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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

  • Reassemble tires onto wheels.

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

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

  • Identify tire size and ply and inflate tires accordingly.

  • Raise vehicles, using hydraulic jacks.

  • Order replacements for tires or tubes.

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

  • Replace valve stems and remove puncturing objects.

  • Buff defective areas of inner tubes, using scrapers.

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

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

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

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

  • Remount wheels onto vehicles.

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

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

  • Hammer required counterweights onto rims of wheels.

  • Clean and tidy up the shop.

  • Clean sides of whitewall tires.

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

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

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

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

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

Technologies & Software

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

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