Replace and clean electrical or electronic components.

“Replace and clean electrical or electronic components.” is a core task performed by Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles. Among the occupation's 12 rated tasks, workers place it 2nd by importance (#11 most important). About 90% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas. in Performing General Physical Activities
• Repair electrical or electronic equipment. in Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T0.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.002% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• 100% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Install equipment and accessories, such as stereos, navigation equipment, communication equipment, and security systems. · importance 4.5
• Inspect and test electrical or electronic systems to locate and diagnose malfunctions, using visual inspections and testing instruments, such as oscilloscopes and voltmeters. · importance 4.5
• Cut openings and drill holes for fixtures and equipment, using electric drills and routers. · importance 4.4
• Splice wires with knives or cutting pliers, and solder connections to fixtures and equipment. · importance 4.3
• Diagnose or repair problems with electronic equipment, such as sound, navigation, communication, and security equipment, in motor vehicles. · importance 4.3
• Run new speaker and electrical cables. · importance 4.3
• Confer with customers to determine the nature of malfunctions. · importance 4.3
• Remove seats, carpeting, and interiors of doors and add sound-absorbing material in empty spaces, reinstalling interior parts. · importance 4.1
• Record results of diagnostic tests. · importance 4.0
• Estimate costs of repairs, based on parts and labor charges. · importance 4.0
• Build fiberglass or wooden enclosures for sound components, and fit them to automobile dimensions. · importance 3.7

See all tasks on the Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles page.

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  = {Replace and clean electrical or electronic components.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  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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