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Repair electrical or electronic equipment

Work activity · O*NET

Repair electrical or electronic 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. 27 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.

  • Repair electronic equipment
  • Repair electrical circuits or wiring
  • Repair electrical components
  • Repair electrical 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 100.0% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 31.8% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 66.7% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 23rd 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
Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers 4
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers 3
Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment 3
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay 3
Electricians 3
Helpers--Electricians 3
Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers 2
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door 2
Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles 2
Geothermal Technicians 2
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers 2
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 2
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 1
Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers 1
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 1
Lighting Technicians 1
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 1
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers 1
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 1
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians 1
Rail Car Repairers 1
Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians 1
Robotics Technicians 1
Security Management Specialists 1
Signal and Track Switch Repairers 1
Traffic Technicians 1
Watch and Clock Repairers 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 27 occupations in occupations that perform Repair electrical or electronic 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 Helpers--Electricians Rail Car Repairers Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians Signal and Track Switch Repairers Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers Maintenance and Repair Workers, General Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers Watch and Clock Repairers Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay Robotics Technicians Traffic Technicians Security Management Specialists AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Repair electrical or electronic 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. "Repair electrical or electronic 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/repair-electrical-or-electronic-equipment

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Repair electrical or electronic equipment. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/repair-electrical-or-electronic-equipment

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-repair-electrical-or-electronic-equipment,
  title  = {Repair electrical or electronic 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/repair-electrical-or-electronic-equipment}
}

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