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Repair workpieces or products

Work activity · O*NET

Repair workpieces or products 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. 21 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 furniture or upholstery
  • Repair parts or assemblies
  • Repair precision devices or workpieces
  • Repair templates, patterns, or molds
  • Repair books or other printed material

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 27.8% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 59.6% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 44th 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
Upholsterers 6
Furniture Finishers 3
Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters 3
Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers 1
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters 1
Calibration Technologists and Technicians 1
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers 1
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers 1
Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators 1
Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers 1
Library Assistants, Clerical 1
Model Makers, Metal and Plastic 1
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic 1
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 1
Parts Salespersons 1
Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic 1
Patternmakers, Wood 1
Pourers and Casters, Metal 1
Tool and Die Makers 1
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 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 20 occupations in occupations that perform Repair workpieces or products.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Fiberglass Laminators and Fabricators Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters Pourers and Casters, Metal Wellhead Pumpers Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic Jewelers and Precious Stone and Metal Workers Library Assistants, Clerical Calibration Technologists and Technicians AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Repair workpieces or products., 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 workpieces or products." 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-workpieces-or-products

APA

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

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-repair-workpieces-or-products,
  title  = {Repair workpieces or products},
  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-workpieces-or-products}
}

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