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Maintain vehicles in working condition

Work activity · O*NET

Maintain vehicles in working condition is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment. 39 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 vehicles in good working condition
  • Service vehicles to maintain functionality
  • Maintain material moving equipment in good working condition
  • Maintain watercraft engines or machinery
  • Maintain locomotives or other rail equipment in good working condition
  • Service green vehicles to make repairs or maintain good working order

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 98.0% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 24.5% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 80.0% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 33rd 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
Sailors and Marine Oilers 6
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants 5
Aircraft Service Attendants 3
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 3
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 3
Motorboat Operators 3
Ship Engineers 3
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians 2
Conveyor Operators and Tenders 2
Crane and Tower Operators 2
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 2
Hoist and Winch Operators 2
Light Truck Drivers 2
Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining 2
Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers 2
Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers 2
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 2
Taxi Drivers 2
Tire Repairers and Changers 2
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers 1
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians 1
Bus Drivers, School 1
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels 1
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 1
Commercial Pilots 1
Driver/Sales Workers 1
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining 1
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 1
First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators 1
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 1
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians 1
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics 1
Parking Attendants 1
Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers 1
Rail Car Repairers 1
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 1
Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders 1
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 1
Wellhead Pumpers 1
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 38 occupations in occupations that perform Maintain vehicles in working condition.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Tire Repairers and Changers Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining Motorboat Operators Rail Car Repairers Sailors and Marine Oilers Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors Tank Car, Truck, and Ship Loaders Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists Conveyor Operators and Tenders Ship Engineers Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians Driver/Sales Workers Light Truck Drivers Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers Bus Drivers, School Commercial Pilots AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Maintain vehicles in working condition., 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 vehicles in working condition." 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-vehicles-in-working-condition

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Maintain vehicles in working condition. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/maintain-vehicles-in-working-condition

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-maintain-vehicles-in-working-condition,
  title  = {Maintain vehicles in working condition},
  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-vehicles-in-working-condition}
}

Citations name the underlying public dataset releases — they reflect what this page is built from, not just the URL.