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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Tire Installer” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #384 of 702. Estimated risk: 70.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

36%

“Tire Installer” 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%

“Tire Installer” 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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AI Risk 56%
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Robot Risk 51%

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Robot Risk 57%

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AI Risk 53%
Robot Risk 55%

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AI Risk 52%
Robot Risk 50%

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AI Risk 52%
Robot Risk 48%

Core Skills & Abilities

  • Raise vehicles, using hydraulic jacks.

  • Remount wheels onto vehicles.

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

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

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

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

  • 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.

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

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

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

  • Buff defective areas of inner tubes, using scrapers.

  • Replace valve stems and remove puncturing objects.

  • 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.

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

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

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

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

  • Clean and tidy up the shop.

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

  • Clean sides of whitewall tires.

  • Reassemble tires onto wheels.

  • Order replacements for tires or tubes.

Technologies & Software

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

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