Install or calibrate electrical or mechanical equipment, such as motors, engines, switchboards, relays, switch gears, meters, pumps, hydraulics, or flood channels.

“Install or calibrate electrical or mechanical equipment, such as motors, engines, switchboards, relays, switch gears, meters, pumps, hydraulics, or flood channels.” is a core task performed by Hydroelectric Plant Technicians. Among the occupation's 21 rated tasks, workers place it 11th by importance (#11 most important). About 86% 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.

• Assemble equipment or components. in Handling and Moving Objects
• Set up equipment. in Handling and Moving Objects

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

• Monitor hydroelectric power plant equipment operation and performance, adjusting to performance specifications, as necessary. · importance 4.4
• Identify or address malfunctions of hydroelectric plant operational equipment, such as generators, transformers, or turbines. · importance 4.4
• Start, adjust, or stop generating units, operating valves, gates, or auxiliary equipment in hydroelectric power generating plants. · importance 4.4
• Perform preventive or corrective containment or cleanup measures in hydroelectric plants to prevent environmental contamination. · importance 4.3
• Communicate status of hydroelectric operating equipment to dispatchers or supervisors. · importance 4.3
• Inspect water-powered electric generators or auxiliary equipment in hydroelectric plants to verify proper operation or to determine maintenance or repair needs. · importance 4.3
• Operate high voltage switches or related devices in hydropower stations. · importance 4.3
• Operate hydroelectric plant equipment, such as turbines, pumps, valves, gates, fans, electric control boards, or battery banks. · importance 4.3
• Maintain or repair hydroelectric plant electrical, mechanical, or electronic equipment, such as motors, transformers, voltage regulators, generators, relays, battery systems, air compressors, sump pumps, gates, or valves. · importance 4.3
• Implement load or switching orders in hydroelectric plants, in accordance with specifications or instructions. · importance 4.3
• Change oil, hydraulic fluid, or other lubricants to maintain condition of hydroelectric plant equipment. · importance 4.1
• Maintain logs, reports, work requests, or other records of work performed in hydroelectric plants. · importance 4.0
• Connect metal parts or components in hydroelectric plants by welding, soldering, riveting, tapping, bolting, bonding, or screwing. · importance 4.0
• Lift and move loads, using cranes, hoists, and rigging, to install or repair hydroelectric system equipment or infrastructure. · importance 4.0

See all tasks on the Hydroelectric Plant 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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  title  = {Install or calibrate electrical or mechanical equipment, such as motors, engines, switchboards, relays, switch gears, meters, pumps, hydraulics, or flood channels.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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