Maintain or repair agricultural facilities, equipment, or tools to ensure operational readiness, safety, and cleanliness.

“Maintain or repair agricultural facilities, equipment, or tools to ensure operational readiness, safety, and cleanliness.” is a supplemental task performed by Agricultural Technicians. Among the occupation's 26 rated tasks, workers place it 23rd by importance (#4 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.

• Maintain electronic, computer, or other technical equipment. in Repairing and Maintaining Electronic 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

• Prepare land for cultivated crops, orchards, or vineyards by plowing, discing, leveling, or contouring. · importance 4.3
• Operate farm machinery, including tractors, plows, mowers, combines, balers, sprayers, earthmoving equipment, or trucks. · importance 4.3
• Record data pertaining to experimentation, research, or animal care. · importance 4.2
• Conduct studies of nitrogen or alternative fertilizer application methods, quantities, or timing to ensure satisfaction of crop needs and minimization of leaching, runoff, or denitrification. · importance 3.9
• Prepare laboratory samples for analysis, following proper protocols to ensure that they will be stored, prepared, and disposed of efficiently and effectively. · importance 3.9
• Measure or weigh ingredients used in laboratory testing. · importance 3.9
• Perform tests on seeds to evaluate seed viability. · importance 3.9
• Perform crop production duties, such as tilling, hoeing, pruning, weeding, or harvesting crops. · importance 3.9
• Prepare data summaries, reports, or analyses that include results, charts, or graphs to document research findings and results. · importance 3.9
• Collect animal or crop samples. · importance 3.7
• Perform laboratory or field testing, using spectrometers, nitrogen determination apparatus, air samplers, centrifuges, or potential hydrogen (pH) meters to perform tests. · importance 3.7
• Examine animals or crop specimens to determine the presence of diseases or other problems. · importance 3.7
• Supervise pest or weed control operations, including locating and identifying pests or weeds, selecting chemicals and application methods, or scheduling application. · importance 3.7
• Set up laboratory or field equipment as required for site testing. · importance 3.6

See all tasks on the Agricultural 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  = {Maintain or repair agricultural facilities, equipment, or tools to ensure operational readiness, safety, and cleanliness.},
  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-5544}
}