Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
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 418 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 a small part 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 22% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Record operational data, such as temperatures, pressures, ingredients used, processing times, or test results.
AI could do much of this on its own
Read plant specifications to determine products, ingredients, or prescribed modifications of plant procedures.
AI could do much of this on its own
Estimate materials required for production and manufacturing of products.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Observe and compare colors and consistencies of products to instrument readings and to laboratory and standard test results.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Inventory supplies received and consumed.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Observe safety precautions to prevent fires or explosions.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Control or operate equipment in which chemical changes or reactions take place during the processing of industrial or consumer products.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Patrol work areas to detect leaks or equipment malfunctions or to monitor operating conditions.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Draw samples of products at specified stages so that analyses can be performed.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Adjust controls to regulate temperature, pressure, feed, or flow of liquids or gases and times of prescribed reactions, according to knowledge of equipment and processes.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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