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Geothermal Technicians
Perform technical activities at power plants or individual installations necessary for the generation of power from geothermal energy sources. Monitor and control operating activities at geothermal power generation facilities and perform maintenance and repairs as necessary. Install, test, and maintain residential and commercial geothermal heat pumps.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Monitor and adjust operations of geothermal power plant equipment or systems.Mostly human for now
- 02Prepare and maintain logs, reports, or other documentation of work performed.AI could speed this up a lot
- 03Identify and correct malfunctions of geothermal plant equipment, electrical systems, instrumentation, or controls.Mostly human for now
- 04Collect and record data associated with operating geothermal power plants or well fields.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 05Determine whether emergency or auxiliary systems will be needed to keep properties heated or cooled in extreme weather conditions.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Perform pre- and post-installation pressure, flow, and related tests of vertical and horizontal geothermal loop piping.Mostly human for now
- 07Identify equipment options, such as compressors, and make appropriate selections.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 08Adjust power production systems to meet load and distribution demands.Mostly human for now
- 09Maintain electrical switchgear, process controls, transmitters, gauges, and control equipment in accordance with geothermal plant procedures.Mostly human for now
- 10Calculate heat loss and heat gain factors for residential properties to determine heating and cooling required by installed geothermal systems.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
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
21%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 66% 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.
- Adjust power production systems to meet load and distribution demands.
- Monitor and adjust operations of geothermal power plant equipment or systems.
- Identify and correct malfunctions of geothermal plant equipment, electrical systems, instrumentation, or controls.