • Gemini for Workspace
  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • Computer aided design CAD software
  • Corte Certo
  • Revcad Software Sheet Lightning
  • Buildots AI
  • Merry Mechanization SMP/IS
  • Microsoft Windows
  • Spreadsheet software
  • QuickPen DuctDesigner 3D
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Applied Production ProFab
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Word
  • Strobe tachometers
  • Pneumatic impact wrenches
  • Cutoff saws
  • Scale rulers
  • Punches
  • Polishers
  • Squaring shears
  • Safety gloves
  • Scratch awls
  • Hammer drills
  • Box and pan brakes
  • Trammel points
  • Drill presses
  • Pop rivet guns
  • Ladders
  • Calipers
  • Slings
  • Oxygen testers
  • Power buffers
  • Vernier calipers
  • Riveting tools
  • Millivolt meters
  • Power presses
  • AC welding power units
  • Bumping hammers
  • Easy edgers
  • Smoke testers
  • Tempscribes
  • Welding helmets
  • Unishears
  • Bolt cutters
  • Pipe threaders
  • Hand brakes
  • Nibblers
  • Soldering furnaces
  • Groovers
  • Tap sets
  • Metal inert gas MIG welders
  • Aviation snips
  • Hole punches
  • Hacksaws
  • Plumb bobs
  • Laser printers
  • Hand dollies
  • Jigs
  • Burring machines
  • Templates
  • Rotary punches
  • Power punches
  • AC/DC welding power units
  • Scaffolding
  • Center punches
  • Double seaming equipment
  • Slip roll formers
  • Seamers
  • Power sanders
  • Electric impact wrenches
  • Turning machines
  • Riveting hammers
  • Adjustable wrenches
  • Pipe cutters
  • Digital multimeters
  • Dial indicators
  • Pneumatic hammers
  • Pitot tubes
  • Micrometers
  • Vise grip pliers
  • Ohmmeters
  • Acoustic ear muffs or defenders
  • Drifts
  • Pneumatic riveters
  • Psychrometers
  • Electric drills
  • Protractors
  • Bar folders
  • Bandsaws
  • Allen wrenches
  • Calibrated flow hoods
  • Inclined manometers
  • Power routers
  • Squares
  • Framing squares
  • Tungsten inert gas TIG welding equipment
  • Ammeters
  • Hand notchers
  • U-tube manometers
  • Stack thermometers
  • Plasma cutters
  • C clamps
  • Welding facial shields
  • Transit levels
  • Pipe reamers
  • Spirit levels
  • Power notchers
  • Foot shears
  • V-notchers
  • T squares
  • Chain hoists
  • Cold-cut saws
  • Rivet presses
  • Safety goggles
  • Single-cut mill saw files
  • Hard hats
  • Cold chisels
  • Chalk lines
  • Set squares
  • Adjustable widemouth pliers
  • Prick punches
  • Screwdrivers
  • Combustion analyzers
  • Setting hammers
  • Carbon dioxide CO2 monitors
  • Draft gauges
  • Cleat formers
  • Humidity sensors
  • Portable plasma cutters
  • Hand crimpers
  • Cleat folders
  • Power shears
  • Personal computers
  • Portable spot welders
  • Protective clothing
  • Tongs
  • Computer controlled presses
  • Beam compasses
  • Hydraulic hoists
  • Scribers
  • Computer controlled saws
  • Caulking guns
  • Oxyacetylene welding equipment
  • Stencils
  • Combination snips
  • Tape measures
  • Socket wrench sets
  • Power brakes
  • Wire cutters
  • Spot welders
  • Safety glasses
  • Cordless drills
  • Dividers
  • Wiring machines
  • Magnehelic pressure gauges
  • Ring and circular shears
  • Circular saws
  • Hoists
  • Clamp-on ammeters
  • Hydraulic presses
  • Side cutting pliers
  • Multimeters
  • Laser levels
  • Laser cutters
  • Spiral duct machines
  • Ball peen hammers
  • Nut drivers
  • Hammers
  • Angle grinders
  • Desktop computers
  • Mechanical tachometers
  • Pressure gauges
  • Beading machines
  • Velometers
  • Welding tips
  • Dimplers
  • Straightedges
  • Microamp meters

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