Connect electrical components or equipment.

Connect electrical components or equipment. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 15 occupations and seen in 21 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Connect components or supply lines to equipment or tools. 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 21 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 0 (0%) 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 1 of these tasks, with a mean mapped-usage share of 0.002% 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.

• Connect electrical systems to outside power sources, and activate switches to test the operation of appliances or light fixtures. · Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Splice wires with knives or cutting pliers, and solder connections to fixtures and equipment. · Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Install watt-hour meters and connect service drops between power lines and consumers' facilities. · Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Splice cables, using hand tools, epoxy, or mechanical equipment. · Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Fabricate, install, position, or connect components, parts, finished products, or instruments for testing or operational purposes. · Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers · importance 4.1 · no direct exposure
• Lay out and connect electrical wiring between controls and equipment, according to wiring diagrams, using electrician's hand tools. · Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Install, connect, or test underground or aboveground grounding systems. · Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Splice or solder cables together or to overhead transmission lines, customer service lines, or street light lines, using hand tools, epoxies, or specialized equipment. · Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers · importance 4.0 · no direct exposure
• Route and connect cables and lines to switches, switchboard equipment, and distributing frames, using wire-wrap guns or soldering irons to connect wires to terminals. · Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Adjust, connect, or disconnect wiring, piping, tubing, and other parts, using hand or power tools. · Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Connect regulators to test stands, and turn screw adjustments until gauges indicate that inlet and outlet pressures meet specifications. · Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door · importance 3.8 · no direct exposure
• Clean, tin, and splice corresponding conductors by twisting ends together or by joining ends with metal clamps and soldering connections. · Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers · importance 3.8 · no direct exposure
• Splice wires with knives or cutting pliers, and solder connections to fixtures, outlets, and equipment. · Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment · importance 3.7 · no direct exposure
• Disconnect voltage regulators, bolts, and screws, and connect replacement regulators to high-voltage lines. · Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay · importance 3.7 · no direct exposure
• Connect electrical systems to outside power sources and activate switches to test the operation of appliances and light fixtures. · Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers · importance 3.5 · no direct exposure
• Lay cable and hook up electrical connections between machines, power sources, and phone lines. · Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers · importance 3.5 · no direct exposure
• Splice and connect cables from meters or current transformers to pull boxes or switchboards, using hand tools. · Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door · importance 3.4 · no direct exposure
• Measure, cut, and install frameworks and conduit to support and connect wiring, control panels, and junction boxes, using hand tools. · Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment · importance 3.3 · no direct exposure
• Set in and secure floor treadles for door-activating mechanisms, and connect power packs and electrical panelboards to treadles. · Mechanical Door Repairers · importance 3.2 · no direct exposure
• Insert plugs into receptacles and bolt or screw leads to terminals to connect equipment to power sources, using hand tools. · Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers · no direct exposure
• Repair circuits, wiring, and soldering, using soldering irons and hand tools to install parts and adjust connections. · Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians
• Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles
• Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers
• Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers
• Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
• Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
• Radio, Cellular, and Tower Equipment Installers and Repairers
• Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers
• Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
• Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
• Electrical and Electronics Installers and Repairers, Transportation Equipment
• Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
• Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers
• Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers
• Mechanical Door Repairers

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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