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Installation & Repair · Updated Aug 2026

Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers

Help installation, maintenance, and repair workers in maintenance, parts replacement, and repair of vehicles, industrial machinery, and electrical and electronic equipment. Perform duties such as furnishing tools, materials, and supplies to other workers; cleaning work area, machines, and tools; and holding materials or tools for other workers.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
42/100
Moderate

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
39/100
Low

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence82/100
Task coverage87%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Adjust, connect, or disconnect wiring, piping, tubing, and other parts, using hand or power tools.Medium
66
Transfer tools, parts, equipment, and supplies to and from work stations and other areas.Medium
64
Hold or supply tools, parts, equipment, and supplies for other workers.Medium
64
Apply protective materials to equipment, components, and parts to prevent defects and corrosion.Medium
66
Examine and test machinery, equipment, components, and parts for defects to ensure proper functioning.High
37
Install or replace machinery, equipment, and new or replacement parts and instruments, using hand or power tools.High
34
Tend and observe equipment and machinery to verify efficient and safe operation.Medium
37
Diagnose electrical problems and install and rewire electrical components.Medium
39
Clean or lubricate vehicles, machinery, equipment, instruments, tools, work areas, and other objects, using hand tools, power tools, and cleaning equipment.Medium
34
Position vehicles, machinery, equipment, physical structures, and other objects for assembly or installation, using hand tools, power tools, and moving equipment.Medium
34
Adjust, maintain, and repair tools, equipment, and machines, and assist more skilled workers with similar tasks.Medium
34
Assemble and maintain physical structures, using hand or power tools.Medium
21
Disassemble broken or defective equipment to facilitate repair and reassemble equipment when repairs are complete.Medium
21
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Adjust, connect, or disconnect wiring, piping, tubing, and other parts, using hand or power tools.66
  2. Apply protective materials to equipment, components, and parts to prevent defects and corrosion.66
  3. Transfer tools, parts, equipment, and supplies to and from work stations and other areas.64
  4. Hold or supply tools, parts, equipment, and supplies for other workers.64
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Assemble and maintain physical structures, using hand or power tools.01
  2. Disassemble broken or defective equipment to facilitate repair and reassemble equipment when repairs are complete.02
  3. Install or replace machinery, equipment, and new or replacement parts and instruments, using hand or power tools.03
  4. Position vehicles, machinery, equipment, physical structures, and other objects for assembly or installation, using hand tools, power tools, and moving equipment.04
  5. Adjust, maintain, and repair tools, equipment, and machines, and assist more skilled workers with similar tasks.05
Where else this work leads

Related occupations

Occupations O*NET links to this one. Relatedness reflects shared work, not a claim that these roles are safer.

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency67
Physical dependency57
Adoption pressure35
Labour-market resilience70
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence82/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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