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Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers
Install, service, adjust, or repair coin, vending, or amusement machines including video games, juke boxes, pinball machines, or slot machines.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Fill machines with products, ingredients, money, and other supplies.Mostly human for now
- 02Inspect machines and meters to determine causes of malfunctions and fix minor problems such as jammed bills or stuck products.Mostly human for now
- 03Test machines to determine proper functioning.Mostly human for now
- 04Replace malfunctioning parts, such as worn magnetic heads on automatic teller machine (ATM) card readers.Mostly human for now
- 05Maintain records of machine maintenance and repair.AI could speed this up a lot
- 06Clean and oil machine parts.Mostly human for now
- 07Order parts needed for machine repairs.AI could speed this up a lot
- 08Adjust and repair coin, vending, or amusement machines and meters and replace defective mechanical and electrical parts, using hand tools, soldering irons, and diagrams.Mostly human for now
- 09Record transaction information on forms or logs, and notify designated personnel of discrepancies.AI could speed this up a lot
- 10Keep records of merchandise distributed and money collected.AI could speed this up a lot
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
32%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 24% 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 65% 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.
- Fill machines with products, ingredients, money, and other supplies.
- Inspect machines and meters to determine causes of malfunctions and fix minor problems such as jammed bills or stuck products.
- Test machines to determine proper functioning.