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Avionics Technicians
Install, inspect, test, adjust, or repair avionics equipment, such as radar, radio, navigation, and missile control systems in aircraft or space vehicles.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Adjust, repair, or replace malfunctioning components or assemblies, using hand tools or soldering irons.Mostly human for now
- 02Lay out installation of aircraft assemblies and systems, following documentation such as blueprints, manuals, and wiring diagrams.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 03Keep records of maintenance and repair work.AI could speed this up a lot
- 04Test and troubleshoot instruments, components, and assemblies, using circuit testers, oscilloscopes, or voltmeters.Mostly human for now
- 05Connect components to assemblies such as radio systems, instruments, magnetos, inverters, and in-flight refueling systems, using hand tools and soldering irons.Mostly human for now
- 06Install electrical and electronic components, assemblies, and systems in aircraft, using hand tools, power tools, or soldering irons.Mostly human for now
- 07Coordinate work with that of engineers, technicians, and other aircraft maintenance personnel.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 08Set up and operate ground support and test equipment to perform functional flight tests of electrical and electronic systems.Mostly human for now
- 09Assemble components such as switches, electrical controls, and junction boxes, using hand tools or soldering irons.Mostly human for now
- 10Interpret flight test data to diagnose malfunctions and systemic performance problems.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
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 46% 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 61% 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.
- Adjust, repair, or replace malfunctioning components or assemblies, using hand tools or soldering irons.
- Test and troubleshoot instruments, components, and assemblies, using circuit testers, oscilloscopes, or voltmeters.
- Connect components to assemblies such as radio systems, instruments, magnetos, inverters, and in-flight refueling systems, using hand tools and soldering irons.