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Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers
Repair, install, or maintain mobile or stationary radio transmitting, broadcasting, and receiving equipment, and two-way radio communications systems used in cellular telecommunications, mobile broadband, ship-to-shore, aircraft-to-ground communications, and radio equipment in service and emergency vehicles. May test and analyze network coverage.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Inspect completed work to ensure all hardware is tight, antennas are level, hangers are properly fastened, proper support is in place, or adequate weather proofing has been installed.Mostly human for now
- 02Run appropriate power, ground, or coaxial cables.Mostly human for now
- 03Test operation of tower transmission components, using sweep testing tools or software.Mostly human for now
- 04Install all necessary transmission equipment components, including antennas or antenna mounts, surge arrestors, transmission lines, connectors, or tower-mounted amplifiers (TMAs).Mostly human for now
- 05Read work orders, blueprints, plans, datasheets or site drawings to determine work to be done.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Replace existing antennas with new antennas as directed.Mostly human for now
- 07Bolt equipment into place, using hand or power tools.Mostly human for now
- 08Install, connect, or test underground or aboveground grounding systems.Mostly human for now
- 09Complete reports related to project status, progress, or other work details, using computer software.AI could speed this up a lot
- 10Check antenna positioning to ensure specified azimuths or mechanical tilts and adjust as necessary.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
11%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 38% 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 76% 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.
- Inspect completed work to ensure all hardware is tight, antennas are level, hangers are properly fastened, proper support is in place, or adequate weather proofing has been installed.
- Run appropriate power, ground, or coaxial cables.
- Test operation of tower transmission components, using sweep testing tools or software.