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Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers

sealing open sides of modular units to prepare them, removing damaged exterior panels and listing parts needed, estimate costs and planning work procedures. If that's your week, this page is about your job.

The honest answer

AI changes the edges of this job, not the middle: moving and setting up mobile homes or prefabricated buildings on owners' lots or at mobile home parks is work software can't reach.

Your move: what you can actually do about this ↓

What shifts is listing parts needed, estimate costs and planning work procedures, using parts lists, technical manuals and diagrams: the overhead at the edges, not the middle you trained for.

Your week, as this page understands it

Move or install mobile homes or prefabricated buildings. The job title says “manufactured building” or “mobile home installers”: officially one job, two names. The real job is the part underneath: moving and setting up mobile homes or prefabricated buildings on owners' lots or at mobile home parks. That is the thing someone has to be right about.

The exposed part of this job is specific, and we won’t pretend it is coming back. But manufactured building and mobile home installers is not one task. It is 14 scored ones, and they are nowhere near equally exposed. The most durable of them, on this evidence, is moving and setting up mobile homes or prefabricated buildings on owners' lots or at mobile home parks, and the ledger below shows exactly why.

Where the work sits, by task weight

shifting to AI
0%
changing shape
7%
staying human
93%

These bars are tasks changing hands, not people being counted out. The ledger below shows which.

Whole-job exposure score 6 out of 100 (510 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, across 14 scored tasks. The number is the support for the sentence above it, not a headline about anyone’s future.

How we know this

What is measured: Every published task statement for manufactured building and mobile home installers is rated on five dimensions: can a model produce the output, does the work need a body in a room, does it need a legally accountable person, does it depend on a person being trusted in the moment, and how much data exists. A published formula turns those five ratings into the score; the model never writes the number.

How the bar is built: Each task’s share of the bar is its published importance weight, so a task you do all day counts for more than one you do twice a year.

Release: 2026-q4.1, scores computed 2026-08-05. Read the full method.

Your job, task by task

These are the official task statements for this occupation, in plain English, sorted by what the evidence says is happening to each one. The official wording sits under every line so you can check the rewrite against it.

Shifting to AI

0 tasks

Tasks today’s tools can already do most of. This is the part we will not soften: where these rows are the bulk of your week, the week changes.

Nothing in this job’s scored task list landed in this group. That is the measurement, not an editorial choice, and it is worth knowing either way.

Changing shape

1 task

Tasks where the machine takes the producing and a person keeps the checking, the deciding, or the answering-for-it. For most jobs this is the biggest group, and it is where "transformation, not termination" is literally visible.

  • Listing parts needed, estimate costs and planning work procedures, using parts lists, technical manuals and diagrams

    The software now makes the first pass at parts needed, estimate costs and planning work procedures, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.

    importance 4 · Core
    Source:List parts needed, estimate costs, and plan work procedures, using parts lists, technical manuals, and diagrams.” (O*NET task statement)
    How this row was scored

    Exposure score: 56 out of 100 (5260 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, high confidence.

    Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.

    The rating behind it: Listing parts, pricing them and planning the job is desk work software handles well from manuals and parts lists.

    The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.

Staying human

13 tasks

Tasks that stay with a person, because they happen in the physical world, because the rules need someone accountable, or because the value is that a specific person does them.

  • Moving and setting up mobile homes or prefabricated buildings on owners' lots or at mobile home parks

    This work happens in the physical world: mobile homes, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.

    importance 4 · Core
    Source:Move and set up mobile homes or prefabricated buildings on owners' lots or at mobile home parks.” (O*NET task statement)
    How this row was scored

    Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (04 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.

    Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.

    The rating behind it: Moving and setting a home on its lot is heavy physical work on site.

    The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 1/4.

  • Sealing open sides of modular units to prepare them

    This work happens in the physical world: open sides of modular units, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.

    importance 4 · Core
    Source:Seal open sides of modular units to prepare them for shipment, using polyethylene sheets, nails, and hammers.” (O*NET task statement)
    How this row was scored

    Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (04 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.

    Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.

    The rating behind it: Sealing units with sheeting, nails and a hammer is hands-on work.

    The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 1/4.

  • Removing damaged exterior panels, repair and replacing structural frame members and sealing leaks, using hand tools

    This work happens in the physical world: damaged exterior panels, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.

    importance 4 · Core
    Source:Remove damaged exterior panels, repair and replace structural frame members, and seal leaks, using hand tools.” (O*NET task statement)
    How this row was scored

    Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (04 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.

    Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.

    The rating behind it: Removing panels, replacing frame members and sealing leaks is physical repair work.

    The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 1/4.

  • Installing, repairing and replacing units, fixtures, appliances and other items and systems in mobile and modular homes, prefabricated buildings or travel trailers

    This work happens in the physical world: units, fixtures, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.

    importance 4 · Core
    Source:Install, repair, and replace units, fixtures, appliances, and other items and systems in mobile and modular homes, prefabricated buildings, or travel trailers, using hand tools or power tools.” (O*NET task statement)
    How this row was scored

    Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (04 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.

    Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.

    The rating behind it: Installing and replacing fixtures and appliances needs tools in hand.

    The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 1/4.

  • Connecting water hoses to inlet pipes of plumbing systems

    This work happens in the physical world: water hoses, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.

    importance 4 · Core
    Source:Connect water hoses to inlet pipes of plumbing systems, and test operation of plumbing fixtures.” (O*NET task statement)
    How this row was scored

    Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (04 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.

    Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.

    The rating behind it: Connecting hoses and testing fixtures is hands-on plumbing work.

    The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 1/4.

  • Opening and closing doors, windows and drawers to test their operation

    This work happens in the physical world: doors, windows and drawers, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.

    importance 3 · Core
    Source:Open and close doors, windows, and drawers to test their operation, trimming edges to fit, using jackplanes or drawknives.” (O*NET task statement)
    How this row was scored

    Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (04 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.

    Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.

    The rating behind it: Testing and trimming doors, windows and drawers is physical fitting work.

    The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 1/4.

  • Inspecting, examining

    This work happens in the physical world: the operation of parts, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.

    importance 4 · Core
    Source:Inspect, examine, and test the operation of parts or systems to evaluate operating condition and to determine if repairs are needed.” (O*NET task statement)
    How this row was scored

    Exposure score: 8 out of 100 (412 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.

    Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.

    The rating behind it: Testing whether parts and systems actually work means operating and handling them in person.

    The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.

  • Repairing leaks in plumbing or gas lines

    This work happens in the physical world: leaks, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.

    importance 4 · Core
    Source:Repair leaks in plumbing or gas lines, using caulking compounds and plastic or copper pipe.” (O*NET task statement)
    How this row was scored

    Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (04 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.

    Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.

    The rating behind it: Repairing plumbing and gas leaks is physical work on the pipes.

    The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 1/4.

  • Resetting hardware, using chisels, mallets and screwdrivers

    This work happens in the physical world: hardware, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.

    importance 4 · Core
    Source:Reset hardware, using chisels, mallets, and screwdrivers.” (O*NET task statement)
    How this row was scored

    Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (04 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.

    Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.

    The rating behind it: Resetting hardware with chisels and screwdrivers is hands-on work.

    The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 1/4.

Show the other 4 tasks
  • Conferring with customers or reading work orders to determine the nature and extent of damage to units

    staying human

    This work happens in the physical world: customers, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.

    importance 4 · Core
    Source:Confer with customers or read work orders to determine the nature and extent of damage to units.” (O*NET task statement)
    How this row was scored

    Exposure score: 21 out of 100 (1428 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.

    Why it sits in this group: mistakes that are cheap to catch; work that happens in the physical world.

    The rating behind it: Working out the damage means talking with the owner and usually looking at the unit yourself.

    The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 2/4.

