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Installation & Repair · Updated Aug 2026

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.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
44/100
Moderate

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

Replacement Risk
40/100
Moderate

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
Confidence76/100
Task coverage81%

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
Read work orders, blueprints, plans, datasheets or site drawings to determine work to be done.High
68
Complete reports related to project status, progress, or other work details, using computer software.Medium
67
Test operation of tower transmission components, using sweep testing tools or software.High
66
Locate tower sites where work is to be performed, using mapping software.Medium
68
Take site survey photos or photos of work performed, using digital cameras.Medium
69
Check antenna positioning to ensure specified azimuths or mechanical tilts and adjust as necessary.Medium
69
Lift equipment into position, using cranes and rigging tools or equipment, such as gin poles.High
64
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.High
21
Climb towers to access components, using safety equipment, such as full-body harnesses.High
23
Climb communication towers to install, replace, or repair antennas or auxiliary equipment used to transmit and receive radio waves.High
22
Transport equipment to work sites, using utility trucks and equipment trailers.Medium
22
Perform maintenance or repair work on existing tower equipment, using hand or power tools.High
23
Install all necessary transmission equipment components, including antennas or antenna mounts, surge arrestors, transmission lines, connectors, or tower-mounted amplifiers (TMAs).High
22
Install, connect, or test underground or aboveground grounding systems.High
23
Install or repair tower lighting components, including strobes, beacons, or lighting controllers.Medium
15
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

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

  1. Take site survey photos or photos of work performed, using digital cameras.69
  2. Check antenna positioning to ensure specified azimuths or mechanical tilts and adjust as necessary.69
  3. Read work orders, blueprints, plans, datasheets or site drawings to determine work to be done.68
  4. Locate tower sites where work is to be performed, using mapping software.68
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. Install or repair tower lighting components, including strobes, beacons, or lighting controllers.01
  2. Climb communication towers to install, replace, or repair antennas or auxiliary equipment used to transmit and receive radio waves.02
  3. Transport equipment to work sites, using utility trucks and equipment trailers.03
  4. 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.04
  5. Climb towers to access components, using safety equipment, such as full-body harnesses.05
Where else this work leads

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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 dependency75
Physical dependency61
Adoption pressure50
Labour-market resilience69
Methodology & sources

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

Confidence76/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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