Etchers and Engravers
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 46 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 27% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Inspect etched work for depth of etching, uniformity, and defects, using calibrated microscopes, gauges, fingers, or magnifying lenses.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Use computer software to design patterns for engraving.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Examine sketches, diagrams, samples, blueprints, or photographs to decide how designs are to be etched, cut, or engraved onto workpieces.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Measure and compute dimensions of lettering, designs, or patterns to be engraved.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Examine engraving for quality of cut, burrs, rough spots, and irregular or incomplete engraving.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Tasks AI can't do much of
Prepare workpieces for etching or engraving by cutting, sanding, cleaning, polishing, or treating them with wax, acid resist, lime, etching powder, or light-sensitive enamel.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Engrave and print patterns, designs, etchings, trademarks, or lettering onto flat or curved surfaces of a wide variety of metal, glass, plastic, or paper items, using hand tools or hand-held power tools.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Prepare etching chemicals according to formulas, diluting acid with water to obtain solutions of specified concentration.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Expose workpieces to acid to develop etch patterns such as designs, lettering, or figures.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Adjust depths and sizes of cuts by adjusting heights of worktables, or by adjusting machine-arm gauges.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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