All occupations › Installation, maintenance & repairCan AI Replace Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment in 2026? Lower exposure. AI could handle about 37% of today's electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment tasks by 2036, and there is a 11% chance the number of jobs falls by a fifth or more. AI both assists and takes over tasks.
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Timeline Year 2030 Chance of 20%+ fewer jobs
9% 2030 · 11% 2036
One person could cover, 2036
1.3 roles
0% 50% 100% 2026 2028 2030 2032 2034 2036 2026: 14% 2027: 15% 2028: 16% 2029: 19% 2030: 22% 2031: 25% 2032: 29% 2033: 32% 2034: 35% 2035: 36% 2036: 37% 22% Share of today's tasks AI can perform 40 80 120 2026 2028 2030 2032 2034 2036 2026: 100 2027: 100 2028: 100 2029: 100 2030: 99 2031: 98 2032: 98 2033: 97 2034: 97 2035: 96 2036: 96 99 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 Test faulty equipment to diagnose malfunctions, using test equipment or software, and applying knowledge of the functional operation of electronic units and systems. 2 Set up and test industrial equipment to ensure that it functions properly. 3 Inspect components of industrial equipment for accurate assembly and installation or for defects, such as loose connections or frayed wires. 4 Study blueprints, schematics, manuals, or other specifications to determine installation procedures. 5 Consult with customers, supervisors, or engineers to plan layout of equipment or to resolve problems in system operation or maintenance. 6 Maintain inventory of spare parts. 7 Maintain equipment logs that record performance problems, repairs, calibrations, or tests. 8 Enter information into computer to copy program or to draw, modify, or store schematics, applying knowledge of software package used. 9 Sign overhaul documents for equipment replaced or repaired. 10 Develop or modify industrial electronic devices, circuits, or equipment, according to available specifications. Your plan Ticks are saved in this browser only.
Try an AI tool on one task you'd normally do by hand: "Maintain equipment logs that record performance problems, repairs, calibrations, or tests". Learn one AI tool well enough to show it in an interview, for: "Study blueprints, schematics, manuals, or other specifications to determine installation procedures". Get visibly better at your human core: "Test faulty equipment to diagnose malfunctions, using test equipment or software, and applying knowledge of the functional operation of electronic units and systems". Rewrite the top of your CV around judgment, people and decisions, not routine output. Based on 20 O*NET tasks for "Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment" (SOC 49-2094.00). LLM alone: 18% of tasks; with AI tools: 44%. Projections are a model, not official statistics. How we calculate this · Data version 2026-10
