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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Structural Steel Ironworker” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #457 of 702. Estimated risk: 83.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

43%

“Structural Steel 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%

“Structural Steel 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Dismantle structures or equipment.

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • Place blocks under reinforcing bars used to reinforce floors.

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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