Solar Energy Installation Managers
Construction and Extraction Occupations- O*NET-SOC code
- 47-1011.03
Direct work crews installing residential or commercial solar photovoltaic or thermal systems.
- Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
Moderate· relative
LowFour relative bandsVery highGroup-level value
Scale, basis and source
Four relative bands (Low / Moderate / High / Very high)
831 detailed occupations in the BLS Employment Projections table. Assigned per National Employment Matrix (NEM) code, so occupations sharing a NEM code carry the same band
- Data source: AnthropicPublished: 2026-03
0.030
0.000Range of values carried here0.745Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Observed exposure index, 0–1 as published
Mapped onto O*NET tasks
Published per SOC 2018 occupation; every O*NET occupation with the same SOC 2018 code carries this value
- Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.28–0.29· 2 ISCO-08 groups
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
Published per ISCO-08 unit group. Linked to this occupation, wholly or in part, by applying U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to 2018 SOC) as published
What kind of figure this source publishes
The BLS category is a relative rank, not an absolute level, and it is not a first-hand measurement: it groups an occupation's percentile ranks across several published studies into four bands. It is not an employment or wage forecast, not a probability of adoption, and it does not separate automation from augmentation.
ILO value for each linked ISCO-08 group
- ISCO-08 3121Mining Supervisors0.29
- ISCO-08 3123Construction Supervisors0.28
Task-level exposure
Exposed tasks only15 rated tasks · 13 tasks with β ≥ 0.5 (86.7%)
β = direct exposure (E1) + 0.5 × exposure when tools are available (E2), per the source repository's definition.
- Source unit: O*NET 27.2 tasks → O*NET 31.0 occupation code
- All rated tasks are in the O*NET 31.0 task list.
- Source
- OpenAI "GPTs are GPTs" exposure rubric
- Release
- gh-main-0471612
- License
- MIT License, Copyright (c) 2024 OpenAI
| Task (O*NET 20.1) | Claude.aiRaw / share % | APIRaw / share % |
|---|---|---|
Provide technical assistance to installers, technicians, or other solar professionals in areas such as solar electric systems, solar thermal systems, electrical systems, and mechanical systems.47-1011.03 | 0.004462.9 | 0.002135.1 |
Monitor work of contractors and subcontractors to ensure projects conform to plans, specifications, schedules, or budgets.47-1011.03 | 0.002637.1 | 0.003864.9 |
| Not observed on any surface — 13 task(s) — These tasks have no row in the source for this release. The 0 in the share row is a display-stage composition ratio; absence is what the — in the raw row states. | ||
Plan and coordinate installations of photovoltaic (PV) solar and solar thermal systems to ensure conformance to codes. | —0 | —0 |
Supervise solar installers, technicians, and subcontractors for solar installation projects to ensure compliance with safety standards. | —0 | —0 |
Assess potential solar installation sites to determine feasibility and design requirements. | —0 | —0 |
Assess system performance or functionality at the system, subsystem, and component levels. | —0 | —0 |
Coordinate or schedule building inspections for solar installation projects. | —0 | —0 |
Perform start-up of systems for testing or customer implementation. | —0 | —0 |
Visit customer sites to determine solar system needs, requirements, or specifications. | —0 | —0 |
Develop and maintain system architecture, including all piping, instrumentation, or process flow diagrams. | —0 | —0 |
Estimate materials, equipment, and personnel needed for residential or commercial solar installation projects. | —0 | —0 |
Evaluate subcontractors or subcontractor bids for quality, cost, and reliability. | —0 | —0 |
Identify means to reduce costs, minimize risks, or increase efficiency of solar installation projects. | —0 | —0 |
Prepare solar installation project proposals, quotes, budgets, or schedules. | —0 | —0 |
Purchase or rent equipment for solar energy system installation. | —0 | —0 |
Values in this tab are predicted labels, not observations. Eloundou et al. (2023) published two rating regimes — human raters and GPT-4 — and the β shown here is derived from the GPT-4 rater basis alone; the same task can take a different value under the other regime. The unit and the meaning differ from the observed shares (%) in the other tabs, so do not place them on the same axis.
