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Operation and Control at work

72 jobs lean on it. O*NET rates it most important for airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers.

Time card for airline pilots, copilots, and flight engineers: 2h of an 8-hour shift touched by AI or robotsTime card: Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers →

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O*NET defines operation and control as: Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

72 jobs on this site rate it as important or very important. In those jobs, AI and robots touch an average of 2h 27m of an 8-hour shift, 54m more than the 1h 33m average across all jobs.

Good pay, least AI time

Jobs that lean on operation and control, pay at least the $59,850 median for this group, and have the least AI or robot time.

  1. Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians no AI or robot evidence · $79,870
  2. Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians no AI or robot evidence · $73,900
  3. Pile Driver Operators no AI or robot evidence · $73,300
  4. Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics no AI or robot evidence · $65,510
  5. Model Makers, Metal and Plastic no AI or robot evidence · $63,340
  6. Industrial Machinery Mechanics 6m touched · $64,520
  7. Nuclear Power Reactor Operators 19m touched · $122,890
  8. Structural Iron and Steel Workers 24m touched · $62,780
  9. Ship Engineers 29m touched · $109,530
  10. Boilermakers 29m touched · $76,410

How much AI touches these jobs

Of the 72 jobs, 8 have no AI or robot evidence, 15 have under an hour, 21 have 1 to 3 hours and 28 have 3 hours or more.

Skills that usually come with it

Jobs that rely on operation and control most often also rely on operations monitoring (93%), monitoring (36%), critical thinking (31%), equipment maintenance (13%), quality control analysis (13%).

Jobs that rely on it most

  1. Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 2h touched · $232,140
  2. Commercial Pilots 2h 14m touched · $123,220
  3. Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 5h 28m touched · $59,850
  4. Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators 1h 22m touched · $50,690
  5. Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining 5h 38m touched · $57,430
  6. Locomotive Engineers 3h 20m touched · $81,410
  7. Pile Driver Operators no AI or robot evidence · $73,300
  8. Industrial Machinery Mechanics 6m touched · $64,520
  9. Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 2h 10m touched · $60,020
  10. Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic no AI or robot evidence · $46,550
  11. Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 1h 4m touched · $50,140
  12. Conveyor Operators and Tenders 4h 27m touched · $42,420
  13. Logging Equipment Operators 1h 37m touched · $49,740
  14. Chemical Plant and System Operators 1h 1m touched · $78,120
  15. Nuclear Power Reactor Operators 19m touched · $122,890
  16. Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 7h 41m touched · $46,420
  17. Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity 5h 54m touched · $59,050
  18. Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders 1h 57m touched · $58,040
  19. Crane and Tower Operators 52m touched · $68,080
  20. Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners 1h 7m touched · $49,880
  21. Power Plant Operators 3h 26m touched · $102,040
  22. Biomass Plant Technicians 4h 58m touched · $102,040
  23. Agricultural Equipment Operators 5h 47m touched · $41,730
  24. Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 4h 11m touched · $48,540
  25. Earth Drillers 3h 38m touched · $60,190

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Importance ratings come from O*NET 30.1, on a 1 to 5 scale; this page counts a job when the rating is 3.5 or higher. Time touched comes from each job's time card (how we keep time). See every skill or search by task.