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Repair tools or equipment

Work activity · O*NET

Repair tools or equipment 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. 83 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 worn, damaged, or defective mechanical parts
  • Replace worn, damaged, or defective mechanical parts
  • Replace worn equipment components
  • Repair production equipment or tools
  • Repair green energy equipment or systems

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 96.0% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 32.0% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 76.9% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 26th 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
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 8
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 5
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians 4
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 4
Motorcycle Mechanics 4
Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners 4
Chemical Plant and System Operators 3
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators 3
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door 3
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics 3
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 3
Wind Turbine Service Technicians 3
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers 2
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers 2
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment 2
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 2
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 2
Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 2
Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers 2
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 2
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 2
Helpers--Production Workers 2
Home Appliance Repairers 2
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 2
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 2
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers 2
Maintenance Workers, Machinery 2
Mechanical Door Repairers 2
Millwrights 2
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians 2
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 2
Power Plant Operators 2
Rail Car Repairers 2
Signal and Track Switch Repairers 2
Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators 2
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 2
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 2
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 2
Watch and Clock Repairers 2
Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers 1

Showing 40 of 83 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 Repair tools or 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--Production Workers Rail Car Repairers Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers Locksmiths and Safe Repairers Motorcycle Mechanics Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians Signal and Track Switch Repairers Glass Blowers, Molders, Benders, and Finishers Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians Chemical Plant and System Operators Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers Power Plant Operators Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Repair tools or 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 tools or 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-tools-or-equipment

APA

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

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-repair-tools-or-equipment,
  title  = {Repair tools or 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-tools-or-equipment}
}

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