| Task (O*NET 27.2) | βE1 + 0.5 × E2 |
|---|---|
Plan and coordinate installations of photovoltaic (PV) solar and solar thermal systems to ensure conformance to codes.O*NET Task ID 17725 | 0.5 |
Assess potential solar installation sites to determine feasibility and design requirements.O*NET Task ID 17727 | 0.5 |
Assess system performance or functionality at the system, subsystem, and component levels.O*NET Task ID 17728 | 0.5 |
Coordinate or schedule building inspections for solar installation projects.O*NET Task ID 17729 | 0.5 |
Monitor work of contractors and subcontractors to ensure projects conform to plans, specifications, schedules, or budgets.O*NET Task ID 17730 | 0.5 |
Provide technical assistance to installers, technicians, or other solar professionals in areas such as solar electric systems, solar thermal systems, electrical systems, or mechanical systems.O*NET Task ID 17732 | 0.5 |
Visit customer sites to determine solar system needs, requirements, or specifications.O*NET Task ID 17733 | 0.5 |
Develop and maintain system architecture, including all piping, instrumentation, or process flow diagrams.O*NET Task ID 17734 | 0.5 |
Estimate materials, equipment, and personnel needed for residential or commercial solar installation projects.O*NET Task ID 17735 | 0.5 |
Evaluate subcontractors or subcontractor bids for quality, cost, and reliability.O*NET Task ID 17736 | 0.5 |
Identify means to reduce costs, minimize risks, or increase efficiency of solar installation projects.O*NET Task ID 17737 | 0.5 |
Prepare solar installation project proposals, quotes, budgets, or schedules.O*NET Task ID 17738 | 0.5 |
Purchase or rent equipment for solar energy system installation.O*NET Task ID 17739 | 0.5 |
Supervise solar installers, technicians, and subcontractors for solar installation projects to ensure compliance with safety standards.O*NET Task ID 17726 | 0.0 |
Perform start-up of systems for testing or customer implementation.O*NET Task ID 17731 | 0.0 |
β = E1 + 0.5 × E2 · E1 = tasks where direct LLM access alone cuts time by at least 50%, E2 = tasks where software built on top of an LLM cuts time by at least 50%. Values take only 0 / 0.5 / 1.0.
Data sources & licenses — O*NET®, Anthropic Economic Index, Eloundou et al. (2023): see full notices on the Credits page
All O*NET 31.0 task statements (15)
All O*NET 31.0 task statements for this occupation (English, as published; task type core or supplemental). Exposure values are not listed here; they are in the table above, next to each task statement as worded in the O*NET version each source used.
| Task (O*NET 31.0) | Type |
|---|---|
| Plan and coordinate installations of photovoltaic (PV) solar and solar thermal systems to ensure conformance to codes. | Core |
| Supervise solar installers, technicians, and subcontractors for solar installation projects to ensure compliance with safety standards. | Core |
| Assess potential solar installation sites to determine feasibility and design requirements. | Core |
| Assess system performance or functionality at the system, subsystem, and component levels. | Core |
| Coordinate or schedule building inspections for solar installation projects. | Core |
| Monitor work of contractors and subcontractors to ensure projects conform to plans, specifications, schedules, or budgets. | Core |
| Perform start-up of systems for testing or customer implementation. | Core |
| Provide technical assistance to installers, technicians, or other solar professionals in areas such as solar electric systems, solar thermal systems, electrical systems, or mechanical systems. | Core |
| Visit customer sites to determine solar system needs, requirements, or specifications. | Core |
| Estimate materials, equipment, and personnel needed for residential or commercial solar installation projects. | Core |
| Identify means to reduce costs, minimize risks, or increase efficiency of solar installation projects. | Core |
| Prepare solar installation project proposals, quotes, budgets, or schedules. | Core |
| Purchase or rent equipment for solar energy system installation. | Core |
| Develop and maintain system architecture, including all piping, instrumentation, or process flow diagrams. | Supplemental |
| Evaluate subcontractors or subcontractor bids for quality, cost, and reliability. | Supplemental |
0.05/ 3· Robot exposure index
Scale, basis and source
Each physical task is graded 0–3 by the setting in which robots that have been deployed, sold or demonstrated could do it (0 none · 1 purpose-built robot settings such as a fenced machine cell or a bottling line · 2 structured facilities such as a hospital pharmacy or a container port · 3 unstructured settings such as a private home or a construction site), and the grades are averaged by share of working time
Physical tasks among this occupation's O*NET 29.3 tasks
Anthropic estimated the grades and time shares with Claude Opus 5 using web search, as of 2026.
The robot exposure index is a different measure from the AI exposure figures on this site and cannot be added to or compared with them. It does not measure actual adoption or cost, and 0 also covers occupations with no physical tasks.
Tier of each physical task
Robot environment tiers (E0–E3)
E0 noneDetails
Rated not doable by robots that have been deployed, sold or demonstrated, even in a purpose-built setting
E1 purpose-built robot settingsDetails
Rated doable in a setting built around the machine, such as a fenced machine cell or a bottling line
E2 structured facilitiesDetails
Rated doable in a human work facility that an institution keeps to a working standard, such as a hospital pharmacy or a container port
E3 unstructured settingsDetails
Rated doable in a setting that no institution keeps to a working standard, such as a private home or a construction site
Only tasks classified as physical are listed; other tasks have no tier in the source.
| Task (O*NET 29.3) | Robot environment tier |
|---|---|
| Assess potential solar installation sites to determine feasibility and design requirements. | E0 none |
| Assess system performance or functionality at the system, subsystem, and component levels. | E1 purpose-built robot settings |
| Perform start-up of systems for testing or customer implementation. | E0 none |
| Visit customer sites to determine solar system needs, requirements, or specifications. | E0 none |
Occupation information
Employment outlook (BLS)
Values for the whole SOC 47-1011 group (First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers), not for this O*NET occupation alone.
