Sailors and Marine Oilers
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 165 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 7% of the tasks in this job.
Tasks AI can help with or automate
Read pressure and temperature gauges or displays and record data in engineering logs.
AI could help, but needs extra software
Record data in ships' logs, such as weather conditions or distances traveled.
AI could do much of this on its own
Tasks AI can't do much of
Tie barges together into tow units for tugboats to handle, inspecting barges periodically during voyages and disconnecting them when destinations are reached.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Attach hoses and operate pumps to transfer substances to and from liquid cargo tanks.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Handle lines to moor vessels to wharfs, to tie up vessels to other vessels, or to rig towing lines.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Stand watch in ships' bows or bridge wings to look for obstructions in a ship's path or to locate navigational aids, such as buoys or lighthouses.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
Maintain government-issued certifications, as required.
AI is unlikely to speed this up
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