Ship Engineers
Transportation & Material MovingAI exposure
- Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
Low· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery highGroup-level value
Scale, basis and source
Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)
831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band
- Data source: AnthropicPublished: 2026-03
0.000
0.000Range of values carried here0.745Scale, basis and source
- Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.23
0.09Range of values carried here0.70Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
ISCO-08 unit group — every occupation sharing the code gets this value
Computed by this site, not published by the ILO: of the 1,012 occupations this site links to the ILO dataset, 80% score at or above this value.
What kind of figure this source publishes
The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.
Task-level exposure
Exposed tasks only| Task | APIRaw / share % |
|---|---|
Act as a liaison between a ship's captain and shore personnel to ensure that schedules and budgets are maintained and that the ship is operated safely and efficiently.53-5031 | 0.0015100.0 |
| Not observed on any surface — 16 task(s) — These tasks have no row in the source for this release. The 0 in the share row is a display-stage composition ratio; absence is what the — in the raw row states. | |
Monitor the availability, use, or condition of lifesaving equipment or pollution preventatives to ensure that international regulations are followed. | —0 |
Monitor engine, machinery, or equipment indicators when vessels are underway and report abnormalities to appropriate shipboard staff. | —0 |
Maintain electrical power, heating, ventilation, refrigeration, water, or sewerage systems. | —0 |
Record orders for changes in ship speed or direction and note gauge readings or test data, such as revolutions per minute or voltage output, in engineering logs or bellbooks. | —0 |
Perform or participate in emergency drills, as required. | —0 |
Maintain complete records of engineering department activities, including machine operations. | —0 |
Start engines to propel ships and regulate engines and power transmissions to control speeds of ships, according to directions from captains or bridge computers. | —0 |
Monitor and test operations of engines or other equipment so that malfunctions and their causes can be identified. | —0 |
Maintain or repair engines, electric motors, pumps, winches, or other mechanical or electrical equipment or assist other crew members with maintenance or repair duties. | —0 |
Perform general marine vessel maintenance or repair work, such as repairing leaks, finishing interiors, refueling, or maintaining decks. | —0 |
Operate or maintain off-loading liquid pumps or valves. | —0 |
Clean engine parts and keep engine rooms clean. | —0 |
Supervise the activities of marine engine technicians engaged in the maintenance or repair of mechanical or electrical marine vessels and inspect their work to ensure that it is performed properly. | —0 |
Order and receive engine room stores, such as oil or spare parts, maintain inventories, and record usage of supplies. | —0 |
Install engine controls, propeller shafts, or propellers. | —0 |
Fabricate engine replacement parts, such as valves, stay rods, or bolts, using metalworking machinery. | —0 |
Values in this tab are predicted labels, not observations. Eloundou et al. (2023) published two rating regimes — human raters and GPT-4 — and the β shown here is derived from the GPT-4 rater basis alone; the same task can take a different value under the other regime. The unit and the meaning differ from the observed shares (%) in the other tabs, so do not place them on the same axis.
| Task | βE1 + 0.5 × E2 |
|---|---|
Record orders for changes in ship speed or direction, and note gauge readings or test data, such as revolutions per minute or voltage output, in engineering logs or bellbooks.O*NET Task ID 14555 | 1.0 |
Maintain complete records of engineering department activities, including machine operations.O*NET Task ID 14557 | 1.0 |
Order and receive engine room stores, such as oil or spare parts, maintain inventories, and record usage of supplies.O*NET Task ID 14565 | 0.5 |
Act as a liaison between a ship's captain and shore personnel to ensure that schedules and budgets are maintained and that the ship is operated safely and efficiently.O*NET Task ID 14566 | 0.5 |
Monitor the availability, use, or condition of lifesaving equipment or pollution preventatives to ensure that international regulations are followed.O*NET Task ID 14552 | 0.0 |
Monitor engine, machinery, or equipment indicators when vessels are underway, and report abnormalities to appropriate shipboard staff.O*NET Task ID 14553 | 0.0 |
Maintain electrical power, heating, ventilation, refrigeration, water, or sewerage systems.O*NET Task ID 14554 | 0.0 |
Perform or participate in emergency drills, as required.O*NET Task ID 14556 | 0.0 |
Start engines to propel ships, and regulate engines and power transmissions to control speeds of ships, according to directions from captains or bridge computers.O*NET Task ID 14558 | 0.0 |
Monitor and test operations of engines or other equipment so that malfunctions and their causes can be identified.O*NET Task ID 14559 | 0.0 |
Maintain or repair engines, electric motors, pumps, winches, or other mechanical or electrical equipment, or assist other crew members with maintenance or repair duties.O*NET Task ID 14560 | 0.0 |
Perform general marine vessel maintenance or repair work, such as repairing leaks, finishing interiors, refueling, or maintaining decks.O*NET Task ID 14561 | 0.0 |
Operate or maintain off-loading liquid pumps or valves.O*NET Task ID 14562 | 0.0 |
Clean engine parts and keep engine rooms clean.O*NET Task ID 14563 | 0.0 |
Supervise marine engine technicians engaged in the maintenance or repair of mechanical or electrical marine vessels, and inspect their work to ensure that it is performed properly.O*NET Task ID 14564 | 0.0 |
Install engine controls, propeller shafts, or propellers.O*NET Task ID 14567 | 0.0 |
Fabricate engine replacement parts, such as valves, stay rods, or bolts, using metalworking machinery.O*NET Task ID 14568 | 0.0 |
β = E1 + 0.5 × E2 · E1 = tasks where direct LLM access alone cuts time by at least 50%, E2 = tasks where software built on top of an LLM cuts time by at least 50%. Values take only 0 / 0.5 / 1.0.
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