Category / 5 professions
Trades jobs and AI.
5 of the 83 professions in the index belong to trades. Exposure ranges from Production Supervisor at 36/100 (medium) to Security Guard at 87/100 (critical). Every profile details what changes, when, and which skills hold their value. Each profile also covers how to break into the role and, where the data supports it, lower-exposure paths to switch to.
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Security Guard
87/100
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Trades / 18Facilities Manager
78/100
CriticalView profile →
Trades / 22Maintenance and Repair Worker
76/100
CriticalView profile →
Trades / 62First-Line Supervisor of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers
43/100
MediumView profile →
Trades / 72Production Supervisor
36/100
MediumView profile →
What people ask.
01What does the trades risk index cover?
Covering 5 trades occupations, the index spans Facilities Manager through Security Guard. Risk scores run from 36 for Production Supervisor to 87 for Security Guard, with a median of 76.
02Why does Security Guard have the highest risk score?
At 87, Security Guard holds the highest automation risk in this trades set. The category median is 76, and the lowest score is 36 for Production Supervisor, across 5 occupations.
03How soon might automation affect trades jobs?
For automation timelines, 3 of the 5 trades occupations fall within 0-2 years, while 2 face a 5-10 year horizon. The median risk for the entire set is 76, and Production Supervisor sits at 36 as the least exposed.
04Is Production Supervisor the least exposed trade occupation?
Least exposed among the trades is Production Supervisor, whose risk score is 36. That is the minimum within this 5-role category, whose median risk is 76 and whose maximum is Security Guard at 87.