- Employment, 2025
- 913K
- Projected employment, 2035
- 959K
- Change (2025–35)
- +5%
- Median annual wage, 2025
- $79,920
- Typical education needed for entry
- High school diploma or equivalent
Korea classification links (KSCO)
Links from the current release of the Korea Occupation Direct Crosswalk v1.1, made by AI Changing Work. Relation values are read from the O*NET-SOC occupation side.
| KSCO code | KSCO title | Relation | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14125 | 신재생에너지 관련 관리자 | This occupation is narrower | confirmed |
Relation and status definitions(kr-direct v1.1)
ILO occupational description
AI Changing Work links the ISCO-08 unit groups below to this occupation by applying the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics crosswalks (2018 SOC to 2010 SOC, 2010 SOC to ISCO-08) as published, without case-by-case selection; each link may be whole or partial.
- ISCO-08 3121Mining Supervisors
- ISCO-08 3123Construction Supervisors
Sources: ILO ISCO-08 — details: Credits
ESCO occupational vocabulary
Each entry below is matched to this occupation in the published ESCO-O*NET Crosswalk (version 1, 2022). The match types are that crosswalk's; the wording is AI Changing Work's.
- electrical supervisorESCO 3123.1.11Overlapping, not the same
Electrical supervisors monitor the operations involved in installing and servicing electricity cables and other electrical infrastructure. They assign tasks and take quick decisions to resolve problems.
- solar energy technicianESCO 7411.1.4Overlapping, not the same
Solar energy technicians install and maintain systems that collect solar energy. They prepare the necessary fixtures, often on roofs, install solar panels, and plug them into an electronic system including an inverter to connect the solar energy systems to the electricity lines.
Source: European Commission, DG EMPL — ESCO API 2026-08-08 (bridge v1.2.1)
License: CC BY 4.0 (EU Reuse Notice)
ESCO reuse terms and the modification notice are in Credits.
France classification links (ROME)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and ROME 4.0 job profiles, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side. Links marked “provisional” were adopted on the judgments of two judges from the same model family (Claude) alone, or by an operator rule applied to their judgments, so they rest on weaker evidence than confirmed links.
| ROME code | ROME title (French) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| F1202 | Chef / Cheffe de chantier bâtiment | Related, not a matchprovisional |
| F1206 | Chef / Cheffe d'équipe bâtiment | Related, not a matchprovisional |
| F1610 | Installateur mainteneur / Installatrice mainteneuse en systèmes solaires, thermiques et photovoltaïques | Related, not a matchprovisional |
Source: France Travail — Répertoire Opérationnel des Métiers et des Emplois (ROME 4.0), version 61, last updated 15 June 2026 (https://www.data.gouv.fr/datasets/repertoire-operationnel-des-metiers-et-des-emplois-rome). Licence Ouverte 2.0.
ROME codes and titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET-SOC occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not a France Travail correspondence.
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Spain classification links (CNO-11)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and CNO-11 occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.
| CNO-11 code | CNO-11 title (Spanish) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 3202 | Supervisores de la construcción | This occupation is narrower |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE), National Classification of Occupations 2011 (CNO-11, Royal Decree 1591/2010) — www.ine.es · Licensed CC BY 4.0. CNO-11 codes and Spanish titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not an INE correspondence.
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Germany classification links (KldB)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and KldB occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.
| KldB code | KldB title (German) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 26243 | Berufe in der regenerativen Energietechnik - komplexe Spezialistentätigkeiten | Overlapping, not the sameprovisional |
| 26293 | Aufsichtskräfte - Energietechnik | Related, not a matchprovisional |
| 34293 | Aufsichtskräfte - Klempnerei, Sanitär-, Heizungs- und Klimatechnik | Related, not a matchprovisional |
Source: © Statistik der Bundesagentur für Arbeit — Klassifikation der Berufe 2010 – überarbeitete Fassung 2020, https://statistik.arbeitsagentur.de. KldB codes and titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own mapping (eigene Zuordnung) and are not a Bundesagentur für Arbeit correspondence.
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Japan classification links (JSCO)
AI Changing Work's links between this occupation and JSCO occupations, judged with AI models. Relations are read from this occupation's side.
| JSCO code | JSCO title (Japanese) | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| 679 | その他の電気工事従事者 | Related, not a match |
Source: Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC), Japan Standard Occupational Classification (Dec. 2009, MIC Notification No. 555). JSCO codes and Japanese titles are reproduced unchanged; the links to O*NET occupations are AI Changing Work's own judgment and are not a MIC correspondence.
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