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Technicians and associate professionals · code 3155

Air traffic safety electronics technicians

Air traffic safety electronics technicians perform technical tasks concerning the design, installation, management, operation, maintenance and repair of air traffic control and air navigation systems. Tasks include - (a) carrying out technical duties related to the development of electronic and computerized air navigation systems and equipment, and testing prototypes; (b) providing technical help in the design and layout of specific interface circuitry of air navigation and aircraft detection tracking systems; (c) preparing and contributing to the preparation of cost estimates and technical and training specifications for air traffic control and safety equipment; (d) providing or assisting with the technical supervision of construction, installation and operation of ground-based air navigation equipment and its maintenance and repair to ensure that standards and specifications are met; (e) applying the knowledge and skills of air traffic safety engineering principles and practices in order to identify and solve problems arising in the course of their work; (f) developing, modifying and debugging system software; (g) modifying existing ground-based air navigation systems and equipment to adapt them to new air traffic control procedures, in order to improve capability, reliability and integrity, or to facilitate air traffic control procedures and airspace designation; (h) controlling, monitoring and certifying communication navigation and surveillance air traffic management equipment, and calibrating the ground-based air navigation system to ensure maximum accuracy and safety of flight, take-off and landing operations; (i) providing technical training and supervising other workers. Example of the occupations classified here: - Air traffic safety engineer - Air traffic safety technician Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Aeronautical engineer - 2144 - Electronics engineer - 2152 - Aeromechanic - 7232 - Aircraft maintenance engineer (avionics) - 7421 - Avionics technician - 7421

A few tasks are affected, but the heart of the job isn't. It ranks 267 of 427 for holding up against AI.

Also known as

  • air traffic safety technician

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65.7
Holds up
against AI Minimal Exposure

AI could take on 34.3 of 100, on average
so it holds up at 100 − 34.3 = 65.7

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 55.5, while the average is 34.3. 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. 55.5

    Developing, modifying and debugging system software

    Medium
  2. 42.8

    Carrying out technical duties related to the development of electronic and computerized air navigation systems and equipment, and testing prototypes

    Low
  3. 38.5

    Preparing and contributing to the preparation of cost estimates and technical and training specifications for air traffic control and safety equipment

    Low
  4. 34

    Applying the knowledge and skills of air traffic safety engineering principles and practices in order to identify and solve problems arising in the course of their work

    Low
  5. 32.5

    Modifying existing ground-based air navigation systems and equipment to adapt them to new air traffic control procedures, in order to improve capability, reliability and integrity, or to facilitate air traffic control procedures and airspace designation

    Low
  6. 32.4

    Providing technical help in the design and layout of specific interface circuitry of air navigation and aircraft detection tracking systems

    Low
  7. 26

    Providing technical training and supervising other workers.

    Low
  8. 25.3

    Controlling, monitoring and certifying communication navigation and surveillance air traffic management equipment and calibrating the ground-based air navigation system to ensure maximum accuracy and safety of flight, take-off and landing operations

    Low
  9. 22

    Providing or assisting with the technical supervision of construction, installation and operation of ground-based air navigation equipment and its maintenance and repair to ensure that standards and specifications are met

    Very Low

9 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.

2 Australian jobs match this one, and we've simply averaged them. Treat the numbers as a rough guide.

AI helps you
71.5
AI does it for you
46.5

Helping wins by 25 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, 3132

Compared with similar jobs

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