Boilermakers
Construction and ExtractionAI Impact Assessment
This job is relatively safe from AI automation and may even benefit from AI tools.
Boilermakers with an AI automation risk score of 12%. Analysis includes 17 core tasks.
Safer Career Paths
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
9% AI Risk
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7% AI Risk
Human-centered work and decision ownership.
Key Tasks
Assemble large vessels in an on-site fabrication shop prior to installation to ensure proper fit.
Install refractory bricks or other heat-resistant materials in fireboxes of pressure vessels.
Attach rigging and signal crane or hoist operators to lift heavy frame and plate sections or other parts into place.
Study blueprints to determine locations
Repair or replace defective pressure vessel parts
Locate and mark reference points for columns or plates on boiler foundations
Bolt or arc weld pressure vessel structures and parts together
Upskilling Courses
Data Sources
Analysis based on O*NET data