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Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
Install or repair cables or wires used in electrical power or distribution systems. May erect poles and light or heavy duty transmission towers.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Adhere to safety practices and procedures, such as checking equipment regularly and erecting barriers around work areas.Mostly human for now
- 02Drive vehicles equipped with tools and materials to job sites.Mostly human for now
- 03Open switches or attach grounding devices to remove electrical hazards from disturbed or fallen lines or to facilitate repairs.Mostly human for now
- 04Climb poles or use truck-mounted buckets to access equipment.Mostly human for now
- 05Install, maintain, and repair electrical distribution and transmission systems, including conduits, cables, wires, and related equipment, such as transformers, circuit breakers, and switches.Mostly human for now
- 06Inspect and test power lines and auxiliary equipment to locate and identify problems, using reading and testing instruments.Mostly human for now
- 07Coordinate work assignment preparation and completion with other workers.Mostly human for now
- 08Replace or straighten damaged poles.Mostly human for now
- 09String wire conductors and cables between poles, towers, trenches, pylons, and buildings, setting lines in place and using winches to adjust tension.Mostly human for now
- 10Attach cross-arms, insulators, and auxiliary equipment to poles prior to installing them.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
0%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 34% 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 82% 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.
- Adhere to safety practices and procedures, such as checking equipment regularly and erecting barriers around work areas.
- Drive vehicles equipped with tools and materials to job sites.
- Open switches or attach grounding devices to remove electrical hazards from disturbed or fallen lines or to facilitate repairs.