Operate equipment to demonstrate proper use or to analyze malfunctions.

“Operate equipment to demonstrate proper use or to analyze malfunctions.” is a core task performed by Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment. Among the occupation's 20 rated tasks, workers place it 15th by importance (#6 most important). About 87% 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.

• Diagnose system or equipment problems. in Making Decisions and Solving Problems
• Train others to use equipment or products. in Training and Teaching Others

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.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 96% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Test faulty equipment to diagnose malfunctions, using test equipment or software, and applying knowledge of the functional operation of electronic units and systems. · importance 4.3
• Maintain equipment logs that record performance problems, repairs, calibrations, or tests. · importance 4.3
• Set up and test industrial equipment to ensure that it functions properly. · importance 4.2
• Inspect components of industrial equipment for accurate assembly and installation or for defects, such as loose connections or frayed wires. · importance 4.2
• Install repaired equipment in various settings, such as industrial or military establishments. · importance 4.1
• Enter information into computer to copy program or to draw, modify, or store schematics, applying knowledge of software package used. · importance 4.0
• Perform scheduled preventive maintenance tasks, such as checking, cleaning, or repairing equipment, to detect and prevent problems. · importance 4.0
• Calibrate testing instruments and installed or repaired equipment to prescribed specifications. · importance 4.0
• Repair or adjust equipment, machines, or defective components, replacing worn parts, such as gaskets or seals in watertight electrical equipment. · importance 4.0
• Consult with customers, supervisors, or engineers to plan layout of equipment or to resolve problems in system operation or maintenance. · importance 3.9
• Maintain inventory of spare parts. · importance 3.9
• Study blueprints, schematics, manuals, or other specifications to determine installation procedures. · importance 3.9
• Examine work orders and converse with equipment operators to detect equipment problems and to ascertain whether mechanical or human errors contributed to the problems. · importance 3.9
• Coordinate efforts with other workers involved in installing or maintaining equipment or components. · importance 3.8

See all tasks on the Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment 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
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “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  = {Operate equipment to demonstrate proper use or to analyze malfunctions.},
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  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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