Assemble equipment or components.

Assemble equipment or components. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 8 occupations and seen in 15 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Assemble equipment or components. in Handling and Moving Objects .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 15 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 1 (7%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

The Anthropic Economic Index observes real AI use on 2 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.007% per task.

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Make repairs to robots or peripheral equipment, such as replacement of defective circuit boards, sensors, controllers, encoders, or servomotors. · Robotics Technicians · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Assemble or disassemble complex mechanical systems. · Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Construct and maintain test facilities for aircraft parts and systems, according to specifications. · Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Align, fit, or assemble components, using hand tools, power tools, fixtures, templates, or microscopes. · Robotics Technicians · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Assemble electrical systems or prototypes, using hand tools or measuring instruments. · Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Attach wires between controllers. · Robotics Technicians · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Fabricate or assemble mechanical, electrical, or electronic components or assemblies. · Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Align, fit, or assemble component parts, using hand or power tools, fixtures, templates, or microscopes. · Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Assemble, test, or maintain circuitry or electronic components, according to engineering instructions, technical manuals, or knowledge of electronics, using hand or power tools. · Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians · importance 3.8 · no direct exposure
• Build or assemble robotic devices or systems. · Robotics Technicians · importance 3.6 · no direct exposure
• Assemble, typeset, scan, and produce digital camera-ready art or film negatives and printer's proofs. · Special Effects Artists and Animators · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Design, build, or modify fixtures used to assemble parts. · Photonics Technicians · importance 3.4 · no direct exposure
• Assemble components, using techniques such as interference fitting, solvent bonding, adhesive bonding, heat sealing, or ultrasonic welding. · Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists and Technicians · importance 3.0 · no direct exposure
• Assemble and modify existing pieces of equipment to meet special needs. · Computer Hardware Engineers · importance 2.9 · no direct exposure
• Construct and evaluate electrical components for consumer electronics applications such as fuel cells for consumer electronic devices, power saving devices for computers or televisions, or energy efficient power chargers. · Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Robotics Technicians
• Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians
• Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians
• Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
• Special Effects Artists and Animators
• Photonics Technicians
• Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists and Technicians
• Computer Hardware Engineers

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.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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