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Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment
Install, adjust, or maintain mobile electronics communication equipment, including sound, sonar, security, navigation, and surveillance systems on trains, watercraft, or other mobile equipment.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Inspect and test electrical systems and equipment to locate and diagnose malfunctions, using visual inspections, testing devices, and computer software.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 02Reassemble and test equipment after repairs.Mostly human for now
- 03Adjust, repair, or replace defective wiring and relays in ignition, lighting, air-conditioning, and safety control systems, using electrician's tools.Mostly human for now
- 04Splice wires with knives or cutting pliers, and solder connections to fixtures, outlets, and equipment.Mostly human for now
- 05Locate and remove or repair circuit defects such as blown fuses or malfunctioning transistors.Mostly human for now
- 06Maintain equipment service records.AI could speed this up a lot
- 07Refer to schematics and manufacturers' specifications that show connections and provide instructions on how to locate problems.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 08Install fixtures, outlets, terminal boards, switches, and wall boxes, using hand tools.Mostly human for now
- 09Install new fuses, electrical cables, or power sources as required.Mostly human for now
- 10Cut openings and drill holes for fixtures, outlet boxes, and fuse holders, using electric drills and routers.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 39% 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 59% 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.
- Reassemble and test equipment after repairs.
- Adjust, repair, or replace defective wiring and relays in ignition, lighting, air-conditioning, and safety control systems, using electrician's tools.
- Splice wires with knives or cutting pliers, and solder connections to fixtures, outlets, and equipment.