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Helpers--Electricians
Help electricians by performing duties requiring less skill. Duties include using, supplying, or holding materials or tools, and cleaning work area and equipment.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Strip insulation from wire ends, using wire stripping pliers, and attach wires to terminals for subsequent soldering.Mostly human for now
- 02Trace out short circuits in wiring, using test meter.Mostly human for now
- 03Measure, cut, and bend wire and conduit, using measuring instruments and hand tools.Mostly human for now
- 04Examine electrical units for loose connections and broken insulation and tighten connections, using hand tools.Mostly human for now
- 05Maintain tools, vehicles, and equipment and keep parts and supplies in order.Mostly human for now
- 06Drill holes and pull or push wiring through openings, using hand and power tools.Mostly human for now
- 07Clean work area and wash parts.Mostly human for now
- 08Perform semi-skilled and unskilled laboring duties related to the installation, maintenance and repair of a wide variety of electrical systems and equipment.Mostly human for now
- 09Thread conduit ends, connect couplings, and fabricate and secure conduit support brackets, using hand tools.Mostly human for now
- 10Disassemble defective electrical equipment, replace defective or worn parts, and reassemble equipment, using hand tools.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
2%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 15% 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 78% 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.
- Strip insulation from wire ends, using wire stripping pliers, and attach wires to terminals for subsequent soldering.
- Trace out short circuits in wiring, using test meter.
- Measure, cut, and bend wire and conduit, using measuring instruments and hand tools.