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Fence Erectors
Erect and repair fences and fence gates, using hand and power tools.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Establish the location for a fence, and gather information needed to ensure that there are no electric cables or water lines in the area.Mostly human for now
- 02Set metal or wooden posts in upright positions in postholes.Mostly human for now
- 03Measure and lay out fence lines and mark posthole positions, following instructions, drawings, or specifications.Mostly human for now
- 04Align posts, by lines or sighting, and verify vertical alignment of posts, using plumb bobs or spirit levels.Mostly human for now
- 05Attach rails or tension wire along bottoms of posts to form fencing frames.Mostly human for now
- 06Dig postholes, using spades, posthole diggers, or power-driven augers.Mostly human for now
- 07Attach fence rail supports to posts, using hammers and pliers.Mostly human for now
- 08Assemble gates, and fasten gates into position, using hand tools.Mostly human for now
- 09Mix and pour concrete around bases of posts, or tamp soil into postholes to embed posts.Mostly human for now
- 10Make rails for fences, by sawing lumber or by cutting metal tubing to required lengths.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
5%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 14% 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 90% 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.
- Establish the location for a fence, and gather information needed to ensure that there are no electric cables or water lines in the area.
- Set metal or wooden posts in upright positions in postholes.
- Measure and lay out fence lines and mark posthole positions, following instructions, drawings, or specifications.