Drive trucks to haul tools and equipment for on-site repair of large machinery.

“Drive trucks to haul tools and equipment for on-site repair of large machinery.” is a core task performed by Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians. Among the occupation's 14 rated tasks, workers place it 4th by importance (#11 most important). About 76% 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.

• Move materials, equipment, or supplies. in Performing General Physical Activities

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

• Reassemble machines and equipment following repair, testing operation and making adjustments, as necessary. · importance 4.6
• Maintain, repair, and overhaul farm machinery and vehicles, such as tractors, harvesters, and irrigation systems. · importance 4.5
• Examine and listen to equipment, read inspection reports, and confer with customers to locate and diagnose malfunctions. · importance 4.5
• Record details of repairs made and parts used. · importance 4.5
• Dismantle defective machines for repair, using hand tools. · importance 4.5
• Clean and lubricate parts. · importance 4.5
• Repair or replace defective parts, using hand tools, milling and woodworking machines, lathes, welding equipment, grinders, or saws. · importance 4.4
• Test and replace electrical components and wiring, using test meters, soldering equipment, and hand tools. · importance 4.3
• Tune or overhaul engines. · importance 4.0
• Calculate bills according to record of repairs made, labor time, and parts used. · importance 4.0
• Fabricate new metal parts, using drill presses, engine lathes, and other machine tools. · importance 3.6
• Install and repair agricultural irrigation, plumbing, and sprinkler systems. · importance 3.5
• Repair bent or torn sheet metal. · importance 3.2

See all tasks on the Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 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.

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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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