Will AI replace Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers?
Estimated risk score: 10 out of 100
Very low replacement risk
Estimate from published task research, not reviewed by a person · how we estimate
Within about 19 points for 4 in 5 of the jobs we checked (0 to 29).
For the occupation as a whole, from ratings of its 23 O*NET tasks published in 2023 and calibrated to our hand scores. A specialty inside it can sit higher or lower.
O*NET-SOC 49-9051.00 · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair
Tasks rated in 2023 as ones AI could do or speed up
Tasks a GPT-4-class model could do, or do in half the time or less: 0 of its 23 rated tasks. In O*NET’s words.
None of its rated tasks.
Tasks rated in 2023 as not sped up by AI
Tasks such a model was rated as not speeding up or taking over: 23 of its 23 rated tasks; the first 6 are shown. In O*NET’s words.
- Adhere to safety practices and procedures, such as checking equipment regularly and erecting barriers around work areas.
- Attach cross-arms, insulators, and auxiliary equipment to poles prior to installing them.
- Climb poles or use truck-mounted buckets to access equipment.
- Cut and peel lead sheathing and insulation from defective or newly installed cables and conduits prior to splicing.
- Cut trenches for laying underground cables, using trenchers and cable plows.
- Dig holes, using augers, and set poles, using cranes and power equipment.
What the job is
Install or repair cables or wires used in electrical power or distribution systems. May erect poles and light or heavy duty transmission towers.
Also called: Lineworker, Service Man, Power Lineman, Electrical Lineman, Linesman, Line Tech, Troubleman, Line Builder.
Source. This site includes information from the O*NET 30.1 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. (O*NET, CC BY 4.0.) Task ratings: Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock (2023), “GPTs are GPTs: An Early Look at the Labor Market Impact Potential of Large Language Models”, data used under the MIT licence (licence texts). Our change: we averaged the ratings over this occupation’s tasks and calibrated them to our 0–100 scale. It is not a prediction about any one person and not career advice. Disagree? Write to hello@yourstopwashit.com. How we estimate