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Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
Wind wire coils used in electrical components, such as resistors and transformers, and in electrical equipment and instruments, such as field cores, bobbins, armature cores, electrical motors, generators, and control equipment.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Operate or tend wire-coiling machines to wind wire coils used in electrical components such as resistors and transformers, and in electrical equipment and instruments such as bobbins and generators.Mostly human for now
- 02Attach, alter, and trim materials such as wire, insulation, and coils, using hand tools.Mostly human for now
- 03Cut, strip, and bend wire leads at ends of coils, using pliers and wire scrapers.Mostly human for now
- 04Review work orders and specifications to determine materials needed and types of parts to be processed.AI could speed this up a lot
- 05Select and load materials such as workpieces, objects, and machine parts onto equipment used in coiling processes.Mostly human for now
- 06Record production and operational data on specified forms.People already use AI for this at work
- 07Stop machines to remove completed components, using hand tools.Mostly human for now
- 08Examine and test wired electrical components such as motors, armatures, and stators, using measuring devices, and record test results.Mostly human for now
- 09Line slots with sheet insulation, and insert coils into slots.Mostly human for now
- 10Apply solutions or paints to wired electrical components, using hand tools, and bake components.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
22%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 20% 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 80% 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.
- Operate or tend wire-coiling machines to wind wire coils used in electrical components such as resistors and transformers, and in electrical equipment and instruments such as bobbins and generators.
- Attach, alter, and trim materials such as wire, insulation, and coils, using hand tools.
- Cut, strip, and bend wire leads at ends of coils, using pliers and wire scrapers.