AI exposure: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment
Repair, test, adjust, or install electronic equipment, such as industrial controls, transmitters, and antennas.
Reading this score
computedAt 30.4% of weighted task load, Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment sits at the 54th percentile, below the point where a job's centre of gravity has moved. 51.9% 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 20 tasks it averages 1.77 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 Enter information into computer to copy program or to draw, modify, or store schematics,..., at 86.7%. The least is Perform scheduled preventive maintenance tasks, at 0.0%. A gap of 86.7% 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 installation, maintenance and repair occupations, this one is more exposed than most. The median across the 50 roles in the group is 12.8%, and only 2 of them score higher than this. Occupational families are not uniform, and the spread inside them is often wider than the gap between them.
What would move this score. Of 20 tasks, 12 are currently banded exposed, 0 assisted and 8 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 | 2.04 | 0-4 |
| Embodiment | 1.77 | 0-3 |
| Presence | 0.64 | 0-3 |
| Accountability | 0.98 | 0-3 |
| Context | 1.49 | 0-3 |
| Verification cost | 1.32 | 0-3 |
Task by task
20 tasks, O*NET 31.0| Task | Exposed | Assisted | Untouched | Importance | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enter information into computer to copy program or to draw, modify, or store schematics, applying knowledge of software package used. | 86.7% | 13.3% | 0.0% | 4.04 | exposed |
| Maintain equipment logs that record performance problems, repairs, calibrations, or tests. | 73.3% | 26.7% | 0.0% | 4.26 | exposed |
| Sign overhaul documents for equipment replaced or repaired. | 73.3% | 26.7% | 0.0% | 3.75 | exposed |
| Send defective units to the manufacturer or to a specialized repair shop for repair. | 60.0% | 15.0% | 25.0% | 3.36 | exposed |
| Determine feasibility of using standardized equipment or develop specifications for equipment required to perform additional functions. | 55.0% | 20.0% | 25.0% | 3.45 | exposed |
| Develop or modify industrial electronic devices, circuits, or equipment, according to available specifications. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 3.76 | exposed |
| Advise management regarding customer satisfaction, product performance, or suggestions for product improvements. | 40.0% | 35.0% | 25.0% | 3.36 | exposed |
| Examine work orders and converse with equipment operators to detect equipment problems and to ascertain whether mechanical or human errors contributed to the problems. | 37.5% | 25.0% | 37.5% | 3.86 | exposed |
| Consult with customers, supervisors, or engineers to plan layout of equipment or to resolve problems in system operation or maintenance. | 33.3% | 29.2% | 37.5% | 3.92 | exposed |
| Maintain inventory of spare parts. | 30.0% | 20.0% | 50.0% | 3.88 | exposed |
| Study blueprints, schematics, manuals, or other specifications to determine installation procedures. | 26.7% | 23.3% | 50.0% | 3.87 | exposed |
| Coordinate efforts with other workers involved in installing or maintaining equipment or components. | 26.7% | 23.3% | 50.0% | 3.83 | exposed |
| Operate equipment to demonstrate proper use or to analyze malfunctions. | 17.5% | 20.0% | 62.5% | 4.09 | untouched |
| Set up and test industrial equipment to ensure that it functions properly. | 15.0% | 10.0% | 75.0% | 4.24 | untouched |
| Calibrate testing instruments and installed or repaired equipment to prescribed specifications. | 11.7% | 13.3% | 75.0% | 3.99 | untouched |
| Test faulty equipment to diagnose malfunctions, using test equipment or software, and applying knowledge of the functional operation of electronic units and systems. | 10.0% | 15.0% | 75.0% | 4.32 | untouched |
| Inspect components of industrial equipment for accurate assembly and installation or for defects, such as loose connections or frayed wires. | 8.3% | 16.7% | 75.0% | 4.15 | untouched |
| Repair or adjust equipment, machines, or defective components, replacing worn parts, such as gaskets or seals in watertight electrical equipment. | 4.8% | 3.5% | 91.7% | 3.95 | untouched |
| Install repaired equipment in various settings, such as industrial or military establishments. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 4.10 | untouched |
| Perform scheduled preventive maintenance tasks, such as checking, cleaning, or repairing equipment, to detect and prevent problems. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 3.99 | 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.