Locate punctures in tubeless tires by visual inspection or by immersing inflated tires in water baths and observing air bubbles.

“Locate punctures in tubeless tires by visual inspection or by immersing inflated tires in water baths and observing air bubbles.” is a core task performed by Tire Repairers and Changers. Among the occupation's 26 rated tasks, workers place it 16th by importance (#11 most important). About 98% 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.

• Inspect vehicles. in Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials

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

• Raise vehicles, using hydraulic jacks. · importance 4.6
• Remount wheels onto vehicles. · importance 4.6
• Unbolt and remove wheels from vehicles, using lug wrenches or other hand or power tools. · importance 4.5
• Identify tire size and ply and inflate tires accordingly. · importance 4.5
• Place wheels on balancing machines to determine counterweights required to balance wheels. · importance 4.5
• Replace valve stems and remove puncturing objects. · importance 4.4
• Hammer required counterweights onto rims of wheels. · importance 4.4
• Reassemble tires onto wheels. · importance 4.3
• Seal punctures in tubeless tires by inserting adhesive material and expanding rubber plugs into punctures, using hand tools. · importance 4.3
• Inspect tire casings for defects, such as holes or tears. · importance 4.3
• Glue tire patches over ruptures in tire casings, using rubber cement. · importance 4.3
• Assist mechanics and perform various mechanical duties, such as changing oil or checking and replacing batteries. · importance 4.3
• Rotate tires to different positions on vehicles, using hand tools. · importance 4.2
• Clean and tidy up the shop. · importance 4.1

See all tasks on the Tire Repairers and Changers 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-8366,
  title  = {Locate punctures in tubeless tires by visual inspection or by immersing inflated tires in water baths and observing air bubbles.},
  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-8366}
}