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Technicians and associate professionals · code 3114

Electronics engineering technicians

Electronics engineering technicians perform technical tasks to aid in electronic research and in the design, manufacture, assembly, construction, operation, maintenance and repair of electronic equipment. Tasks include - (a) providing technical assistance in research and development of electronic equipment, or testing prototypes; (b) designing and preparing blueprints of electronic circuitry according to the specifications given; (c) preparing detailed estimates of quantities and costs of materials and labour required for the manufacture and installation of electronic equipment, according to the specifications given; (d) monitoring technical aspects of the manufacture, utilization, maintenance and repair of electronic equipment to ensure satisfactory performance and ensure compliance with specifications and regulations; (e) assisting in the design, development, installation, operation and maintenance of electronic systems; (f) planning installation methods, checking completed installations for safety and controls or undertaking the initial running of the new electronic equipment or system; (g) conducting tests of electronic systems, collecting and analysing data, and assembling circuitry in support of electronics engineers. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Electronics engineering technician Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Electrical engineering technician - 3113 - Telecommunications engineering technician - 3522 - Electronics mechanic - 7421 - Electronic equipment assembler - 8212

A few tasks are affected, but the heart of the job isn't. It ranks 311 of 427 for holding up against AI.

Also known as

  • electronics engineering technician

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62
Holds up
against AI Minimal Exposure

AI could take on 38 of 100, on average
so it holds up at 100 − 38 = 62

That's the whole sum, and you can check it against the ILO's study.

49.1
How hands-on
out of 100

From O*NET, matched to one US job

35
How fiddly
and cramped

finger skill 44.6 · hand skill 42.9 · cramped spaces 17.5 · averaged

Kind of hands-on work · hands-on under 50 Less than half hands-on

Less than half of this job is hands-on. Robots still matter, but for a smaller part of the work, so we don't sort it any further.

estimated O*NET 31.0 BLS occupational crosswalk chain ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC (Aug 2012, rev. Jun 2015); 2010 to 2018 SOC (Nov 2017); O*NET-SOC 2019 taxonomy data 0.7-work-setting measures chosen by Frey & Osborne (2017) · the grouping is a sorting, not a measurement

What this number leaves out This job rates 49.1 out of 100 for how hands-on it is. The score above only looks at AI tools, not robots, but for work this far from the physical that matters less.

The tasks behind the score

The score is the average of these. A job is really a bundle of tasks, and an average can hide how uneven that bundle is.

The task AI could do most of scores 57.5, while the average is 38. A big gap means some of this job is wide open to AI and some of it barely at all. That's quite different from a job where everything sits somewhere in the middle, even when the averages match.

  1. 57.5

    Designing and preparing blueprints of electronic circuitry according to the specifications given

    Medium
  2. 46

    Preparing detailed estimates of quantities and costs of materials and labour required for the manufacture and installation of electronic equipment, according to the specifications given

    Low
  3. 35.3

    Monitoring technical aspects of the manufacture, utilization, maintenance and repair of electronic equipment to ensure satisfactory performance and ensure compliance with specifications and regulations

    Low
  4. 35

    Assisting in the design, development, installation, operation and maintenance of electronic systems

    Low
  5. 33.5

    Providing technical assistance in research and development of electronic equipment, or testing prototypes

    Low
  6. 33.3

    Conducting tests of electronic systems, collecting and analysing data, and assembling circuitry in support of electronics engineers.

    Low
  7. 25.3

    Planning installation methods, checking completed installation for safety and controls or undertaking the initial running of the new electronic equipment or system

    Low

7 tasks · the High to Very Low labels are the ILO's

from the source Working Paper 140, Generative AI and Jobs 2025 index data 0.7-work-setting

Helped, or replaced?

The score above can't tell a tool that makes you faster from one that does the task instead of you. Jobs and Skills Australia looked at those two things separately, and this is their result, matched to this job.

One Australian job matches this one closely, so this is about as reliable as it gets here.

AI helps you
74
AI does it for you
47

Helping wins by 27 points.

estimated Our Gen AI Transition (Gen AI Capacity Study) September 2025 detailed data release data 0.7-work-setting matched to Australian jobs 3124

Compared with similar jobs

There are 82 jobs in the “Technicians and associate professionals” group, averaging 65.4. This one is below that.