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Maintain electronic, computer, or other technical equipment

Work activity · O*NET

Maintain electronic, computer, or other technical equipment is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment. 50 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.

  • Maintain laboratory or technical equipment
  • Maintain electronic equipment
  • Maintain computer equipment or software
  • Maintain recording or broadcasting equipment
  • Maintain computer networks to enhance performance and user access
  • Maintain computer hardware
  • Maintain test 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 97.5% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 21.0% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 65.4% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 54th 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
Computer Network Architects 4
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians 4
Audio and Video Technicians 3
Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians 2
Broadcast Technicians 2
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 2
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 2
Photonics Technicians 2
Quality Control Analysts 2
Web Administrators 2
Agricultural Technicians 1
Automotive Engineering Technicians 1
Bioinformatics Technicians 1
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Blockchain Engineers 1
Calibration Technologists and Technicians 1
Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film 1
Chemical Technicians 1
Chemists 1
Computer Network Support Specialists 1
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 1
Computer User Support Specialists 1
Computer and Information Research Scientists 1
Digital Forensics Analysts 1
Electrical Engineers 1
Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians 1
Environmental Compliance Inspectors 1
Food Science Technicians 1
Forensic Science Technicians 1
Geography Teachers, Postsecondary 1
Geological Technicians, Except Hydrologic Technicians 1
Hydrologists 1
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 1
Library Assistants, Clerical 1
Library Technicians 1
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects 1
Media Programming Directors 1
Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists and Technicians 1
Nuclear Monitoring Technicians 1
Nuclear Technicians 1

Showing 40 of 50 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 40 occupations in occupations that perform Maintain electronic, computer, or other technical equipment.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Food Science Technicians Agricultural Technicians Nuclear Technicians Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians Chemical Technicians Broadcast Technicians Photonics Technicians Library Assistants, Clerical Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists and Technicians Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians Quality Control Analysts Library Technicians Chemists Computer and Information Research Scientists Network and Computer Systems Administrators Blockchain Engineers AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Maintain electronic, computer, or other technical equipment., 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. "Maintain electronic, computer, or other technical equipment." 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/maintain-electronic-computer-or-other-technical-equipment

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Maintain electronic, computer, or other technical equipment. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/maintain-electronic-computer-or-other-technical-equipment

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-maintain-electronic-computer-or-other-technical-equipment,
  title  = {Maintain electronic, computer, or other technical equipment},
  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/maintain-electronic-computer-or-other-technical-equipment}
}

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