Millwrights
The short answer
This job is less likely to change much. Most of the work is the kind AI can't help with. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to shrink over the next decade, with about 81 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the least exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. Most of what it involves isn't the kind of work AI can take over.
How much AI could touch this job
Looking at the job itself, AI could help with a small part of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the least exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.
What AI can and can’t help with in this job
This job is in the least exposed fifth of New York jobs for AI exposure. The tasks below show why: most of what it involves is work AI can't simply take over.
AI can help with or automate about 4% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Install robot and modify its program, using teach pendant.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Replace defective parts of machine, or adjust clearances and alignment of moving parts.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Align machines or equipment, using hoists, jacks, hand tools, squares, rules, micrometers, lasers, or plumb bobs.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Insert shims, adjust tension on nuts and bolts, or position parts, using hand tools and measuring instruments, to set specified clearances between moving and stationary parts.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Signal crane operator to lower basic assembly units to bedplate, and align unit to centerline.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Conduct preventative maintenance and repair, and lubricate machines and equipment.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Jobs you could switch to
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Riggers
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What the move takes
Usually requires a high school diploma or equivalent, plus moderate-term on-the-job training.
Getting ready typically takes up to about a year.
Skills you already have
- Mechanical
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New skills to build
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Structural Iron and Steel Workers
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What the move takes
Usually requires a high school diploma or equivalent, plus apprenticeship.
Getting ready typically takes up to about a year.
Skills you already have
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New skills to build
- Gross Body Equilibrium
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Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
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What the move takes
Usually requires a high school diploma or equivalent, plus moderate-term on-the-job training.
Getting ready typically takes up to about a year.
Skills you already have
- Mechanical
- Control Precision
- Multilimb Coordination
- Near Vision
- Operation and Control
New skills to build
- Depth Perception