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Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
Repair, test, adjust, or install electronic equipment, such as industrial controls, transmitters, and antennas.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Test faulty equipment to diagnose malfunctions, using test equipment or software, and applying knowledge of the functional operation of electronic units and systems.Mostly human for now
- 02Maintain equipment logs that record performance problems, repairs, calibrations, or tests.AI could speed this up a lot
- 03Set up and test industrial equipment to ensure that it functions properly.Mostly human for now
- 04Inspect components of industrial equipment for accurate assembly and installation or for defects, such as loose connections or frayed wires.Mostly human for now
- 05Install repaired equipment in various settings, such as industrial or military establishments.Mostly human for now
- 06Operate equipment to demonstrate proper use or to analyze malfunctions.Mostly human for now
- 07Enter information into computer to copy program or to draw, modify, or store schematics, applying knowledge of software package used.AI could speed this up a lot
- 08Perform scheduled preventive maintenance tasks, such as checking, cleaning, or repairing equipment, to detect and prevent problems.Mostly human for now
- 09Calibrate testing instruments and installed or repaired equipment to prescribed specifications.Mostly human for now
- 10Repair or adjust equipment, machines, or defective components, replacing worn parts, such as gaskets or seals in watertight electrical equipment.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
31%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 70% 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 55% 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.
- Test faulty equipment to diagnose malfunctions, using test equipment or software, and applying knowledge of the functional operation of electronic units and systems.
- Set up and test industrial equipment to ensure that it functions properly.
- Inspect components of industrial equipment for accurate assembly and installation or for defects, such as loose connections or frayed wires.