AI exposure: Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
Assemble or modify electrical or electronic equipment, such as computers, test equipment telemetering systems, electric motors, and batteries.
Reading this score
computedAt 13.7% of weighted task load, Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers sits at the 22th percentile, below the point where a job's centre of gravity has moved. 77.5% of what this role does is untouched, meaning current systems cannot produce that work at all, whatever the commercial incentive.
What holds the line here is embodiment. Across this occupation's 17 tasks it averages 2.47 out of 3, the highest of the five friction dimensions. In plain terms, the work has to happen in physical space. A language model cannot move matter. Until the robotics to do this work is both good enough and cheap enough to deploy widely, capability in software does not reach it.
The most exposed thing this job does is Complete, review, or maintain production, time, or component waste reports, at 73.3%. The least is Drill or tap holes in specified equipment locations to mount control units or to provide..., at 0.0%. A gap of 73.3% between two parts of the same job is the reason this index publishes at task level. An occupation-wide number would have hidden both.
Within production occupations, this one is less exposed than the median of 16.2% across the group's 107 roles, with 62 scoring higher. Being in an exposed family does not make a particular job exposed, and the reverse holds too.
What would move this score. Of 17 tasks, 5 are currently banded exposed, 0 assisted and 12 untouched. For that distribution to shift materially would take robotics cheap and reliable enough to deploy at scale, not a better language model. The score is re-computed every quarter against a fresh capability reference, and the change is published rather than quietly applied.
Where the score comes from
judgedEvery task is scored through the standardised work activities it maps to. These are this occupation’s averages on the six rubric dimensions. Capability is what AI can do; the other five are what stands in the way.
| Dimension | Mean | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | 0.99 | 0-4 |
| Embodiment | 2.47 | 0-3 |
| Presence | 0.41 | 0-3 |
| Accountability | 0.62 | 0-3 |
| Context | 1.02 | 0-3 |
| Verification cost | 1.07 | 0-3 |
Task by task
17 tasks, O*NET 31.0| Task | Exposed | Assisted | Untouched | Importance | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Complete, review, or maintain production, time, or component waste reports. | 73.3% | 26.7% | 0.0% | 4.32 | exposed |
| Read and interpret schematic drawings, diagrams, blueprints, specifications, work orders, or reports to determine materials requirements or assembly instructions. | 41.7% | 20.8% | 37.5% | 4.13 | exposed |
| Instruct customers in the installation, repair, or maintenance of products. | 40.0% | 35.0% | 25.0% | 2.91 | exposed |
| Confer with supervisors or engineers to plan or review work activities or to resolve production problems. | 39.6% | 22.9% | 37.5% | 4.25 | exposed |
| Inspect or test wiring installations, assemblies, or circuits for resistance factors or for operation, and record results. | 35.4% | 27.1% | 37.5% | 4.46 | exposed |
| Measure and adjust voltages to specified values to determine operational accuracy of instruments. | 10.8% | 14.2% | 75.0% | 4.06 | untouched |
| Explain assembly procedures or techniques to other workers. | 8.3% | 16.7% | 75.0% | 4.35 | untouched |
| Paint structures as specified, using paint sprayers. | 6.3% | 2.0% | 91.7% | 3.28 | untouched |
| Assemble electrical or electronic systems or support structures and install components, units, subassemblies, wiring, or assembly casings, using rivets, bolts, soldering or micro-welding equipment. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 4.40 | untouched |
| Pack finished assemblies for shipment, and transport them to storage areas, using hoists or handtrucks. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 4.18 | untouched |
| Clean parts, using cleaning solutions, air hoses, and cloths. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 4.17 | untouched |
| Distribute materials, supplies, or subassemblies to work areas. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 4.09 | untouched |
| Fabricate or form parts, coils, or structures according to specifications, using drills, calipers, cutters, or saws. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 4.08 | untouched |
| Mark and tag components so that stock inventory can be tracked and identified. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 4.07 | untouched |
| Position, align, or adjust workpieces or electrical parts to facilitate wiring or assembly. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 3.96 | untouched |
| Adjust, repair, or replace electrical or electronic components to correct defects and to ensure conformance to specifications. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 3.89 | untouched |
| Drill or tap holes in specified equipment locations to mount control units or to provide openings for elements, wiring, or instruments. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 3.98 | untouched |
Task text and importance ratings sourced from O*NET 31.0. Shares computed. The occupation score is the importance-weighted mean.
Occupations either side of this one
The four closest scores in the same occupational family, then the four closest anywhere in the index.
Read this carefully. Exposure is not displacement. A high score means current AI systems can produce this work, not that anyone will stop paying a person to do it. Adoption depends on economics, regulation and inertia that this index deliberately does not model. How the score is built.
What this means in practice
Most of this work is not reachable by current systems, so the immediate pressure is on the administrative edges of the role rather than its core: the scheduling, the reporting, the written records. That is where time is recovered.