Will AI Replace First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers?

Inspect work progress, equipment, or construction sites to verify safety or to ensure that specifications are met.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Read specifications, such as blueprints, to determine construction requirements or to plan procedures.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Supervise, coordinate, or schedule the activities of construction or extractive workers.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Assign work to employees, based on material or worker requirements of specific jobs.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Coordinate work activities with other construction project activities.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Estimate material or worker requirements to complete jobs.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Analyze worker or production problems and recommend solutions, such as improving production methods or implementing motivational plans.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Order or requisition materials or supplies.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Train workers in construction methods, operation of equipment, safety procedures, or company policies.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Locate, measure, and mark site locations or placement of structures or equipment, using measuring and marking equipment.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Confer with managerial or technical personnel, other departments, or contractors to resolve problems or to coordinate activities.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Arrange for repairs of equipment or machinery.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Provide assistance to workers engaged in construction or extraction activities, using hand tools or other equipment.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Record information, such as personnel, production, or operational data on specified forms or reports.

Routine cognitive or manual task with high vulnerability to automation.

Suggest or initiate personnel actions, such as promotions, transfers, or hires.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.