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Operations Monitoring at work

122 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 operations monitoring as: Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

122 jobs on this site rate it as important or very important. In those jobs, AI and robots touch an average of 1h 55m of an 8-hour shift, 22m more than the 1h 33m average across all jobs.

Good pay, least AI time

Jobs that lean on operations monitoring, pay at least the $59,570 median for this group, and have the least AI or robot time.

  1. Nuclear Engineers no AI or robot evidence · $133,970
  2. Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers no AI or robot evidence · $109,910
  3. Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians no AI or robot evidence · $82,890
  4. Avionics Technicians no AI or robot evidence · $82,280
  5. Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians no AI or robot evidence · $79,870
  6. Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment no AI or robot evidence · $74,090
  7. Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians no AI or robot evidence · $73,900
  8. Robotics Technicians no AI or robot evidence · $73,900
  9. Pile Driver Operators no AI or robot evidence · $73,300
  10. Millwrights no AI or robot evidence · $65,700

How much AI touches these jobs

Of the 122 jobs, 23 have no AI or robot evidence, 26 have under an hour, 41 have 1 to 3 hours and 32 have 3 hours or more.

Skills that usually come with it

Jobs that rely on operations monitoring most often also rely on operation and control (55%), critical thinking (43%), monitoring (32%), active listening (22%), troubleshooting (22%).

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. Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians no AI or robot evidence · $79,870
  4. Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators 1h 22m touched · $50,690
  5. Gas Plant Operators 5h 4m touched · $87,820
  6. Chemical Plant and System Operators 1h 1m touched · $78,120
  7. Industrial Machinery Mechanics 6m touched · $64,520
  8. Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 1h 10m touched · $47,180
  9. Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic no AI or robot evidence · $46,550
  10. Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas 2h 52m touched · $58,160
  11. Locomotive Engineers 3h 20m touched · $81,410
  12. Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers 3h 6m touched · $96,710
  13. Power Plant Operators 3h 26m touched · $102,040
  14. Biomass Plant Technicians 4h 58m touched · $102,040
  15. Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators 4h 12m touched · $78,620
  16. Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 1h 4m touched · $50,140
  17. Conveyor Operators and Tenders 4h 27m touched · $42,420
  18. Earth Drillers 3h 38m touched · $60,190
  19. Wellhead Pumpers 2h 47m touched · $69,960
  20. Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians no AI or robot evidence · $73,900
  21. Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers 2h 36m touched · $46,350
  22. Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas 4h 28m touched · $58,620
  23. Boilermakers 29m touched · $76,410
  24. Wind Turbine Service Technicians 12m touched · $64,120
  25. Nuclear Power Reactor Operators 19m touched · $122,890

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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.