  • Locating and repairing frayed wiring

    staying human

    This work happens in the physical world: frayed, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.

    importance 4 · Core
    Source:Locate and repair frayed wiring, broken connections, or incorrect wiring, using ohmmeters, soldering irons, tape, and hand tools.” (O*NET task statement)
    How this row was scored

    Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (04 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.

    Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.

    The rating behind it: Tracing and fixing faulty wiring means testing and soldering by hand.

    The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 1/4.

  • Connecting electrical systems to outside power sources and activate switches to test the operation of appliances and light fixtures

    staying human

    This work happens in the physical world: electrical systems, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.

    importance 4 · Supplemental
    Source:Connect electrical systems to outside power sources and activate switches to test the operation of appliances and light fixtures.” (O*NET task statement)
    How this row was scored

    Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (04 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.

    Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.

    The rating behind it: Hooking up power and switching appliances on is hands-on electrical work.

    The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 1/4.

  • Refinishing wood surfaces on cabinets

    staying human

    This work happens in the physical world: wood surfaces, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.

    importance 3 · Supplemental
    Source:Refinish wood surfaces on cabinets, doors, moldings, and floors, using power sanders, putty, spray equipment, brushes, paints, or varnishes.” (O*NET task statement)
    How this row was scored

    Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (04 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.

    Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world.

    The rating behind it: Sanding, painting and varnishing surfaces is physical finishing work.

    The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 1/4.

What this job pays, and how many people do it

Median pay
$45,990a year, the middle of the range, so half earn more and half earn less.bls-oews, 2025 · May 2025 estimates (national_M2025_dl.xlsx)
How we know this

Source: bls-oews

Reference period: May 2025 estimates (national_M2025_dl.xlsx)

Rounding: Shown as published.

People doing this job
3,020in the US, 2025.bls-oews · May 2025 estimates (national_M2025_dl.xlsx)

What is deliberately not here: a forecast of how many of these jobs exist in ten years. Where an official projection exists for a market we publish it with its vintage; where it does not, we leave the space empty rather than borrow the other country’s number.

Why this is shifting

The reason is boringly specific. Most of what is shifting here is reading one thing and writing another: parts needed, estimate costs and planning work procedures in, a record out. The rows above are exactly that shape: listing parts needed, estimate costs and planning work procedures. What it cannot do is be there in the room, and that is still where mobile homes get done. Which is why this page talks about your tasks changing, not your job ending.

Your move

Over a pint: what I’d tell you if you were my friend

Start with what does not change: moving and setting up mobile homes or prefabricated buildings on owners' lots or at mobile home parks is the middle of this job, and the evidence on this page says it stays with a person.

So, given all that: 0% of this job's task weight sits in rows the software is already learning, 7% in rows that change shape rather than disappear, and 93% in rows it is nowhere near. That is the position, measured across 14 scored tasks. It is not a forecast about you.

So the thing worth your attention is not the job going away. It is the layer around it. Listing parts needed, estimate costs and planning work procedures is the part turning into software, and being the person who understands that layer is worth money.

This week: one thing

Ask the one question. Find whoever is bringing new software into your workplace (the manager, the office, whoever runs the system) and ask them what it is meant to do to parts needed, estimate costs and planning work procedures, and what it is not meant to touch. Ten minutes, this week, before anyone decides it for you.

What you end up holding
a straight answer about what is actually being rolled out, and when
How long it takes
ten minutes

If there’s nobody obvious to ask, or you’d rather not ask your manager: Put the same question to your union rep, your shift lead or the person who has been there longest, in person, over a break. Same ten minutes, same answer, and you will usually get a straighter one. Write down what they say. The note is the artifact, and it tells you whether mobile homes are in scope or not. Nothing to log into, no license needed.

Over the next 90 days

Get inside the tool rollout rather than waiting for it. Over the next ninety days, ask to be in the group that tests, checks or signs off whatever new system arrives near listing parts needed, estimate costs and planning work procedures, using parts lists, technical manuals and diagrams. It is usually an unglamorous seat that nobody fights for, and it is the one that decides how the software is used on your job rather than to it.

