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Advancement path using loading crews, equipment coordination, safety, throughput, records, and shift priorities.
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Applies tank gauging, leak checks, pumps, valves, samples, hazardous materials, and operating procedures.
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Direct material-handling move using loading equipment, safety checks, staging, movement control, and production pace.
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Plausible with licensure, using tank-truck loading knowledge, hazmat handling, routes, inspections, and logs.
Why it fits
Applies chemical handling, valves, meters, pumps, batch records, safety procedures, and equipment monitoring.
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We rate jobs using four factors. These are:
- Chance of being automated
- Job growth
- Wages
- Volume of available positions
These are some key things to think about when job hunting.
Risk & user votes
Calculated automation risk
Imminent Risk (81-100%): This occupation appears highly exposed to end-to-end replacement by AI, software, robotics, or other computer-controlled systems. Roles in this range often involve predictable, repeatable, or rules-based work with limited need for human judgement, trust, creativity, or adaptation to messy real-world conditions. This does not mean every job will disappear immediately, but it is a strong signal to consider safer alternatives or start building more resilient skills.
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Human strengths important in this job
These are human abilities and work contexts that are important in this occupation. They may help explain why parts of the role are harder to replace end-to-end, but they are not the only inputs into the automation score.
Decision-making and problem solving
Very importantWhy this matters
Thinking creatively
Quite importantWhy this matters
Coordinating others’ work
Quite importantWhy this matters
Coaching and developing others
Quite importantWhy this matters
What users think
Based on 42 votes
Our visitors have voted that it's probable this occupation will be automated. This assessment is further supported by the calculated automation risk level, which estimates 81% chance of automation.
What do you think the risk of automation is?
What is the likelihood that Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders will be replaced by robots or artificial intelligence within the next 20 years?
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Pay & outlook
Wages
In 2024, the median annual wage for Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders was $58,070 ($28 per hour).
The median annual wage for Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders was 17.3% higher than the national median annual wage, which stood at $49,500.
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Wages over time
Growth
The number of 'Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders' job openings is expected to rise 4.3% by 2034
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Total employment, and estimated job openings
Updated projections are due 09-2025.
Volume
As of 2024 there were 10,920 people employed as 'Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders' within the United States.
This represents around < 0.001% of the employed workforce across the country
Put another way, around 1 in 14 thousand people are employed as 'Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders'.
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Job description
Load and unload chemicals and bulk solids, such as coal, sand, and grain, into or from tank cars, trucks, or ships, using material moving equipment. May perform a variety of other tasks relating to shipment of products. May gauge or sample shipping tanks and test them for leaks.
O*NET-SOC code: 53-7121.00
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