wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft

Wholesale merchants in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft investigate potential wholesale buyers and suppliers and match their needs. They conclude trades involving large quantities of goods.

The most in-demand skills for this role include types of aircraft, capital goods industry, types of maritime vessels, machinery products, industrial tools, product comprehension. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.

Our AI-durability model gives wholesale merchant in machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.