Over the next 12 months

On this evidence I would not retrain out of this job, and I will say that plainly rather than hedge it. The task list here is dominated by work that stays with a person. What I would do with a year is get formally recognised for the layer around it (the systems, the compliance, the planning), so you are the one who understands the software instead of the one it is done to. Before you pay for anything, use CareerOneStop - Find local training. It is free, it is the Labor Department's own service, and it is listed below with the rest of the free routes.

The roads out of here

You did not come here for a career change and I am not selling you one. But one road out of here is worth knowing about, so here it is with the bill attached.

  • Manufactured Building and Mobile Home InstallersRecreational Vehicle Service Technicians

    a year or morematched on shared tasks

    You already locate and repair frayed wiring, broken connections, or incorrect wiring, using ohmmeters, soldering irons…. In that job the same thing shows up as locate and repair frayed wiring, broken connections, or incorrect wiring, using ohmmeters, soldering irons…. Take both published task lists together and about 58% of the work in that job that the software is not taking is work you are doing today.

    Half of what they do, you do already. The argument is about the other half, not about starting again.

    The work the two jobs share

    • You already do

      Locate and repair frayed wiring, broken connections, or incorrect wiring, using ohmmeters, soldering irons, tape, and hand tools.

      They do

      Locate and repair frayed wiring, broken connections, or incorrect wiring, using ohmmeters, soldering irons, tape, or hand tools.

    • You already do

      Reset hardware, using chisels, mallets, and screwdrivers.

      They do

      Reset hardware, using chisels, mallets, and screwdrivers.

    • You already do

      Repair leaks in plumbing or gas lines, using caulking compounds and plastic or copper pipe.

      They do

      Repair plumbing or propane gas lines, using caulking compounds and plastic or copper pipe.

    What you would not already have: Nothing in your task list touches “diagnose and repair furnace or air conditioning systems”, “inspect recreational vehicles to diagnose problems and perform necessary adjustment, repair, or…” or “inspect, repair, or replace brake systems”. That is the part you would be learning from scratch, and it is roughly the 42% of their durable work you do not already hold.

    The honest bill

    Pay: $52,000 against your $45,990 (OEWS May 2025 (both)).

    • The licence gate: Default-closed. This release carries no licence-register snapshot, so I could not check whether that job is regulated, which means I have to assume it might be. Before you spend a penny, look it up on the US Labor Department’s licensed-occupations finder; the free routes below link straight to it. The route is banded a year or more because of that unknown, not in spite of it.
    • The entry ticket: Typical entry-level education is published for only ten occupations in this release, and neither this job nor that one is among them. So I cannot tell you whether a qualification stands in the way. Treat that as an open question to settle before you commit, not as a green light.
    • What the pay gap is telling you: $52,000 against your $45,990, 13.1% more (OEWS May 2025 (both)). A real difference, not a life-changing one. Take the move for the work, not the raise.
    • What you live on meanwhile: Nobody is going to pay you to retrain. This is evenings and weekends alongside the job you already have, for a year or more, and if that is not possible right now then this route is not open right now, which is worth knowing before you start. The free American Job Center service listed below will talk training funding through with you before you pay anyone.
    • Is the target job itself holding up: Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians scores 6/100 on this site’s own exposure measure (minimal), with 0% of its tasks in the top band. Employment projections are not published for this occupation in this release, so this is the exposure leg of the check only. It passed, which is the only reason it is here.

    How long: A year or more, part-time, alongside the job you have. That band is set by the unchecked licence question and by the 42% of their work you would be learning, not by any one course.

3 moves I checked and rejected

These are the obvious-looking jumps. They are here with their reasons rather than quietly dropped, because the ones that fail are worth knowing about. It is one less thing to turn over at night.

  • Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters

    Why it looked obvious: It came up as a near neighbour on the work AI is not taking: you already connect water hoses to inlet pipes of plumbing systems, and test operation of…, and their equivalent is to install underground storm, sanitary, or water piping systems, extending piping as needed to…. Across both published task lists that is about 4% of the durable work in that job.

    Why I am not recommending it: Almost none of it is work you already do: about 4% of the durable side of that job. That is a different job, not a next step.

    Look at that job’s page anyway →

  • Electricians

    Why it looked obvious: It came up as a near neighbour on the work AI is not taking: you already install, repair, and replace units, fixtures, appliances, and other items and systems in…, and their equivalent is to repair or replace wiring, equipment, or fixtures, using hand tools or power tools. Across both published task lists that is about 4% of the durable work in that job.

    Why I am not recommending it: Almost none of it is work you already do: about 4% of the durable side of that job. That is a different job, not a next step.

    Look at that job’s page anyway →

  • Home Appliance Repairers

    Why it looked obvious: It came up as a near neighbour on the work AI is not taking: you already connect water hoses to inlet pipes of plumbing systems, and test operation of…, and their equivalent is to level washing machines and connect hoses to water pipes, using hand tools. Across both published task lists that is about 3% of the durable work in that job.

    Why I am not recommending it: Almost none of it is work you already do: about 3% of the durable side of that job. That is a different job, not a next step.

    Look at that job’s page anyway →

What I’d stop worrying about

A friend tells you what not to spend fear on. This is that list.

  • The headline number you read somewhere

    The big “X% of jobs” figures are about the whole economy, not about you. The number that describes your job is on this page: 0% of its task weight, across 14 scored tasks. Every row behind it is printed above with the source. Check ours; ignore theirs.

  • The headlines about your trade disappearing

    They are usually about the technology, not the timetable. Changes to work like moving and setting up mobile homes or prefabricated buildings on owners' lots or at mobile home parks arrive through rules, insurance and money, slowly and visibly. This page tracks the task evidence and will move when it moves.

  • Retraining out of a job that is holding up

    On this evidence I would not spend money leaving. Spend it on the layer around the job instead: the tools, the paperwork, the planning. That is where the change actually is.

  • The “obvious” next job everyone suggests

    I checked the obvious moves and most of them did not survive. The reasons are printed with the routes above, including the pay and the gate. A move that fails on the numbers is worth knowing about so you can stop turning it over at night.

You are reading the United States figures

The United Kingdom splits this work across more than one official group, of which Construction operatives n.e.c. is the closest. The pay and employment figures are not directly comparable, and we do not average them together.

Switch to the United Kingdom page →partial match

In UK official statistics this job is counted as Construction operatives n.e.c., Construction and building trades n.e.c. and Scaffolders, stagers and riggers. Pay is shown separately for each of those groups (medians cannot be averaged together), while the task list and the scores on this page are for this group only.

Your route through this

Where to go next, and what it costs

Free, and complete

The moves above cost nothing. These are the real services that go with them: public, government-funded, and free at the point of use. Nothing on this page is behind an email address or a payment.

Why there is no community here

Collab365, who build this site, run paid Spaces for a small number of subjects, and none of them is built for this job. We are not going to point you at the nearest one and call it a fit.

So the free services listed on this page are the whole answer, and it is the same answer we would give a friend.

Nearby moves

The jobs above, as pages you can read the same way as this one. Your job shares its core work with these. That is what the match is, and it is all it is.

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Questions people ask about this job

