Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other
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 hold steady over the next decade, with about 582 openings expected each year.
Where your job stands
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second 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 about a third of this job's tasks.
What this means
Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second 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 second 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 29% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Prepare and maintain logs, reports, or other documentation of work performed.
AI could do much of this on its own
Collect and record data associated with operating geothermal power plants or well fields.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Calculate heat loss and heat gain factors for residential properties to determine heating and cooling required by installed geothermal systems.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Design and lay out geothermal heat systems according to property characteristics, heating and cooling requirements, piping and equipment requirements, applicable regulations, or other factors.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Determine whether emergency or auxiliary systems will be needed to keep properties heated or cooled in extreme weather conditions.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Adjust power production systems to meet load and distribution demands.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Monitor and adjust operations of geothermal power plant equipment or systems.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Identify and correct malfunctions of geothermal plant equipment, electrical systems, instrumentation, or controls.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Maintain electrical switchgear, process controls, transmitters, gauges, and control equipment in accordance with geothermal plant procedures.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Maintain, calibrate, or repair plant instrumentation, control, and electronic devices in geothermal plants.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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