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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Pre-Engineered Metal Building Ironworker” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #457 of 702. Estimated risk: 83.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

43%

“Pre-Engineered Metal Building 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%

“Pre-Engineered Metal Building 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Dismantle structures or equipment.

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

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

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

  • Place blocks under reinforcing bars used to reinforce floors.

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

Technologies & Software

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

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