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AI Work Index

Deckhand (including lighterman)

AI displacement risk

1%

Very Low

How much of this occupation's work could be affected by AI, based on task analysis across countries. Country pages add local wages and demand data.

GlobalISCO 8350Based on 2 national classifications

AI task overlap: 9.5%·Human advantage: 90.1%·Confidence high

Structural pressure, not a prediction of job loss. Displacement tends to arrive through slower hiring, wage compression and role redesign before layoffs.

Why This Score

AI task overlap 9%

Share of tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities

Human advantage 90%

How much human judgment, coordination, or physical presence protects this role

Displacement pressure 1%

Combined effect of AI overlap minus human protection

Displacement pressure = AI task overlap minus human advantages. Country pages add local demand data on top. How this works

Source data

Score is based on 2 national occupation classifications.

Classification codes: 83501 · 83502

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