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Connect components or supply lines to equipment or tools

Work activity · O*NET

Connect components or supply lines to equipment or tools is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Handling and Moving Objects. 47 occupations report doing it as part of their work.

What it involves

The most common detailed activities O*NET records under this category, ranked by how many occupation tasks map to each.

  • Connect electrical components or equipment
  • Lay cables to connect equipment
  • Connect hoses to equipment or machinery
  • Connect cables or electrical lines
  • Connect hoses to equipment or piping
  • Connect supply lines to production equipment or tools
  • Rewire electrical or electronic systems
  • Run wiring to connect equipment

How AI is applied to this activity

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study mapped real Bing Copilot conversations to O*NET work activities. The figures below are their measurements for this activity — they describe how AI is used today in one assistant's data, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

AI completes it successfully 97.9% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 21.2% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 76.2% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 56th pct Percentile across all measured activities by how often AI performs them

Source: Microsoft "Working with AI" (working-with-ai). A high completion rate means AI can assist the activity in isolation — it does not mean an occupation that performs it is being automated, since every job blends many activities.

Detailed work activities

The more granular units of work O*NET groups under this activity, ordered by how many occupations perform them.

Occupations that perform this activity

Ranked by how many of the occupation's tasks map to this activity.

Occupation Tasks
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 6
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers 5
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door 4
Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers 4
Helpers--Electricians 3
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 3
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers 2
Conveyor Operators and Tenders 2
Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment 2
Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles 2
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 2
Home Appliance Repairers 2
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers 2
Mechanical Door Repairers 2
Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers 2
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians 2
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers 2
Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders 2
Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers 1
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 1
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 1
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 1
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 1
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers 1
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay 1
Electricians 1
Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers 1
Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers 1
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 1
Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators 1
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 1
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 1
Hoist and Winch Operators 1
Hydroelectric Plant Technicians 1
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 1
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 1
Lighting Technicians 1
Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining 1
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 1
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 1

Showing 40 of 47 occupations.

Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 39 occupations in occupations that perform Connect components or supply lines to equipment or tools.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Helpers--Electricians Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Hoist and Winch Operators Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers Hydroelectric Plant Technicians Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Connect components or supply lines to equipment or tools., by AI task-overlap and median pay

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Connect components or supply lines to equipment or tools." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activities/connect-components-or-supply-lines-to-equipment-or-tools

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Connect components or supply lines to equipment or tools. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/connect-components-or-supply-lines-to-equipment-or-tools

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-connect-components-or-supply-lines-to-equipment-or-tools,
  title  = {Connect components or supply lines to equipment or tools},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activities/connect-components-or-supply-lines-to-equipment-or-tools}
}

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