Will AI replace Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers?

This score cannot predict whether this occupation or any individual job will be replaced. It shows which tasks current and near-term AI can perform or accelerate, which tasks remain more durable, and where a worker can adapt. Employer decisions, demand, regulation, and how the role changes are outside the score.

What does a score of 14 mean for a Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers?

It means that, weighted across the 16 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 14 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the least-exposed quarter of analyzed occupations. It measures task exposure to current and near-term AI capabilities, not the probability of losing a job.

Which tasks in this role are most exposed to AI?

This role has no strongly automatable task in the current data release.

Is this score personalized to me?

No — this page shows the occupation-level baseline. Two people with the same title often do different work. The $9 personalized report recalculates the score from the tasks you actually do and builds a concrete 7/30/90-day plan around them.

Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers

Help installation, maintenance, and repair workers in maintenance, parts replacement, and repair of vehicles, industrial machinery, and electrical and electronic equipment. Perform duties such as furnishing tools, materials, and supplies to other workers; cleaning work area, machines, and tools; and holding materials or tools for other workers.

Also known as: Blacksmith Helper · Car Mechanic Helper · Car Repairer Helper · Blacksmith Assistant · Cable Splicer Helper · Automobile Mechanic Helper

AI Task Exposure Score

Low exposure

More exposed than 4% of 968 occupations · Rank #903 (1 = most exposed)

This score estimates how exposed the tasks in a role are to current and near-term AI capabilities. It does not predict whether a specific person will lose a job.

Your free role snapshot

Start with the work, not the headline

This occupation baseline already contains different kinds of work. These are the two ends of its current task range and one useful action you can take now.

Most exposed task

Order new parts to maintain inventory.

Augmentable 45/100 exposure

Most durable task

Transfer tools, parts, equipment, and supplies to and from work stations and other areas.

Durable 8/100 exposure

Useful next step

Make one change to the task mix

Protect the durable core of the role, then use AI to compress the routine work around it before that becomes a mandate.

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Most exposed tasks

No task is classified fully automatable in this release. The highest-exposure task relative to this role is shown in the free snapshot above; the assistive work is detailed next.

Augmentable tasks

Work where AI assists rather than replaces — the productivity frontier of this role.

Order new parts to maintain inventory.45

Most durable tasks

Lowest exposure — typically judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability. This is the human moat.

Clean or lubricate vehicles, machinery, equipment, instruments, tools, work areas, and other objects, using hand tools, power tools, and cleaning equipment.8
Transfer tools, parts, equipment, and supplies to and from work stations and other areas.8
Install or replace machinery, equipment, and new or replacement parts and instruments, using hand or power tools.10

Task exposure values and classifications are published, versioned estimates audited against the anchored rubric. This page reads them from the data release rather than generating them at request time. Bars show exposure contribution relative to this role’s task mix.

What this means

A score of 14 puts Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers in the least-exposed quarter of analyzed occupations. In practice, exposure this level is about the mix: 0 of 16 analyzed tasks lean automatable, 1 augmentable, and 15 durable. The useful question isn’t “will AI take this job” — it’s which tasks go first, which get faster, and where to reposition time. That’s what the personalized report maps against your actual week.

Lower-exposure adjacent roles

No adjacent role in the current data release is at least 10 points lower with ≥50% skill overlap — we don’t label anything “safer” unless the data supports it.

Labor-market context

$39,630median wage
95,580employed
11,800annual openings
+2.3%projected growth

Context only — labor statistics are not inputs to the exposure score. See methodology.

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Related roles

Adjacent by skills or family — no exposure claim implied.

How this score was calculated

The score is the plain average of the AI-exposure values of this role’s 16 analyzed tasks (equal task weights in this release — no hidden factors):

Augmentable 1 task, averaging 45/100 exposure
Durable 15 tasks, averaging 12/100 exposure

score = (1×45 + 15×12) ÷ 16 ≈ 14

Every task’s exposure value was scored against a published anchored rubric that scores tasks as actually performed — physical, in-person, and accountability requirements included (data release 2026.07.12-r2). The band (Low) is a corpus quartile; the percentile is tie-aware across all 968 occupations.

FAQ — Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers

Will AI replace Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers?: This score cannot predict whether this occupation or any individual job will be replaced. It shows which tasks current and near-term AI can perform or accelerate, which tasks remain more durable, and where a worker can adapt. Employer decisions, demand, regulation, and how the role changes are outside the score.
What does a score of 14 mean for a Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers?: It means that, weighted across the 16 tasks we analyzed for this role, the task mix sits at 14 on a 0–100 exposure scale — in the least-exposed quarter of analyzed occupations. It measures task exposure to current and near-term AI capabilities, not the probability of losing a job.
Which tasks in this role are most exposed to AI?: This role has no strongly automatable task in the current data release.
Which parts of this job are most durable?: The most durable responsibilities are: Clean or lubricate vehicles, machinery, equipment, instruments, tools, work areas, and other objects, using hand tools, power tools, and cleaning equipment; Transfer tools, parts, equipment, and supplies to and from work stations and other areas; Install or replace machinery, equipment, and new or replacement parts and instruments, using hand or power tools. Durable tasks typically depend on judgment, relationships, physical presence, or accountability.
Is this score personalized to me?: No — this page shows the occupation-level baseline. Two people with the same title often do different work. The $9 personalized report recalculates the score from the tasks you actually do and builds a concrete 7/30/90-day plan around them.

Score version jr-v1 · data release 2026.07.12-r2 · updated 2026-07-13 · baseline mapping: 16 of 16 tasks carry source-level provenance · methodology