Instruct customers regarding operation and care of appliances, and provide information such as emergency service numbers.

“Instruct customers regarding operation and care of appliances, and provide information such as emergency service numbers.” is a core task performed by Home Appliance Repairers. Among the occupation's 31 rated tasks, workers place it 16th by importance (#16 most important). About 100% 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.

• Train others to use equipment or products. in Training and Teaching Others

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E1. Direct exposure — a language model could plausibly cut the time to do this task 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 1.00. Automation potential label: T3.

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.

• 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

• Bill customers for repair work, and collect payment. · importance 4.5
• Observe and examine appliances during operation to detect specific malfunctions such as loose parts or leaking fluid. · importance 4.5
• Talk to customers or refer to work orders to establish the nature of appliance malfunctions. · importance 4.4
• Refer to schematic drawings, product manuals, and troubleshooting guides to diagnose and repair problems. · importance 4.4
• Trace electrical circuits, following diagrams, and conduct tests with circuit testers and other equipment to locate shorts and grounds. · importance 4.4
• Replace worn and defective parts such as switches, bearings, transmissions, belts, gears, circuit boards, or defective wiring. · importance 4.4
• Conserve, recover, and recycle refrigerants used in cooling systems. · importance 4.4
• Provide repair cost estimates, and recommend whether appliance repair or replacement is a better choice. · importance 4.3
• Disassemble appliances so that problems can be diagnosed and repairs can be made. · importance 4.3
• Service and repair domestic electrical or gas appliances, such as clothes washers, refrigerators, stoves, and dryers. · importance 4.3
• Respond to emergency calls for problems such as gas leaks. · importance 4.3
• Reassemble units after repairs are made, making adjustments and cleaning and lubricating parts as needed. · importance 4.2
• Record maintenance and repair work performed on appliances. · importance 4.2
• Test and examine gas pipelines and equipment to locate leaks and faulty connections, and to determine the pressure and flow of gas. · importance 4.2

See all tasks on the Home Appliance 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
• 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  = {Instruct customers regarding operation and care of appliances, and provide information such as emergency service numbers.},
  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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