Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers

1. 01Splice cables, using hand tools, epoxy, or mechanical equipment.Mostly human for now
2. 02Inspect or test lines or cables, recording and analyzing test results, to assess transmission characteristics and locate faults or malfunctions.Mostly human for now
3. 03Clean or maintain tools or test equipment.Mostly human for now
4. 04Set up service for customers, installing, connecting, testing, or adjusting equipment, such as digital subscriber line modems.No rating yet
5. 05Access specific areas to string lines, or install terminal boxes, auxiliary equipment, or appliances, using bucket trucks, climbing poles or ladders, or entering tunnels, trenches, or crawl spaces.Mostly human for now
6. 06Lay underground cable directly in trenches, or string it through conduits running through trenches.Mostly human for now
7. 07Pull cable through ducts by hand or with winches.Mostly human for now
8. 08Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks.Mostly human for now
9. 09Travel to customers' premises to install, maintain, or repair audio and visual electronic reception equipment or accessories.Mostly human for now
10. 10Measure signal strength at utility poles, using electronic test equipment.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.

The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.

1. Splice cables, using hand tools, epoxy, or mechanical equipment.
2. Inspect or test lines or cables, recording and analyzing test results, to assess transmission characteristics and locate faults or malfunctions.
3. Clean or maintain tools or test equipment.

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