Install insulation in equipment or structures.
Little of this can be handed to software today.
This happens in the physical world, so software agents do not touch it. Automation here means robotics and machinery, which is a different market from the one mapped on this site, on a much slower clock.
| How automatable | Barely automatable |
|---|---|
| Kind of work | Physical, manual and inspection work |
| Jobs that do it | 14 occupations |
| Tool categories that apply | None |
| O*NET activity | Handling and Moving Objects (4.A.3.a.2) |
What could do this work.
Nothing in our landscape addresses this work. That is the honest answer rather than a padded list: this activity needs a person present, or a machine rather than a software agent.
Who does this work.
14 occupations in the O*NET database perform this activity. Each one has a full breakdown of its other tasks.
- Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers
- Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers
- Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
- Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles
- Helpers--Carpenters
- Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall
- Insulation Workers, Mechanical
- Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
- Plasterers and Stucco Masons
- Roofers
- Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians
- Structural Iron and Steel Workers
- Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
- Weatherization Installers and Technicians
Work that goes with it.
O*NET groups these under “Build structures”. In practice they tend to be done by the same person, in the same sitting.
Method. The activity, its taxonomy placement and the occupations that perform it come straight from the public-domain O*NET 30.3 database. The automatability band is ours: we map each of O*NET’s 41 generalized work activities to how much of its output current software can produce, assuming a person still reviews and owns the result. It is a coarse three-way judgment on purpose. A precise-looking percentage here would be invented.