Will AI replace Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers?
Not as a job, but it is already doing parts of the work. Across the 14 official task statements scored for Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers (United States, SOC 49-9095), 0% of the importance-weighted core work is made of tasks today's AI could already do most of. The overall exposure score is 6 out of 100 (range 5–10, band: minimal). That is a statement about tasks, not about headcount: this measures what AI could do, not whether any employer adopts it, whether the law allows it, or whether doing the routine parts faster creates more demand for the human parts. Figures are from release 2026-q4.1.
Which tasks in “Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers” can AI already do?
The highest-scoring tasks in release 2026-q4.1 are: “List parts needed, estimate costs, and plan work procedures, using parts lists, technical manuals, and diagrams” (56/100, partial); “Confer with customers or read work orders to determine the nature and extent of damage to units” (21/100, low); “Inspect, examine, and test the operation of parts or systems to evaluate operating condition and to determine if repairs are needed” (8/100, minimal). Each score comes from five published 0–4 ratings turned into a number by a published formula, and each carries the model's one-sentence reason on the page.
Which tasks in “Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers” stay human?
About 93% of this job's task weight sits in work that scores low for AI exposure. The lowest-scoring tasks in release 2026-q4.1 are: “Refinish wood surfaces on cabinets, doors, moldings, and floors, using power sanders, putty, spray equipment, brushes, paints, or varnishes” (0/100, minimal); “Connect electrical systems to outside power sources and activate switches to test the operation of appliances and light fixtures” (0/100, minimal); “Open and close doors, windows, and drawers to test their operation, trimming edges to fit, using jackplanes or drawknives” (0/100, minimal). Low scores usually mean the task needs a body in a room, a legally accountable human, or trust built in real time. Those are the three things the scoring rubric treats as gates rather than obstacles.
What should someone working in “Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers” do about AI?
Start from the ledger rather than the headline: 0% of this job's weighted core work is exposed, and roughly 93% is not. The practical move is to spend more of your week on the tasks that score low, the ones above, and to get fluent at directing AI through the tasks that score high, because those are the parts that change whether or not you are ready for them. This page does not predict your job, and nothing here is career advice tailored to you: the score describes the occupation, not the person.
How is the AI exposure score for Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers calculated?
Each official task statement for the occupation is rated on five published 0–4 dimensions (output replicability, physical embodiment, licensed accountability, real-time human trust, and data availability) by claude-opus-5 using scoring prompt task_scoring_v1.0. The model never writes the score; a published formula turns the five ratings into a 0–100 number, so every score can be recomputed by hand. The occupation figure is the importance-weighted mean across 14 scored tasks. The prompt, the rubric, the formula and the full dataset are published at https://futureproof.collab365.com/method and https://futureproof.collab365.com/data/2026-q4.1 under CC BY 4.0.

Where these numbers come from

Worth knowing about these figures

  • The match between this job and its counterpart in the other country is partial, so the two pages count slightly different groups of people.
  • 2 of this occupation's scored task statements carry a score that was measured under a different occupation's context, because the statement is shared between jobs and has only been scored once so far. Each one names the occupation it was measured under in the free routes below; none is presented as a measurement for this job.
  • Task clusters are not derived in this release, so the task-cluster field is empty and no Collab365 Space routing is attached to this occupation yet.
Task statements
onet-dbProcessing: catalogue-bridge → onet-im-rt-weighting → task-scoring → score-aggregation
Task weights
onet-db (im-rt)
Scores
Rubric task_scoring_v1.0, model claude-opus-5, computed 2026-08-05.
Pay and employment
bls-oews (May 2025 estimates (national_M2025_dl.xlsx))bls-oews (May 2025 estimates (national_M2025_dl.xlsx))

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Collab365 (2026). Collab365 Futureproof: task-level AI exposure for US and UK occupations, release 2026-q4.1 (methodVersion 2.0.0, promptVersion task_scoring_v1.0). https://futureproof.collab365.com/data/2026-q4.1. Licensed CC BY 4.0. Built with O*NET data (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); ONS data (Open Government Licence v3.0); GAISI task framework (arXiv:2507.22748, MIT); BLS data (public domain).

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@misc{collab365futureproof2026q41,
  title        = {Collab365 Futureproof: task-level AI exposure for US and UK occupations, release 2026-q4.1},
  author       = {{Collab365}},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://futureproof.collab365.com/data/2026-q4.1},
  note         = {Release 2026-q4.1, methodVersion 2.0.0, promptVersion task_scoring_v1.0, CC BY 4.0}
}

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