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JOB REPORT / 47-2011 · 18 TASKS

Boilermakers.

Can AI do the work of Boilermakers?

Mostly it works alongside you. Here is what shifts, task by task.

YOUR EXPERIENCE MATTERS

How does this fit your work?

How many tasks do you use AI to assist with at work?

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The parts of your job AI can already do most of:

  • Study blueprints to determine locations, relationships, or dimensions…

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WHAT WE LOOKED AT

Your job, task by task.

1 of 18 tasks reviewed

This job has 18 core tasks. We went through 1 of them, one at a time.

Task by task, from the work Boilermakers actually do. How we describe AI use in each task is our own read of it, not a measurement of whether AI can replace the job.

  1. TASK 01

    Study blueprints to determine locations, relationships, or dimensions of parts.

    AI DOES

    Reads blueprint files, extracts dimensions, and highlights part relationships

    YOU DO

    Apply blueprint knowledge to the actual physical space and conditions on site

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