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Helpers--Roofers
Help roofers by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Check to ensure that completed roofs are watertight.Mostly human for now
- 02Set ladders, scaffolds, and hoists in place for taking supplies to roofs.Mostly human for now
- 03Clean work areas and equipment.Mostly human for now
- 04Maintain tools and equipment.Mostly human for now
- 05Provide assistance to skilled roofers installing and repairing roofs, flashings, and surfaces.Mostly human for now
- 06Locate worn or torn areas in roofs.Mostly human for now
- 07Sweep and clean roofs to prepare them for the application of new roofing materials.Mostly human for now
- 08Remove old roofing materials.Mostly human for now
- 09Perform emergency leak repairs and general maintenance for a variety of roof types.Mostly human for now
- 10Unload materials and tools from work trucks, and unroll roofing as directed.Mostly human for now
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job lossToo little dataNot enough work use was seen to measure. This does not mean the job is safe from AI.Anthropic, 2026
0%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 2% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Above 75% of jobsin how much of this job’s physical work robots have been shown to do, from factories to homes (2026).Anthropic, 2026
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Check to ensure that completed roofs are watertight.
- Set ladders, scaffolds, and hoists in place for taking supplies to roofs.
- Clean work areas and equipment.