O*NET-SOC 47-2011.00 / model V11 rated-task engine

Will AI replace
Boilermakers?

Construct, assemble, maintain, and repair stationary steam boilers and boiler house auxiliaries. Align structures or plate sections to assemble boiler frame tanks or vats, following blueprints. Work involves use of hand and power tools, plumb bobs, levels, wedges, dogs, or turnbuckles. Assist in testing assembled vessels. Direct cleaning of boilers and boiler furnaces. Inspect and repair boiler fittings, such as safety valves, regulators, automatic-control mechanisms, water columns, and auxiliary machines.

Estimated AI task exposure

Low exposure

V11 weights occupation tasks using O*NET Importance, Relevance and Frequency ratings instead of treating every task equally.

18 tasks have usable Task Rating records; weighted-task coverage is 100%.

Digital/info work

16/100

Physical moat

84/100

Human moat

12/100

Rating coverage

100%

18 task statements / 18 rated

Highest-weighted occupation tasks

Examine boilers, pressure vessels, tanks, or vats to locate defects, such as leaks, weak spots, or defective sections, so that they can be repaired.

Importance 73/100Relevance 100/100Frequency 39/100Weight 0.75

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

Importance 77/100Relevance 90/100Frequency 47/100Weight 0.74

Inspect assembled vessels or individual components, such as tubes, fittings, valves, controls, or auxiliary mechanisms, to locate any defects.

Importance 71/100Relevance 100/100Frequency 40/100Weight 0.74

Conduct pressure tests on vessels, such as boilers.

Importance 78/100Relevance 95/100Frequency 26/100Weight 0.71

Clean pressure vessel equipment, using scrapers, wire brushes, and cleaning solvents.

Importance 63/100Relevance 93/100Frequency 34/100Weight 0.67

Repair or replace defective pressure vessel parts, such as safety valves or regulators, using torches, jacks, caulking hammers, power saws, threading dies, welding equipment, or metalworking machinery.

Importance 62/100Relevance 93/100Frequency 34/100Weight 0.67

Lay out plate, sheet steel, or other heavy metal and locate and mark bending and cutting lines, using protractors, compasses, and drawing instruments or templates.

Importance 68/100Relevance 71/100Frequency 41/100Weight 0.63

Shape seams, joints, or irregular edges of pressure vessel sections or structural parts to attain specified fit of parts, using cutting torches, hammers, files, or metalworking machines.

Importance 60/100Relevance 80/100Frequency 39/100Weight 0.62

Bell, bead with power hammers, or weld pressure vessel tube ends to ensure leakproof joints.

Importance 68/100Relevance 74/100Frequency 34/100Weight 0.62

Install manholes, handholes, taps, tubes, valves, gauges, or feedwater connections in drums of water tube boilers, using hand tools.

Importance 57/100Relevance 89/100Frequency 27/100Weight 0.62

Task weighting

Each rated task receives a composite weight: 38% relevance, 37% importance and 25% frequency. Core tasks receive a small additional multiplier. Low-precision rows flagged by O*NET for suppression are excluded.

Occupation scoring

When rating coverage is strong, rated tasks contribute 60% of the digital, physical and human task signals and Work Activities contribute 40%. Lower-coverage occupations automatically rely more on Work Activities.

U.S. labor market

BLS Wage & Employment Outlook

Median annual wage

$76,410

BLS OEWS May 2025

National employment

10,190

BLS OEWS May 2025

Projected growth

-1.8%

BLS Employment Projections 2025–2035

Average annual openings

1

BLS Employment Projections 2025–2035

BLS labor-market figures are separate from the site's AI-exposure model. Missing values mean a compatible detailed BLS occupation estimate was not published or could not be mapped.

Career pivot radar

Safer Career Alternatives

These options are selected from the same 923-occupation model. They favor a similar task/work profile with meaningfully lower estimated AI exposure. They are suggestions for exploration, not guarantees of job fit.

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