Power-Line Installers and Repairers
Construction, Maintenance & RepairAI exposure
- Data source: BLSPublished: 2026-08
Low· 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
0.000
0.000Range of values carried here0.745Scale, basis and source
- Data source: ILOPublished: 2025
0.15
0.09Range of values carried here0.70Group-level value
Scale, basis and source
Generative AI exposure index, 0–1 as published
ISCO-08 unit group — every occupation sharing the code gets this value
Computed by this site, not published by the ILO: of the 1,012 occupations this site links to the ILO dataset, 92% score at or above this value.
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.
Task-level exposure
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 | βE1 + 0.5 × E2 |
|---|---|
Adhere to safety practices and procedures, such as checking equipment regularly and erecting barriers around work areas.O*NET Task ID 8412 | 0.0 |
Open switches or attach grounding devices to remove electrical hazards from disturbed or fallen lines or to facilitate repairs.O*NET Task ID 8413 | 0.0 |
Climb poles or use truck-mounted buckets to access equipment.O*NET Task ID 8414 | 0.0 |
Place insulating or fireproofing materials over conductors and joints.O*NET Task ID 8415 | 0.0 |
Install, maintain, and repair electrical distribution and transmission systems, including conduits, cables, wires, and related equipment, such as transformers, circuit breakers, and switches.O*NET Task ID 8416 | 0.0 |
Identify defective sectionalizing devices, circuit breakers, fuses, voltage regulators, transformers, switches, relays, or wiring, using wiring diagrams and electrical-testing instruments.O*NET Task ID 8417 | 0.0 |
Drive vehicles equipped with tools and materials to job sites.O*NET Task ID 8418 | 0.0 |
Coordinate work assignment preparation and completion with other workers.O*NET Task ID 8419 | 0.0 |
Inspect and test power lines and auxiliary equipment to locate and identify problems, using reading and testing instruments.O*NET Task ID 8420 | 0.0 |
String wire conductors and cables between poles, towers, trenches, pylons, and buildings, setting lines in place and using winches to adjust tension.O*NET Task ID 8421 | 0.0 |
Test conductors, according to electrical diagrams and specifications, to identify corresponding conductors and to prevent incorrect connections.O*NET Task ID 8422 | 0.0 |
Replace or straighten damaged poles.O*NET Task ID 8423 | 0.0 |
Install watt-hour meters and connect service drops between power lines and consumers' facilities.O*NET Task ID 8424 | 0.0 |
Attach cross-arms, insulators, and auxiliary equipment to poles prior to installing them.O*NET Task ID 8425 | 0.0 |
Travel in trucks, helicopters, and airplanes to inspect lines for freedom from obstruction and adequacy of insulation.O*NET Task ID 8426 | 0.0 |
Dig holes, using augers, and set poles, using cranes and power equipment.O*NET Task ID 8427 | 0.0 |
Trim trees that could be hazardous to the functioning of cables or wires.O*NET Task ID 8428 | 0.0 |
Splice or solder cables together or to overhead transmission lines, customer service lines, or street light lines, using hand tools, epoxies, or specialized equipment.O*NET Task ID 8429 | 0.0 |
Cut and peel lead sheathing and insulation from defective or newly installed cables and conduits prior to splicing.O*NET Task ID 8430 | 0.0 |
Clean, tin, and splice corresponding conductors by twisting ends together or by joining ends with metal clamps and soldering connections.O*NET Task ID 8431 | 0.0 |
Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks.O*NET Task ID 8432 | 0.0 |
Lay underground cable directly in trenches, or string it through conduit running through the trenches.O*NET Task ID 8433 | 0.0 |
Cut trenches for laying underground cables, using trenchers and cable plows.O*NET Task ID 8434 | 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.
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