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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Ironworker” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #457 of 702. Estimated risk: 83.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

43%

“Ironworker” 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 43% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

62%

“Ironworker” will maybe be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 62% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Structural Iron and Steel Workers, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Raise, place, and unite iron or steel girders, columns, and other structural members to form completed structures or structural frameworks. May erect metal storage tanks and assemble prefabricated metal buildings.

Avg. Annual Salary $69,270
Avg. Hourly Wage $33.30
Available Jobs (US) 64,720
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Structural Iron and Steel Workers #47-2221
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Structural Iron and Steel Workers”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Erect metal or precast concrete components for structures, such as buildings, bridges, dams, towers, storage tanks, fences, or highway guard rails.

  • Connect columns, beams, and girders with bolts, following blueprints and instructions from supervisors.

  • Dismantle structures or equipment.

  • Verify vertical and horizontal alignment of structural steel members, using plumb bobs, laser equipment, transits, or levels.

  • Fasten structural steel members to hoist cables, using chains, cables, or rope.

  • Pull, push, or pry structural steel members into approximate positions for bolting into place.

  • Force structural steel members into final positions, using turnbuckles, crowbars, jacks, or hand tools.

  • Read specifications or blueprints to determine the locations, quantities, or sizes of materials required.

  • Hoist steel beams, girders, or columns into place, using cranes or signaling hoisting equipment operators to lift and position structural steel members.

  • Place blocks under reinforcing bars used to reinforce floors.

  • Cut, bend, or weld steel pieces, using metal shears, torches, or welding equipment.

  • Assemble hoisting equipment or rigging, such as cables, pulleys, or hooks, to move heavy equipment or materials.

  • Drive drift pins through rivet holes to align rivet holes in structural steel members with corresponding holes in previously placed members.

  • Fabricate metal parts, such as steel frames, columns, beams, or girders, according to blueprints or instructions from supervisors.

  • Ride on girders or other structural steel members to position them, or use rope to guide them into position.

  • Insert sealing strips, wiring, insulating material, ladders, flanges, gauges, or valves, depending on types of structures being assembled.

  • Bolt aligned structural steel members in position for permanent riveting, bolting, or welding into place.

  • Unload and position prefabricated steel units for hoisting, as needed.

  • Hold rivets while riveters use air hammers to form heads on rivets.

Technologies & Software

  • Autodesk Construction AI
  • Cost estimating software
  • Turtle Creek Software Goldenseal
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Procore AI
  • Inventory tracking software
  • Gemini for Workspace
  • Computer aided design CAD software
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Buildots AI
  • Project scheduling software
  • Sledgehammers
  • Rubber mallets
  • Utility knives
  • Welding helmets
  • Forging dies
  • Vise grip pliers
  • Protective coveralls
  • Two way radios
  • Power lifts
  • Ladders
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Side cutting pliers
  • Scribers
  • Single-cut mill saw files
  • Adjustable wrenches
  • Adjustable widemouth pliers
  • Air compressors
  • Power grinders
  • Safety gloves
  • Pneumatic hammers
  • Safety glasses
  • Winches
  • Tin snips
  • Cutoff saws
  • Wire brushes
  • Personal computers
  • Safety belts
  • Welding gloves
  • Phillips head screwdrivers
  • Portable welding machines
  • Jacks
  • Staple guns
  • Tongs
  • Blow torches
  • Chalk lines
  • Rivet tongs
  • Spud wrenches
  • Notebook computers
  • Swing stages
  • Flat head screwdrivers
  • Electric drills
  • Scaffolding
  • Hard hats
  • Drift pins
  • Welding hoods
  • Laser levels
  • Rivet guns
  • C clamps
  • Open end wrenches
  • Tape measures
  • Life preservers
  • Bolt cutters
  • Hacksaws
  • Cold chisels
  • Stressing jacks
  • Plumb bobs
  • Respirators
  • Squares
  • Slings
  • Safety lanyards
  • Rod ovens
  • Hammers
  • Welding tips
  • Protective harnesses
  • Plasma cutters
  • Rivet busters
  • Torpedo levels
  • Tuggers
  • Combination squares
  • Decoilers
  • Center punches
  • Hydraulic pumps
  • Strikers
  • Spreader beams
  • Safety boots
  • Robertson screwdrivers
  • Bull pins
  • Grout mixers
  • Socket wrench sets
  • Pipe wrenches
  • Ear plugs
  • Workshop cranes
  • Crowbars

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