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Motorboat Operators
Operate small motor-driven boats. May assist in navigational activities.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Operate engine throttles and steering mechanisms to guide boats on desired courses.Mostly human for now
- 02Direct safety operations in emergency situations.Mostly human for now
- 03Secure boats to docks with mooring lines, and cast off lines to enable departure.Mostly human for now
- 04Maintain desired courses, using compasses or electronic navigational aids.Mostly human for now
- 05Organize and direct the activities of crew members.Mostly human for now
- 06Follow safety procedures to ensure the protection of passengers, cargo, and vessels.Mostly human for now
- 07Maintain equipment such as range markers, fire extinguishers, boat fenders, lines, pumps, and fittings.Mostly human for now
- 08Report any observed navigational hazards to authorities.Mostly human for now
- 09Oversee operation of vessels used for carrying passengers, motor vehicles, or goods across rivers, harbors, lakes, and coastal waters.Mostly human for now
- 10Service motors by performing tasks such as changing oil and lubricating parts.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 1% 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 98% 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.
- Operate engine throttles and steering mechanisms to guide boats on desired courses.
- Direct safety operations in emergency situations.
- Secure boats to docks with mooring lines, and cast off lines to enable departure.