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Will AI replace Boilermakers?

AI reaches little of this job’s work.

0/100

Low exposure

More exposed to AI than 2% of US workers.

AI already used in
0% of the work
As AI tools mature: up to
0% of the work

What the job involves

Construct, assemble, maintain, and repair stationary steam boilers and boiler house auxiliaries. Align structures or plate sections to assemble boiler frame tanks or vats, following blueprints. Work involves use of hand and power tools, plumb bobs, levels, wedges, dogs, or turnbuckles. Assist in testing assembled vessels. Direct cleaning of boilers and boiler furnaces. Inspect and repair boiler fittings, such as safety valves, regulators, automatic-control mechanisms, water columns, and auxiliary machines.

Where AI reaches the work

The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.

Out of reach(17)

  • Examine boilers, pressure vessels, tanks, or vats to locate defects, such as leaks, weak spots, or defective sections, so that they can be repaired.
  • Inspect assembled vessels or individual components, such as tubes, fittings, valves, controls, or auxiliary mechanisms, to locate any defects.
  • Study blueprints to determine locations, relationships, or dimensions of parts.
  • Clean pressure vessel equipment, using scrapers, wire brushes, and cleaning solvents.
  • Repair or replace defective pressure vessel parts, such as safety valves or regulators, using torches, jacks, caulking hammers, power saws, threading dies, welding equipment, or metalworking machinery.

and 12 more

Also called

Boilermaker · Boiler Installer · Boiler Mechanic · Boilermaker Mechanic · Boilermaker Fitter · Boiler Technician (Boiler Tech) · Boiler Erector · Boiler Fitter

What these numbers mean

The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.

“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.

The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.

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