Signal and Track Switch Repairers
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 grow over the next decade, with about 238 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 8% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Record and report information about mileage or track inspected, repairs performed, and equipment requiring replacement.
AI could do much of this on its own
Tasks AI can't do much of
Inspect and test operation, mechanical parts, and circuitry of gate crossings, signals, and signal equipment such as interlocks and hotbox detectors.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Inspect electrical units of railroad grade crossing gates and repair loose bolts and defective electrical connections and parts.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Test and repair track circuits.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Drive motor vehicles to job sites.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Install, inspect, maintain, and repair various railroad service equipment on the road or in the shop, including railroad signal systems.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Jobs you could switch to
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