Perform emergency repairs, such as changing tires or installing light bulbs, fuses, tire chains, or spark plugs.

“Perform emergency repairs, such as changing tires or installing light bulbs, fuses, tire chains, or spark plugs.” is a core task performed by Light Truck Drivers. Among the occupation's 14 rated tasks, workers place it 2nd by importance (#13 most important). About 60% 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 vehicles in working condition. 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

• Obey traffic laws and follow established traffic and transportation procedures. · importance 4.8
• Report any mechanical problems encountered with vehicles. · importance 4.8
• Verify the contents of inventory loads against shipping papers. · importance 4.8
• Inspect and maintain vehicle supplies and equipment, such as gas, oil, water, tires, lights, or brakes, to ensure that vehicles are in proper working condition. · importance 4.7
• Read maps and follow written or verbal geographic directions. · importance 4.7
• Turn in receipts and money received from deliveries. · importance 4.7
• Load and unload trucks, vans, or automobiles. · importance 4.6
• Present bills and receipts and collect payments for goods delivered or loaded. · importance 4.5
• Maintain records, such as vehicle logs, records of cargo, or billing statements, in accordance with regulations. · importance 4.4
• Drive vehicles with capacities under three tons to transport materials to and from specified destinations, such as railroad stations, plants, residences, offices, or within industrial yards. · importance 4.0
• Use and maintain the tools or equipment found on commercial vehicles, such as weighing or measuring devices. · importance 4.0
• Report delays, accidents, or other traffic and transportation situations to bases or other vehicles, using telephones or mobile two-way radios. · importance 3.7
• Sell products from truck inventory and keep records of sales.

See all tasks on the Light Truck Drivers 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-8629,
  title  = {Perform emergency repairs, such as changing tires or installing light bulbs, fuses, tire chains, or spark plugs.},
  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-8629}
}