All occupations › Installation, maintenance & repairCan AI Replace Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door in 2026? Lower exposure. AI could handle about 15% of today's control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door tasks by 2036, and there is a 6% chance the number of jobs falls by a fifth or more. AI mostly assists people in this role.
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Timeline Year 2030 Headcount (2025 = 100)
101
Chance of 20%+ fewer jobs
7% 2030 · 6% 2036
One person could cover, 2036
~1 roles
0% 50% 100% 2026 2028 2030 2032 2034 2036 2026: 6% 2027: 7% 2028: 7% 2029: 8% 2030: 9% 2031: 10% 2032: 12% 2033: 13% 2034: 14% 2035: 14% 2036: 15% 9% Share of today's tasks AI can perform 40 80 120 2026 2028 2030 2032 2034 2036 2026: 100 2027: 100 2028: 101 2029: 101 2030: 101 2031: 101 2032: 101 2033: 101 2034: 101 2035: 101 2036: 102 101 Headcount index, 2025 = 100 (dashed line) Your survival map Not every part of your job is at the same risk. Tap a number to see what to do about each task.
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1 Disassemble and repair mechanical control devices or valves, such as regulators, thermostats, or hydrants, using power tools, hand tools, and cutting torches. 2 Lubricate wearing surfaces of mechanical parts, using oils or other lubricants. 3 Calibrate instrumentation, such as meters, gauges, and regulators, for pressure, temperature, flow, and level. 4 Collect money due on delinquent accounts. 5 Report hazardous field situations and damaged or missing meters. 6 Advise customers on proper installation of valves or regulators and related equipment. 7 Record maintenance information, including test results, material usage, and repairs made. 8 Record meter readings and installation data on meter cards, work orders, or field service orders, or enter data into hand-held computers. 9 Recommend and write up specifications for changes in hardware, such as house wiring. Your plan Ticks are saved in this browser only.
Try an AI tool on one task you'd normally do by hand: "Record maintenance information, including test results, material usage, and repairs made". Learn one AI tool well enough to show it in an interview, for: "Collect money due on delinquent accounts". Get visibly better at your human core: "Disassemble and repair mechanical control devices or valves, such as regulators, thermostats, or hydrants, using power tools, hand tools, and cutting torches". Rewrite the top of your CV around judgment, people and decisions, not routine output. Based on 39 O*NET tasks for "Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door" (SOC 49-9012.00). LLM alone: 10% of tasks; with AI tools: 17%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10
