Dismantle heavy equipment or machinery.

Dismantle heavy equipment or machinery. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 5 occupations and seen in 6 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Disassemble equipment. 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 6 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).

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.

• Dismantle machines, using hammers, wrenches, crowbars, and other hand tools. · Millwrights · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Dismantle and reassemble heavy equipment using hoists and hand tools. · Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Dismantle and store rigging equipment after use. · Riggers · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Disassemble and overhaul internal combustion engines, pumps, generators, transmissions, clutches, and differential units. · Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Dismantle machinery and equipment for shipment to installation site, performing installation and maintenance work as part of team. · Millwrights · importance 3.9 · no direct exposure
• Disassemble and assemble machines, according to specifications and using hand and power tools. · Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers · importance 3.7 · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Millwrights
• Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines
• Riggers
• Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists
• Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and 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
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

@misc{singulariki-dismantle-heavy-equipment-or-machinery,
  title  = {Dismantle heavy equipment or machinery.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/dismantle-heavy-equipment-or-machinery}
}