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Will AI replace Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians?
Baseline AI displacement risk for Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians, aggregated from 5 research sources.
What this score means
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians 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 15 out of 100 it sits close to the Construction & Trades average of 13. Across the 5 sources behind this baseline, individual estimates run from 8 to 34, 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 Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians, most central first, showing 12 of 17.
- 01Diagnose and repair furnace or air conditioning systems.
- 02Connect electrical systems to outside power sources, and activate switches to test the operation of appliances or light fixtures.
- 03Examine or test operation of parts or systems to ensure completeness of repairs.
- 04Repair plumbing or propane gas lines, using caulking compounds and plastic or copper pipe.
- 05Inspect recreational vehicles to diagnose problems and perform necessary adjustment, repair, or overhaul.
- 06Locate and repair frayed wiring, broken connections, or incorrect wiring, using ohmmeters, soldering irons, tape, or hand tools.
- 07Confer with customers, read work orders, or examine vehicles needing repair to determine the nature and extent of damage.
- 08Repair leaks with caulking compound or replace pipes, using pipe wrenches.
- 09Inspect, repair, or replace brake systems.
- 10Connect water hoses to inlet pipes of plumbing systems, and test operation of toilets or sinks.
- 11List parts needed, estimate costs, and plan work procedures, using parts lists, technical manuals, or diagrams.
- 12Remove damaged exterior panels, and repair and replace structural frame members.
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 5 research sources that scored Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians for AI and automation exposure. More recent, higher confidence studies carry more weight in the final number.
- 01Anthropic Economic Index 2026 - AI Task Exposure · 2026Anthropic
- 02Global Automation Atlas: Task Substitution Exposure by Occupation · 2026Garg, Crosta, Baier (2026), arXiv:2605.17086
- 03Working with AI: Measuring the Applicability of Generative AI to Occupations · 2025Tomlinson, Jaffe et al., Microsoft Research (2025)
- 04GPTs are GPTs: Labor Market Impact Potential of LLMs · 2024Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin, Rock (Science, 2024)
- 05AI Occupational Exposure to Language Modeling · 2023Felten, Raj, Seamans (2023)
Common questions
- How likely is AI to replace Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians?
- Published research puts Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians at 15 out of 100 for AI displacement risk, in the lower risk band. The number is a weighted consensus of 5 research sources and describes the typical version of the role, not any individual.
- Do researchers agree on the risk for Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians?
- Only partly. Individual estimates for Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians run from 8 to 34 out of 100 across the 5 sources behind this score, so the single number smooths over real disagreement. More recent and higher confidence studies carry more weight in it.
- Which construction & trades roles face similar AI exposure?
- The closest published construction & trades roles to Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians by score are Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door (15/100), Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons (15/100), and Highway Maintenance Workers (15/100). Each has its own page with the research behind its number.
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More construction & trades occupations
- Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers16/100
- Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door15/100
- Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons15/100
- Highway Maintenance Workers15/100
- Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines15/100
- Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas14/100
- Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining14/100
- Hazardous Materials Removal Workers14/100
Informational guidance based on published research, not professional career or financial advice. Scores update as new research is ingested.