Make service calls to repair units in customers' homes, or return units to shops for major repairs.

“Make service calls to repair units in customers' homes, or return units to shops for major repairs.” is a core task performed by Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers. Among the occupation's 11 rated tasks, workers place it 5th by importance (#7 most important). About 94% 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.

• Operate transportation equipment or vehicles. in Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or 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.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Install, service, and repair electronic equipment or instruments such as televisions, radios, and videocassette recorders. · importance 4.4
• Compute cost estimates for labor and materials. · importance 4.1
• Calibrate and test equipment, and locate circuit and component faults, using hand and power tools and measuring and testing instruments such as resistance meters and oscilloscopes. · importance 4.0
• Confer with customers to determine the nature of problems or to explain repairs. · importance 4.0
• Position or mount speakers, and wire speakers to consoles. · importance 4.0
• Instruct customers on the safe and proper use of equipment. · importance 4.0
• Read and interpret electronic circuit diagrams, function block diagrams, specifications, engineering drawings, and service manuals. · importance 3.9
• Tune or adjust equipment and instruments to obtain optimum visual or auditory reception, according to specifications, manuals, and drawings. · importance 3.8
• Keep records of work orders and test and maintenance reports. · importance 3.7
• Disassemble entertainment equipment and repair or replace loose, worn, or defective components and wiring, using hand tools and soldering irons. · importance 3.6

See all tasks on the Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers 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
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

@misc{singulariki-task-13746,
  title  = {Make service calls to repair units in customers' homes, or return units to shops for major repairs.},
  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/tasks/task-13746}
}