survey of more than 400 tradespeople<\/a> across North America by Housecall Pro earlier this year found that more than 70% of respondents said they have tried AI tools and about 40% said they actively use them. Younger professionals are leading the charge, the survey showed, though older workers are testing the waters, too.\n <\/p>\n\n AI\u2019s integration and impact varies by industry, according to the survey; Plumbers were the most likely to say AI has helped their business grow; cleaners were the \u201cbiggest adopters of AI\u201d; while electricians had \u201cthe highest satisfaction rates\u201d with the technology.\n <\/p>\n
\n Schools have also taken notice: Jason Altmire, president and CEO of Career Education Colleges and Universities, a trade association that represents more than 800 private vocational schools across the country, said several institutions are weaving AI into their curriculum in collaboration with employers.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cThey want their graduates ready for jobs that are going to be available in the future, not jobs that were here five years ago,\u201d Altmire said.\n <\/p>\n
\n Still, some tradespeople are skeptical about how the new technology works and how it can be applied to physical tasks.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cThere\u2019s some hesitancy, so I wouldn\u2019t say they\u2019re all in,\u201d said Edward McFarlane, chair of the board of directors at the Air Conditioning Contractors of America. \u201cBut the tide is definitely coming in.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n AI is slowly reshaping the economics of blue-collar America.\n <\/p>\n
\n Businesses in the trades implementing AI are becoming more productive, allowing them to take on more projects or improve the quality of their services, said Laura Ullrich, an economist at job site Indeed.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cPeople go into the trades because they like doing the hands-on work itself, and if some of the administrative tasks can be automated, then that should help those workers lean into the parts of the job they like and do smarter work,\u201d she said.\n <\/p>\n
\n AI has already made a measurable impact on Gulfshore, which saw a $370,000 increase in revenue 30 days after upgrading to an AI marketing feature that automates campaigns.\n <\/p>\n
\n The company said it also saw an increase of $150 in revenue per average ticket after implementing AI tools that helped technicians get through administrative tasks more quickly and allowed them to sell customers additional services or accessories. Landen said the higher revenue, if sustained, should eventually translate into higher compensation for technicians.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cWe\u2019ve been using these AI products since June, so we should start to see more of a benefit in order to roll out new compensation packages (for technicians) within the next six months,\u201d she added.\n <\/p>\n
\n Callies of Oak Plumbing & Remodeling said ChatGPT has allowed the company to \u201clower our overhead and provide better services or better value.\u201d\n <\/p>\n
\n AI\u2019s growing adoption in the trades could mean businesses may not need to hire as many office workers for marketing and taking customer calls, economists and business owners tell CNN. That presents those businesses the opportunity to cut down on those costs.\n <\/p>\n
\n For now, there\u2019s broad agreement that AI is nowhere near taking away the jobs of technicians, at least not until robotic technology significantly advances. It\u2019s mostly proving to be a useful tool for tradespeople.\n <\/p>\n
\n \u201cAll of our technicians are running more efficiently, and they\u2019re less stressed,\u201d Landen said. \u201cI feel like I am a real life Jetson living in the future.\u201d\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Washington \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 The roughly 20 plumbers of Oak Creek Plumbing & Remodeling in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area don\u2019t…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214077,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[182,181,507,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-220390","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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