Will AI replace Bridge and Lock Tenders?

This score cannot predict whether this occupation or any individual job will be replaced. It shows which tasks current and near-term AI can perform or accelerate, which tasks remain more durable, and where a worker can adapt. Employer decisions, demand, regulation, and how the role changes are outside the score.

What does a score of 23 mean for a Bridge and Lock Tenders?

It means that, weighted across the 18 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 23 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the least-exposed quarter of analyzed occupations. It measures task exposure to current and near-term AI capabilities, not the probability of losing a job.

Which tasks in this role are most exposed to AI?

The highest-exposure tasks are: Record names, types, and destinations of vessels passing through bridge openings or locks, and numbers of trains or vehicles crossing bridges; Log data, such as water levels and weather conditions. Exposure comes from the published, rubric-scored data release rather than being generated when you open this page.

Which parts of this job are most durable?

The most durable responsibilities are: Perform maintenance duties, such as sweeping, painting, and yard work to keep facilities clean and in order; Clean and lubricate equipment, and make minor repairs and adjustments; Attach ropes or cable lines to bitts on lock decks or wharfs to secure vessels. Durable tasks typically depend on judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability.

Is this score personalized to me?

No — this page shows the occupation-level baseline. Two people with the same title often do different work. The $9 personalized report recalculates the score from the tasks you actually do and builds a concrete 7/30/90-day plan around them.

Bridge and Lock Tenders

Operate and tend bridges, canal locks, and lighthouses to permit marine passage on inland waterways, near shores, and at danger points in waterway passages. May supervise such operations. Includes drawbridge operators, lock operators, and slip bridge operators.

Also known as: Bridgeman · Dam Operator · Dam Repairer · Bridge Opener · Bridge Tender · Dam Attendant

AI Task Exposure Score

Low exposure

More exposed than 22% of 968 occupations · Rank #727 (1 = most exposed)

This score estimates how exposed the tasks in a role are to current and near-term AI capabilities. It does not predict whether a specific person will lose a job.

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Most exposed task

Record names, types, and destinations of vessels passing through bridge openings or locks, and numbers of trains or vehicles crossing bridges.

Automatable 65/100 exposure

Most durable task

Attach ropes or cable lines to bitts on lock decks or wharfs to secure vessels.

Durable 8/100 exposure

Useful next step

Make one change to the task mix

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Most exposed tasks

Highest structured exposure values in this role’s task mix — the work AI systems can already do most of.

Record names, types, and destinations of vessels passing through bridge openings or locks, and numbers of trains or vehicles crossing bridges.65
Log data, such as water levels and weather conditions.60

Augmentable tasks

Work where AI assists rather than replaces — the productivity frontier of this role.

Write and submit maintenance work requisitions.55
Prepare accident reports.50

Most durable tasks

Lowest exposure — typically judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability. This is the human moat.

Perform maintenance duties, such as sweeping, painting, and yard work to keep facilities clean and in order.8
Clean and lubricate equipment, and make minor repairs and adjustments.8
Attach ropes or cable lines to bitts on lock decks or wharfs to secure vessels.8

Task exposure values and classifications are published, versioned estimates audited against the anchored rubric. This page reads them from the data release rather than generating them at request time. Bars show exposure contribution relative to this role’s task mix.

What this means

A score of 23 puts Bridge and Lock Tenders in the least-exposed quarter of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this level is about the mix: 2 of 18 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 2 augmentable, and 14 durable. The useful question isn’t “will AI take this job” — it’s which tasks go first, which get faster, and where to reposition time. That’s what the personalized report maps against your actual week.

Lower-exposure adjacent roles

Shown only when the target is at least 10 points lower under the same score version and skill overlap is at least 50%. These are adjacent roles with lower task exposure — not guaranteed “safe careers”.

Hoist and Winch Operators

13 ▼ 10 pts lower

Skill overlap ≈ 64% · Related O*NET role; Hoist and Winch Operators is an adjacent path (Elevated band).

Labor-market context

$57,700median wage
3,040employed
300annual openings
-3.4%projected growth

Context only — labor statistics are not inputs to the exposure score. See methodology.

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Related roles

Adjacent by skills or family — no exposure claim implied.

How this score was calculated

The score is the plain average of the AI-exposure values of this role’s 18 analyzed tasks (equal task weights in this release — no hidden factors):

Automatable 2 tasks, averaging 63/100 exposure
Augmentable 2 tasks, averaging 53/100 exposure
Durable 14 tasks, averaging 13/100 exposure

score = (2×63 + 2×53 + 14×13) ÷ 18 ≈ 23

Every task’s exposure value was scored against a published anchored rubric that scores tasks as actually performed — physical, in-person, and accountability requirements included (data release 2026.07.12-r2). The band (Low) is a corpus quartile; the percentile is tie-aware across all 968 occupations.

FAQ — Bridge and Lock Tenders

Will AI replace Bridge and Lock Tenders?: This score cannot predict whether this occupation or any individual job will be replaced. It shows which tasks current and near-term AI can perform or accelerate, which tasks remain more durable, and where a worker can adapt. Employer decisions, demand, regulation, and how the role changes are outside the score.
What does a score of 23 mean for a Bridge and Lock Tenders?: It means that, weighted across the 18 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 23 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the least-exposed quarter of analyzed occupations. It measures task exposure to current and near-term AI capabilities, not the probability of losing a job.
Which tasks in this role are most exposed to AI?: The highest-exposure tasks are: Record names, types, and destinations of vessels passing through bridge openings or locks, and numbers of trains or vehicles crossing bridges; Log data, such as water levels and weather conditions. Exposure comes from the published, rubric-scored data release rather than being generated when you open this page.
Which parts of this job are most durable?: The most durable responsibilities are: Perform maintenance duties, such as sweeping, painting, and yard work to keep facilities clean and in order; Clean and lubricate equipment, and make minor repairs and adjustments; Attach ropes or cable lines to bitts on lock decks or wharfs to secure vessels. Durable tasks typically depend on judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability.
Is this score personalized to me?: No — this page shows the occupation-level baseline. Two people with the same title often do different work. The $9 personalized report recalculates the score from the tasks you actually do and builds a concrete 7/30/90-day plan around them.

Score version jr-v1 · data release 2026.07.12-r2 · updated 2026-07-13 · baseline mapping: 18 of 18 tasks carry source-level provenance · methodology