AI exposure by occupation, O*NET 51-2022.00
Will AI replace Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers?
Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers: AI can already handle 4 of 16 tasks; most of the work is hands-on, and the part AI can address mostly needs a standard-tier model.
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Every task, scored
The 16 tasks O*NET 30.3 lists for Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers, from most to least exposed. 4 reach 60 or more, the level at which AI already handles a task.
| Task | AI exposure | Evidence | Model tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instruct customers in the installation, repair, or maintenance of products. | Observed | Frontier | |
| Read and interpret schematic drawings, diagrams, blueprints, specifications, work orders, or reports to determine materials requirements or assembly instructions. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Complete, review, or maintain production, time, or component waste reports. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Confer with supervisors or engineers to plan or review work activities or to resolve production problems. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Assemble electrical or electronic systems or support structures and install components, units, subassemblies, wiring, or assembly casings, using rivets, bolts, soldering or micro-welding equipment. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Inspect or test wiring installations, assemblies, or circuits for resistance factors or for operation, and record results. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Adjust, repair, or replace electrical or electronic components to correct defects and to ensure conformance to specifications. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Position, align, or adjust workpieces or electrical parts to facilitate wiring or assembly. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Mark and tag components so that stock inventory can be tracked and identified. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Explain assembly procedures or techniques to other workers. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Clean parts, using cleaning solutions, air hoses, and cloths. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Drill or tap holes in specified equipment locations to mount control units or to provide openings for elements, wiring, or instruments. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Measure and adjust voltages to specified values to determine operational accuracy of instruments. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Distribute materials, supplies, or subassemblies to work areas. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Fabricate or form parts, coils, or structures according to specifications, using drills, calipers, cutters, or saws. | Estimated | No tier | |
| Pack finished assemblies for shipment, and transport them to storage areas, using hoists or handtrucks. | Estimated | No tier |
Observed: scored from AI use recorded in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), 1 of 16 tasks. Estimated: scored from the task's O*NET 30.3 work activity, 15 of 16. Importance is O*NET's 1 to 5 rating of how central the task is. Model tier is the lowest tier that can do the task under the published rubric; "No tier" marks hands-on work.
The model tier this role needs
A standard-tier model or lower covers 40% of the role's importance-weighted task work. 45% of the work is something AI can address at some tier, and 55% is hands-on.
Efficient, standard and frontier tiers come from the JobRoute model tier reference. The recommended tier is the lowest one that covers 80% of the work AI can address. How the method works.
Wages, employment and outlook
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025) publishes no national employment or wage figure for this O*NET occupation.
Adjacent roles
The occupations that reuse the most of this role's skills, with the usual time to move. These are the first places to look when you plan to redeploy or retrain people in this role.
- Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers 82% skill overlap, about 6 months to move Exposure15
- Engine and Other Machine Assemblers 73% skill overlap, about 10 months to move Exposure38
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians 72% skill overlap, about 10 months to move Exposure52
- Team Assemblers 71% skill overlap, about 10 months to move Exposure21
- Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment 70% skill overlap, about 11 months to move Exposure26
Skill overlap and transition time from the JobRoute role adjacency graph on O*NET 30.3 skills.
Questions about Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers and AI
Will AI replace Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers?
AI already handles 4 of the 16 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, at a task exposure of 60 or more, and the role's importance-weighted exposure is 29 out of 100. JobRoute scores tasks, not whole jobs, so the score shows how much of the work changes rather than whether the job disappears.
What is the AI exposure of Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers?
29 out of 100 on JobRoute's task exposure measure, the importance-weighted average of the role's O*NET task scores. Higher means more of the work is AI-doable today. 1 of the 16 task scores are observed in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), and the other 15 are estimated from each task's O*NET work activity.
Which Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers tasks can AI already do?
The tasks with the highest exposure are: Instruct customers in the installation, repair, or maintenance of products; Read and interpret schematic drawings, diagrams, blueprints, specifications, work orders, or reports to determine materials requirements or assembly instructions; Complete, review, or maintain production, time, or component waste reports. They are three of the 4 tasks that reach 60 or more.
What AI model tier does this role need?
A standard-tier model or lower covers 40% of the role's importance-weighted task work, and 55% is hands-on work that no model tier covers. JobRoute assigns each task the lowest tier that can do it under a published rubric and recommends the lowest tier that covers 80% of the work AI can address.
How to cite
Data version 2026-11-02, JobRoute method v1.0.0. Download all occupations or this occupation as JSON. Methodology.
JobRoute (2026). AI exposure: Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers. Data version 2026-11-02, method v1.0.0. Built on O*NET 30.3, BLS OEWS May 2025 and the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026). CC BY 4.0. https://www.jobroute.ai/jobs/electrical-and-electronic-equipment-assemblers
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