Will AI Replace Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders?

Seal outlet valves on tank cars, barges, and trucks.

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

Verify tank car, barge, or truck load numbers to ensure car placement accuracy based on written or verbal instructions.

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

Start pumps and adjust valves or cables to regulate the flow of products to vessels, using knowledge of loading procedures.

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

Check conditions and weights of vessels to ensure cleanliness and compliance with loading procedures.

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

Observe positions of cars passing loading spouts, and swing spouts into the correct positions at the appropriate times.

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

Monitor product movement to and from storage tanks, coordinating activities with other workers to ensure constant product flow.

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

Operate ship loading and unloading equipment, conveyors, hoists, and other specialized material handling equipment such as railroad tank car unloading equipment.

Routine cognitive or manual task with high vulnerability to automation.

Record operating data such as products and quantities pumped, gauge readings, and operating times, manually or using computers.

Routine cognitive or manual task with high vulnerability to automation.

Operate industrial trucks, tractors, loaders, and other equipment to transport materials to and from transportation vehicles and loading docks, and to store and retrieve materials in warehouses.

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

Connect ground cables to carry off static electricity when unloading tanker cars.

Routine cognitive or manual task with high vulnerability to automation.

Copy and attach load specifications to loaded tanks.

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

Remove and replace tank car dome caps, or direct other workers in their removal and replacement.

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

Test samples for specific gravity, using hydrometers, or send samples to laboratories for testing.

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

Test vessels for leaks, damage, and defects, and repair or replace defective parts as necessary.

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

Unload cars containing liquids by connecting hoses to outlet plugs and pumping compressed air into cars to force liquids into storage tanks.

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

Clean interiors of tank cars or tank trucks, using mechanical spray nozzles.

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

Lower gauge rods into tanks or read meters to verify contents, temperatures, and volumes of liquid loads.

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

Operate conveyors and equipment to transfer grain or other materials from transportation vehicles.

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

Perform general warehouse activities, such as opening containers and crates, filling warehouse orders, assisting in taking inventory, and weighing and checking materials.

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