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Craft and related trades workers · code 7421

Electronics mechanics and servicers

Electronics mechanics and servicers fit, maintain, adjust and repair electronic equipment such as commercial and office machines and electronic instruments and control systems. Tasks include - (a) examining and testing machines, instruments, components, control systems and other electronic equipment to identify faults; (b) adjusting, repairing and replacing worn and defective parts and wiring, and maintaining machines, equipment and instruments; (c) reassembling, test operating and adjusting equipment; (d) installing electronic instruments and control systems; (e) coordinating work with that of engineers, technicians and other maintenance personnel; (f) interpreting test data to diagnose malfunctions and systemic performance problems; (g) installing, adjusting, repairing or replacing electrical and electronic components, assemblies and systems, using hand tools, power tools or soldering irons; (h) connecting components to assemblies such as radio systems, instruments, magnetos, inverters and in-flight refuelling systems; (i) keeping records of maintenance and repair work. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Aircraft maintenance engineer (avionics) - Automated teller machines mechanic - Avionics technician - Electronic equipment servicer - Electronics mechanic - Photocopy machine technician Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Air traffic safety technician - 3155

None of this job's tasks scored high enough to count. It ranks 196 of 427 for holding up against AI.

Also known as

  • marine electronics technician
  • ATM repair technician
  • avionics technician
  • railway electronic technician
  • office equipment repair technician
  • vehicle electronics installer
  • consumer electronics repair technician

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

75.2
Holds up
against AI Not Exposed

AI could take on 24.8 of 100, on average
so it holds up at 100 − 24.8 = 75.2

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

62.1
How hands-on
out of 100

From O*NET, averaged across 7 US jobs , so treat it as rough

50.5
How fiddly
and cramped

finger skill 49.8 · hand skill 46.2 · cramped spaces 55.6 · 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 62.1 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 55, while the average is 24.8. 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

    Keeping records of maintenance and repair work.

    Medium
  2. 31.3

    Interpreting test data to diagnose malfunctions and systemic performance problems

    Low
  3. 26.5

    Examining and testing machines, instruments, components, control systems and other electronic equipment to identify faults

    Low
  4. 26

    Coordinating work with that of engineers, technicians and other maintenance personnel

    Low
  5. 23.5

    Installing electronic instruments and control systems

    Very Low
  6. 16.5

    Reassembling, test operating and adjusting equipment

    Very Low
  7. 15.8

    Installing, adjusting, repairing or replacing electrical and electronic components, assemblies and systems using hand tools, power tools or soldering irons

    Very Low
  8. 14.8

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

    Very Low
  9. 13.5

    Adjusting, repairing and replacing worn and defective parts and wiring, and maintaining machines, equipment and instruments

    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
65.5
AI does it for you
33.5

Helping wins by 32 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, 3423

Compared with similar jobs

There are 65 jobs in the “Craft and related trades workers” group, averaging 83.6. This one is below that.