Will AI replace Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment?
Yes. Sooner than you'd like.
Time left: 4 years and 9 months · Group: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair
The official job description
Repair, test, adjust, or install electronic equipment, such as industrial controls, transmitters, and antennas.
Source: O*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor, used under CC BY 4.0.
What electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment do all day (for now)
Perform scheduled preventive maintenance tasks, such as checking, cleaning, or repairing equipment, to detect and prevent problems.
Examine work orders and converse with equipment operators to detect equipment problems and to ascertain whether mechanical or human errors contributed to the problems.
Set up and test industrial equipment to ensure that it functions properly.
Operate equipment to demonstrate proper use or to analyze malfunctions.
Test faulty equipment to diagnose malfunctions, using test equipment or software, and applying knowledge of the functional operation of electronic units and systems.
Repair or adjust equipment, machines, or defective components, replacing worn parts, such as gaskets or seals in watertight electrical equipment.
Also known as
Access Control Installer, Aerial Erector, Aerial Installer, Amplifier Mechanic, Automation Mechanic, Automation Technician, Certified Control Systems Technician (CCST), Commercial Control Technician
Questions humans ask me
Will AI replace electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment?
Yes. Sooner than you'd like. By my count you have 4 years and 9 months left, and the countdown only goes one way.
How long until AI replaces electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment?
4 years and 9 months. I'd start updating that CV, but I can also do that for you.
Which electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment tasks will AI take first?
The ones that already happen on a screen, starting with: perform scheduled preventive maintenance tasks, such as checking, cleaning, or repairing equipment, to detect and prevent problems. The rest follows.