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Installation & Repair · Updated Aug 2026

Millwrights

Install, dismantle, or move machinery and heavy equipment according to layout plans, blueprints, or other drawings.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
48/100
Moderate

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
36/100
Low

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence82/100
Task coverage85%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Replace defective parts of machine, or adjust clearances and alignment of moving parts.High
64
Insert shims, adjust tension on nuts and bolts, or position parts, using hand tools and measuring instruments, to set specified clearances between moving and stationary parts.High
63
Signal crane operator to lower basic assembly units to bedplate, and align unit to centerline.High
66
Dismantle machines, using hammers, wrenches, crowbars, and other hand tools.High
62
Align machines or equipment, using hoists, jacks, hand tools, squares, rules, micrometers, lasers, or plumb bobs.High
57
Bolt parts, such as side and deck plates, jaw plates, and journals, to basic assembly unit.High
66
Attach moving parts and subassemblies to basic assembly unit, using hand tools and power tools.High
64
Lay out mounting holes, using measuring instruments, and drill holes with power drill.High
67
Level bedplate and establish centerline, using straightedge, levels, and transit.High
67
Troubleshoot equipment, electrical components, hydraulics, or other mechanical systems.High
62
Shrink-fit bushings, sleeves, rings, liners, gears, and wheels to specified items, using portable gas heating equipment.High
64
Position steel beams to support bedplates of machines and equipment, using blueprints and schematic drawings to determine work procedures.Medium
64
Assemble and install equipment, using hand tools and power tools.High
20
Conduct preventative maintenance and repair, and lubricate machines and equipment.High
21
Move machinery and equipment, using hoists, dollies, rollers, and trucks.High
21
Assemble machines, and bolt, weld, rivet, or otherwise fasten them to foundation or other structures, using hand tools and power tools.High
16
Dismantle machinery and equipment for shipment to installation site, performing installation and maintenance work as part of team.Medium
20
Fabricate and dismantle parts, equipment, and machines, using a cutting torch or other cutting equipment.Medium
19
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Lay out mounting holes, using measuring instruments, and drill holes with power drill.67
  2. Level bedplate and establish centerline, using straightedge, levels, and transit.67
  3. Signal crane operator to lower basic assembly units to bedplate, and align unit to centerline.66
  4. Bolt parts, such as side and deck plates, jaw plates, and journals, to basic assembly unit.66
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Assemble machines, and bolt, weld, rivet, or otherwise fasten them to foundation or other structures, using hand tools and power tools.01
  2. Fabricate and dismantle parts, equipment, and machines, using a cutting torch or other cutting equipment.02
  3. Assemble and install equipment, using hand tools and power tools.03
  4. Dismantle machinery and equipment for shipment to installation site, performing installation and maintenance work as part of team.04
  5. Move machinery and equipment, using hoists, dollies, rollers, and trucks.05
Where else this work leads

Related occupations

Occupations O*NET links to this one. Relatedness reflects shared work, not a claim that these roles are safer.

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency70
Physical dependency74
Adoption pressure44
Labour-market resilience76
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence82/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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