Will AI take my job

All jobs

Will AI replace Commercial Divers?

AI reaches little of this job’s work.

10/100

Low exposure

More exposed to AI than 21% of US workers.

AI already used in
0% of the work
As AI tools mature: up to
20% of the work

What the job involves

Work below surface of water, using surface-supplied air or scuba equipment to inspect, repair, remove, or install equipment and structures. May use a variety of power and hand tools, such as drills, sledgehammers, torches, and welding equipment. May conduct tests or experiments, rig explosives, or photograph structures or marine life.

Where AI reaches the work

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

Within reach(4)

  • Communicate with workers on the surface while underwater, using signal lines or telephones.
  • Obtain information about diving tasks and environmental conditions.
  • Take test samples or photographs to assess the condition of vessels or structures.
  • Operate underwater video, sonar, recording, or related equipment to investigate underwater structures or marine life.

Out of reach(20)

  • Check and maintain diving equipment, such as helmets, masks, air tanks, harnesses, or gauges.
  • Take appropriate safety precautions, such as monitoring dive lengths and depths and registering with authorities before diving expeditions begin.
  • Inspect and test docks, ships, buoyage systems, plant intakes or outflows, or underwater pipelines, cables, or sewers, using closed circuit television, still photography, and testing equipment.
  • Inspect the condition of underwater steel or wood structures.
  • Repair ships, bridge foundations, or other structures below the water line, using caulk, bolts, and hand tools.

and 15 more

Also called

Diver · Scuba Diver · Salvage Diver · Skin Diver · Submarine Diver · Underwater Welder · Diver Tender · Diving Coordinator

Related jobs

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.

Sources

Get the check for your own work

A job title only gets you the typical case. The full check scores what you actually do, task by task.

One email when the free check opens. Nothing else.

How we handle it: privacy notice.

The free check opens soon.