Repair ships, bridge foundations, or other structures below the water line, using caulk, bolts, and hand tools.

“Repair ships, bridge foundations, or other structures below the water line, using caulk, bolts, and hand tools.” is a core task performed by Commercial Divers. Among the occupation's 25 rated tasks, workers place it 17th by importance (#9 most important). About 91% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Repair vehicle components. in Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T0.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Take appropriate safety precautions, such as monitoring dive lengths and depths and registering with authorities before diving expeditions begin. · importance 4.8
• Check and maintain diving equipment, such as helmets, masks, air tanks, harnesses, or gauges. · importance 4.7
• Communicate with workers on the surface while underwater, using signal lines or telephones. · importance 4.6
• Descend into water with the aid of diver helpers, using scuba gear or diving suits. · importance 4.2
• Obtain information about diving tasks and environmental conditions. · importance 4.2
• Supervise or train other divers, including hobby divers. · importance 4.2
• Inspect the condition of underwater steel or wood structures. · importance 4.0
• Inspect and test docks, ships, buoyage systems, plant intakes or outflows, or underwater pipelines, cables, or sewers, using closed circuit television, still photography, and testing equipment. · importance 4.0
• Recover objects by placing rigging around sunken objects, hooking rigging to crane lines, and operating winches, derricks, or cranes to raise objects. · importance 3.9
• Operate underwater video, sonar, recording, or related equipment to investigate underwater structures or marine life. · importance 3.9
• Take test samples or photographs to assess the condition of vessels or structures. · importance 3.8
• Cut and weld steel, using underwater welding equipment, jigs, and supports. · importance 3.7
• Install, inspect, clean, or repair piping or valves. · importance 3.7
• Carry out non-destructive testing, such as tests for cracks on the legs of oil rigs at sea. · importance 3.7

See all tasks on the Commercial Divers page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

@misc{singulariki-task-13860,
  title  = {Repair ships, bridge foundations, or other structures below the water line, using caulk, bolts, and hand tools.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-13860}
}