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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Brake and Alignment Technician (Brake and Alignment Tech)” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #384 of 702. Estimated risk: 70.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

36%

“Brake and Alignment Technician (Brake and Alignment Tech)” 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 36% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

58%

“Brake and Alignment Technician (Brake and Alignment Tech)” will maybe be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 58% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Tire Repairers and Changers, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Repair and replace tires.

Avg. Annual Salary $39,140
Avg. Hourly Wage $18.82
Available Jobs (US) 106,620
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Tire Repairers and Changers #49-3093
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Tire Repairers and Changers”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Rotate tires to different positions on vehicles, using hand tools.

  • Clean sides of whitewall tires.

  • Reassemble tires onto wheels.

  • Inspect tire casings for defects, such as holes or tears.

  • Seal punctures in tubeless tires by inserting adhesive material and expanding rubber plugs into punctures, using hand tools.

  • Unbolt and remove wheels from vehicles, using lug wrenches or other hand or power tools.

  • Glue tire patches over ruptures in tire casings, using rubber cement.

  • Patch tubes with adhesive rubber patches or seal rubber patches to tubes, using hot vulcanizing plates.

  • Hammer required counterweights onto rims of wheels.

  • Buff defective areas of inner tubes, using scrapers.

  • Separate tubed tires from wheels, using rubber mallets and metal bars or mechanical tire changers.

  • Place wheels on balancing machines to determine counterweights required to balance wheels.

  • Order replacements for tires or tubes.

  • Replace valve stems and remove puncturing objects.

  • Assist mechanics and perform various mechanical duties, such as changing oil or checking and replacing batteries.

  • Prepare rims and wheel drums for reassembly by scraping, grinding, or sandblasting.

  • Remount wheels onto vehicles.

  • Apply rubber cement to buffed tire casings prior to vulcanization process.

  • Raise vehicles, using hydraulic jacks.

  • Clean and tidy up the shop.

  • Drive automobile or service trucks to industrial sites to provide services or respond to emergency calls.

  • Identify tire size and ply and inflate tires accordingly.

  • Locate punctures in tubeless tires by visual inspection or by immersing inflated tires in water baths and observing air bubbles.

  • Inflate inner tubes and immerse them in water to locate leaks.

Technologies & Software

  • Augury (Predictive Maintenance)
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Perplexity AI
  • Uptake AI
  • Accounting software
  • Microsoft Word
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Recordkeeping software
  • ServiceMax AI
  • Project estimation software
  • Handheld extruders
  • 4-way tire valve tools
  • Taper point knives
  • Rim clamp tire changers
  • Desktop computers
  • Cutting blades
  • Eye protection
  • Air/steam bags
  • Mallets
  • Hand rasps
  • Tire probing awls
  • Pneumatic wrenches
  • Respirators
  • Regroovers
  • Mechanical tire changers
  • Holding clamps
  • Hand rollers for adhesives
  • Scrapers
  • Bead expanders
  • Tire tread depth gauges
  • Mill knives
  • Curved-point scalpel knives
  • Bail cutting knives
  • Electric knife heaters
  • Vulcanizing machines
  • Airless spray guns
  • Tire irons
  • Tire knockers
  • Wire brushes
  • Buffers
  • Stickleback rasps
  • Tire plug guns
  • Safety gloves
  • Inner-liner scrapers
  • Hawk bill knives
  • Utility knives
  • Deburring tools
  • Fast-trim vent knives
  • Safety shoes
  • Heavy duty T-handle reamers
  • Scissors
  • Power hoists
  • Razor knives
  • Hydraulic jacks
  • Personal computers
  • Mold presses
  • Computerized tire/wheel balancing equipment
  • Truck lock ring removers
  • Tire hammers
  • Power grinders
  • Bead seaters
  • Trimmer shears
  • Square point knives
  • Tire reamers
  • Hydraulic pumps
  • Balancing machines
  • Rubber patch guns
  • Heavy duty T-handle spiral probe cement tools
  • Hammers
  • Thermocutters
  • Air spray guns
  • Awls
  • Duck-billed bead-breaking wedges
  • Bead breakers
  • Notched-blade trim knives
  • Hot vulcanizing plates
  • Hub-cap pullers
  • Insertion tools
  • Pricking awls
  • Air drills
  • Tire stands
  • Heavy duty awls
  • Truck tire spoons
  • Power tire spreaders
  • Shears
  • Insulated heater knives
  • Jacks
  • Lug wrenches
  • Workshop cranes
  • Torque wrenches

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