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Craft and related trades workers · code 7232

Aircraft engine mechanics and repairers

Aircraft engine mechanics and repairers fit, service, repair and overhaul aircraft engines and assemblies, such as airframes and hydraulic and pneumatic systems. Tasks include - (a) fitting, examining, testing and servicing aircraft engines; (b) replacing engine components or complete engines; (c) examining and inspecting airframes and aircraft components, including landing gear, hydraulic systems and de-icers to detect wear, cracks, breaks, leaks or other problems; (d) maintaining, repairing, overhauling, modifying and testing aircraft structural, mechanical and hydraulic systems; (e) reading and interpreting manuals, service bulletins and other specifications to determine the feasibility and method of repairing or replacing malfunctioning or damaged components; (f) maintaining, repairing and rebuilding aircraft structures, functional components and parts such as wings and fuselage, rigging, hydraulic units, oxygen systems, fuel systems, electrical systems, gaskets and seals; (g) inspecting completed work to certify that maintenance meets standards and the aircraft is ready for operation; (h) maintaining repair logs, documenting all preventive and corrective aircraft maintenance; (i) installing and testing electrical and electronic components, assemblies and systems in aircraft; (j) connecting components to assemblies such as radio systems, instruments, magnetos, inverters and in-flight refuelling systems. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Aeromechanic - Aircraft engine fitter - Aircraft maintenance engineer (airframes) - Aircraft maintenance engineer (engines) - Aircraft maintenance supervisor - Aircraft mechanic - Aircraft restorer - Aircraft service technician - Airframe and power plant mechanic - Airframe mechanic - Aviation maintenance technician, - Helicopter mechanic - Jet engine mechanic - Pneudraulic systems mechanic (aircraft) - Powerplant mechanic (aircraft) - Rocket engine component mechanic Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Aeronautical engineer - 2144 - Aircraft maintenance engineer (avionics) - 7421 - Avionics technician - 7421 - Aircraft engine assembler - 8211

None of this job's tasks scored high enough to count. It ranks 136 of 427 for holding up against AI.

Also known as

  • aircraft engine specialist
  • aircraft maintenance technician
  • aircraft maintenance coordinator
  • aircraft gas turbine engine overhaul technician
  • aircraft de-icer installer

Job titles from the EU's ESCO list. Search for any of them on the jobs page and you'll end up here.

80.5
Holds up
against AI Not Exposed

AI could take on 19.5 of 100, on average
so it holds up at 100 − 19.5 = 80.5

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

69.9
How hands-on
out of 100

From O*NET, averaged across 2 US jobs

51.6
How fiddly
and cramped

finger skill 51.8 · hand skill 50 · cramped spaces 52.9 · averaged

Kind of hands-on work · hands-on 50+ · fiddly 39.4+ Hands-on, fiddly work in tight spaces

More fine handwork, and more time in cramped or awkward spots, than a typical hands-on job. That is exactly what machines find hardest: they do best in tidy, predictable places.

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

This number is probably too high

This score only looks at AI tools like chatbots. It doesn't look at robots at all — and this job rates 69.9 out of 100 for how hands-on it is, which is exactly where robots come in.

Have a look at the tasks below and judge for yourself. The ILO scored them low because a chatbot can't do them. Whether a machine with hands could is a different question, and we can't answer it yet.

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 39, while the average is 19.5. 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. 39

    Maintaining repair logs, documenting all preventive and corrective aircraft maintenance

    Low
  2. 23.5

    Reading and interpreting manuals, service bulletins, and other specifications to determine the feasibility and method of repairing or replacing malfunctioning or damaged components

    Very Low
  3. 19.5

    Examining and inspecting airframes and aircraft components, including landing gear, hydraulic systems, and de-icers to detect wear, cracks, breaks, leaks, or other problems

    Very Low
  4. 19

    Inspecting completed work to certify that maintenance meets standards and the aircraft is ready for operation

    Very Low
  5. 17

    Fitting, examining, testing and servicing aircraft engines

    Very Low
  6. 17

    Installing and testing electrical and electronic components, assemblies and systems in aircraft

    Very Low
  7. 15.9

    Maintaining, repairing, overhauling, modifying and testing aircraft structural, mechanical and hydraulic systems

    Very Low
  8. 15.3

    Replacing engine components or complete engines

    Very Low
  9. 14.8

    Maintaining, repairing and rebuilding aircraft structures, functional components and parts such as wings and fuselage, rigging, hydraulic units, oxygen systems, fuel systems, electrical systems, gaskets, and seals

    Very Low
  10. 14

    Connecting components to assemblies such as radio systems, instruments, magnetos, inverters, and in-flight refuelling systems.

    Very Low

10 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
64
AI does it for you
26

Helping wins by 38 points.

estimated Our Gen AI Transition (Gen AI Capacity Study) September 2025 detailed data release data 0.7-work-setting matched to Australian jobs 3231

Compared with similar jobs

There are 65 jobs in the “Craft and related trades workers” group, averaging 83.5. This one is below that.