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Maintain electronic equipment

This is physical, in-person work with real objects, tools, equipment and places that change from day to day. AI can't do it for you.

Part of Maintain electronic, computer, or other technical equipment, under the O*NET work activity group Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 1 AI-assist, 12 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Modify, maintain, or repair electronics equipment or systems to ensure proper functioning.Stays human Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
• Assemble, test, or maintain circuitry or electronic components, according to engineering instructions, technical manuals, or knowledge of electronics, using hand or power tools.Stays human Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
• Replace defective components or parts, using hand tools and precision instruments.Stays human Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians

Tasks where it is part of the work

• Design, implement, maintain, or improve electrical instruments, equipment, facilities, components, products, or systems for commercial, industrial, or domestic purposes.AI-assist Electrical Engineers
• Modify, maintain, or repair electrical, electronic, or mechanical components, equipment, or systems to ensure proper functioning.Stays human Electro-Mechanical and Mechatronics Technologists and Technicians
• Adjust or maintain equipment, such as lasers, laser systems, microscopes, oscilloscopes, pulse generators, power meters, beam analyzers, or energy measurement devices.Stays human Photonics Technicians
• Install, test, or maintain radio frequency identification device (RFID) systems.Stays human Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists
• Install or maintain electrical control systems, industrial automation systems, or electrical equipment, including control circuits, variable speed drives, or programmable logic controllers.Stays human Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
• Operate and maintain audio-visual equipment.Stays human Library Assistants, Clerical
• Check, test, and maintain automatic controls and alarm systems.Stays human Marine Engineers and Naval Architects
• Engineer, install, maintain, or repair security systems, programmable logic controls, or other security-related electronic systems.Stays human Security Management Specialists
• Maintain and repair materials, work sites, and equipment.Stays human Environmental Compliance Inspectors
• Repair or calibrate products, such as surgical lasers.Stays human Photonics Technicians