Sell parts and equipment.

“Sell parts and equipment.” is a core task performed by Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics. Among the occupation's 14 rated tasks, workers place it 2nd by importance (#13 most important). About 82% 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.

• Sell products or services. in Selling or Influencing Others

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time by at least half.

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 0.50. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Record repairs made, time spent, and parts used. · importance 4.6
• Test and inspect engines to determine malfunctions, to locate missing and broken parts, and to verify repairs, using diagnostic instruments. · importance 4.6
• Dismantle engines, using hand tools, and examine parts for defects. · importance 4.5
• Repair and maintain gasoline engines used to power equipment such as portable saws, lawn mowers, generators, and compressors. · importance 4.5
• Adjust points, valves, carburetors, distributors, and spark plug gaps, using feeler gauges. · importance 4.5
• Repair or replace defective parts such as magnetos, water pumps, gears, pistons, and carburetors, using hand tools. · importance 4.4
• Perform routine maintenance such as cleaning and oiling parts, honing cylinders, and tuning ignition systems. · importance 4.3
• Reassemble engines after repair or maintenance work is complete. · importance 4.3
• Replace motors. · importance 4.3
• Obtain problem descriptions from customers, and prepare cost estimates for repairs. · importance 4.3
• Show customers how to maintain equipment. · importance 4.2
• Remove engines from equipment, and position and bolt engines to repair stands. · importance 4.2
• Grind, ream, rebore, and re-tap parts to obtain specified clearances, using grinders, lathes, taps, reamers, boring machines, and micrometers. · importance 4.0

See all tasks on the Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics 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-13782,
  title  = {Sell parts and equipment.},
  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-13782}
}