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Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul mobile mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic equipment, such as cranes, bulldozers, graders, and conveyors, used in construction, logging, and mining.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Repair and replace damaged or worn parts.Mostly human for now
- 02Test mechanical products and equipment after repair or assembly to ensure proper performance and compliance with manufacturers' specifications.Mostly human for now
- 03Operate and inspect machines or heavy equipment to diagnose defects.Mostly human for now
- 04Read and understand operating manuals, blueprints, and technical drawings.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 05Dismantle and reassemble heavy equipment using hoists and hand tools.Mostly human for now
- 06Overhaul and test machines or equipment to ensure operating efficiency.Mostly human for now
- 07Adjust, maintain, and repair or replace subassemblies, such as transmissions and crawler heads, using hand tools, jacks, and cranes.Mostly human for now
- 08Repair, rewire, and troubleshoot electrical systems.Mostly human for now
- 09Diagnose faults or malfunctions to determine required repairs, using engine diagnostic equipment such as computerized test equipment and calibration devices.Mostly human for now
- 10Examine parts for damage or excessive wear, using micrometers and gauges.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
10%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 21% 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 53% 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.
- Repair and replace damaged or worn parts.
- Test mechanical products and equipment after repair or assembly to ensure proper performance and compliance with manufacturers' specifications.
- Operate and inspect machines or heavy equipment to diagnose defects.