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What can automotive and watercraft service attendants switch to?

4 jobs with similar skills where less of the shift is touched by AI or robots.

Time card for tire repairers and changers: 47m of an 8-hour shift touched by AI or robotsTime card: Tire Repairers and Changers →

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What can automotive and watercraft service attendants switch to? AI or robots touch about 5h 39m of a typical 8-hour shift for automotive and watercraft service attendants, nearly all of it on tasks AI or robots have done on their own somewhere. The jobs below use many of the same skills, and less of their day is touched today. The closest fit is tire repairers and changers: 47m touched, with median pay 6% higher.

Matches come from O*NET's ratings of the skills, knowledge and work activities each job uses. "To build up" lists the skills each option rates as clearly more important than automotive and watercraft service attendants do today. "Touched" is time on tasks with documented AI use or robots working in real workplaces. Treat these as starting points: pay, openings and requirements differ by state.

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HumanWith AIAIRobot
  1. Tire Repairers and ChangersClose skills · 47m touched (vs 5h 39m) · $38k · +3.4% by 2035 · high school diploma, some trainingShared skills: Installation, Repairing, Equipment MaintenanceNo big skill gaps
  2. Home Appliance RepairersRelated skills · 0m touched (vs 5h 39m) · $51k · +1.9% by 2035 · high school diploma, some trainingShared skills: Repairing, Equipment Maintenance, InstallationTo build up: Troubleshooting, Installation, Repairing

With more training

  1. Motorboat Mechanics and Service TechniciansRelated skills · 0m touched (vs 5h 39m) · $58k · +4.9% by 2035 · vocational school or associate's degreeShared skills: Repairing, Equipment Maintenance, Operation and ControlTo build up: Troubleshooting, Repairing, Equipment Maintenance
  2. Automotive Service Technicians and MechanicsRelated skills · 0m touched (vs 5h 39m) · $51k · +5% by 2035 · vocational school or associate's degreeShared skills: Repairing, Equipment Maintenance, InstallationTo build up: Troubleshooting, Systems Analysis, Systems Evaluation

Before you switch

See the full time card for automotive and watercraft service attendants first: many tasks there still need a person, and learning AI tools for the rest can be its own way forward. For pay where you live, open any job above and pick your state.