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Will AI replace Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers?

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Baseline AI displacement risk for Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, aggregated from 3 research sources.

What this score means

Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers is among the least exposed roles in Construction & Trades. Most of what the job involves still sits outside what current AI can do, even as the tools around it keep changing. At 11 out of 100 it scores 3 points below the Construction & Trades average of 14. Across the 3 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 5 to 20, so the score is a weighted consensus rather than any single figure.

The number is a consensus estimate for the typical version of the role, built from published academic and industry research scored occupation by occupation. It is not a prediction about any individual. How scoring works

What this job actually involves

Exposure follows the work itself rather than the job title, so it is worth seeing what the role is made of. These are the tasks O*NET records for Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, most central first, showing 12 of 16.

01Install or replace machinery, equipment, and new or replacement parts and instruments, using hand or power tools.
02Examine and test machinery, equipment, components, and parts for defects to ensure proper functioning.
03Tend and observe equipment and machinery to verify efficient and safe operation.
04Adjust, connect, or disconnect wiring, piping, tubing, and other parts, using hand or power tools.
05Clean or lubricate vehicles, machinery, equipment, instruments, tools, work areas, and other objects, using hand tools, power tools, and cleaning equipment.
06Hold or supply tools, parts, equipment, and supplies for other workers.
07Diagnose electrical problems and install and rewire electrical components.
08Disassemble broken or defective equipment to facilitate repair and reassemble equipment when repairs are complete.
09Position vehicles, machinery, equipment, physical structures, and other objects for assembly or installation, using hand tools, power tools, and moving equipment.
10Transfer tools, parts, equipment, and supplies to and from work stations and other areas.
11Adjust, maintain, and repair tools, equipment, and machines, and assist more skilled workers with similar tasks.
12Order new parts to maintain inventory.

Task statements from O*NET by the National Center for O*NET Development, used under CC BY 4.0. The tasks are descriptive; the exposure score above is ours.

The research behind this score

This baseline aggregates 3 research sources that scored Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers for AI and automation exposure. More recent, higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.

01Anthropic Economic Index 2026 - AI Task Exposure · 2026
02GPTs are GPTs: Labor Market Impact Potential of LLMs · 2024
03AI Occupational Exposure to Language Modeling · 2023

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