Fabricate devices or components.

Fabricate devices or components. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 6 occupations and seen in 6 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Fabricate devices 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 6 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 1 (17%) 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.

• Fabricate and install parts and systems to be tested in test equipment, using hand tools, power tools, and test instruments. · Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians · importance 4.0 · 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
• Design and build safety equipment. · Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors · importance 3.3 · exposure with tools
• Analyze, fabricate, or test fiber-optic links. · Photonics Engineers · importance 3.3 · no direct exposure
• Fabricate devices, such as optoelectronic or semiconductor devices. · Photonics Technicians · importance 3.0 · no direct exposure
• Devise, fabricate, or assemble new or modified mechanical components for products such as industrial machinery or equipment, and measuring instruments. · Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians
• Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians
• Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors
• Photonics Engineers
• Photonics Technicians
• Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians

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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  title  = {Fabricate devices or components.},
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  year   = {2026},
  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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