A procedure is developed for the automated determination of nickel in air aerosols; it involves the adhesive separation of aerosols on a fiberglass column in the on-site mode followed by the photometric determination of analytes with dimethyl glyoxime under the conditions of stepwise injection analysis of aerosol concentrates. The analytical range for nickel is 1.5–38 μg/m3; the detection limit of the method is 0.5 μg/m3 at an air sample volume of 30 L. The duration of sampling to an adhesive column and concentrate analysis were 15 and 10 min, respectively.