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Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers
Install, repair, or adjust audio or television receivers, stereo systems, camcorders, video systems, or other electronic entertainment equipment in homes or other venues. May perform routine maintenance.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Install, service, and repair electronic equipment or instruments such as televisions, radios, and videocassette recorders.Mostly human for now
- 02Calibrate and test equipment, and locate circuit and component faults, using hand and power tools and measuring and testing instruments such as resistance meters and oscilloscopes.Mostly human for now
- 03Confer with customers to determine the nature of problems or to explain repairs.Mostly human for now
- 04Position or mount speakers, and wire speakers to consoles.Mostly human for now
- 05Instruct customers on the safe and proper use of equipment.Mostly human for now
- 06Make service calls to repair units in customers' homes, or return units to shops for major repairs.Mostly human for now
- 07Read and interpret electronic circuit diagrams, function block diagrams, specifications, engineering drawings, and service manuals.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 08Tune or adjust equipment and instruments to obtain optimum visual or auditory reception, according to specifications, manuals, and drawings.Mostly human for now
- 09Keep records of work orders and test and maintenance reports.AI could speed this up a lot
- 10Disassemble entertainment equipment and repair or replace loose, worn, or defective components and wiring, using hand tools and soldering irons.Mostly human for now
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job lossToo little dataNot enough work use was seen to measure. This does not mean the job is safe from AI.Anthropic, 2026
24%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 40% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Above 45% of jobsin how much of this job’s physical work robots have been shown to do, from factories to homes (2026).Anthropic, 2026
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Install, service, and repair electronic equipment or instruments such as televisions, radios, and videocassette recorders.
- Calibrate and test equipment, and locate circuit and component faults, using hand and power tools and measuring and testing instruments such as resistance meters and oscilloscopes.
- Confer with customers to determine the nature of problems or to explain repairs.