Repair and adjust safes, vault doors, and vault components, using hand tools, lathes, drill presses, and welding and acetylene cutting apparatus.

“Repair and adjust safes, vault doors, and vault components, using hand tools, lathes, drill presses, and welding and acetylene cutting apparatus.” is a core task performed by Locksmiths and Safe Repairers. Among the occupation's 14 rated tasks, workers place it 5th by importance (#10 most important). About 96% 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 facilities or equipment. in Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical 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

• Cut new or duplicate keys, using impressions or code key machines. · importance 4.8
• Insert new or repaired tumblers into locks to change combinations. · importance 4.6
• Move picklocks in cylinders to open door locks without keys. · importance 4.6
• Cut new or duplicate keys, using key cutting machines. · importance 4.5
• Open safe locks by drilling. · importance 4.4
• Set up and maintain master key systems. · importance 4.3
• Install door hardware, such as locks and closers. · importance 4.3
• Keep records of company locks and keys. · importance 4.2
• Disassemble mechanical or electrical locking devices, and repair or replace worn tumblers, springs, and other parts, using hand tools. · importance 4.1
• Install alarm and electronic access systems. · importance 3.9
• Install safes, vault doors, and deposit boxes according to blueprints, using equipment such as power drills, taps, dies, truck cranes, and dollies. · importance 3.6
• Unlock cars and other vehicles. · importance 3.3
• Remove interior and exterior finishes on safes and vaults, and spray on new finishes. · importance 1.8

See all tasks on the Locksmiths and Safe 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
• “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  = {Repair and adjust safes, vault doors, and vault components, using hand tools, lathes, drill presses, and welding and acetylene cutting apparatus.},
  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-7129}
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