ISCO 7411 · O*NET 47-2111.00 · codes unverified
Electrician
Plumbing's near neighbour, and a useful check on the map: two trades, almost the same score, arrived at the same way.
The shape of the work holds. The admin around it thins out considerably.
Scale, labels and thresholds are provisional. This is open question Q-02.
4 of 20 in the launch set
How the score is made
Four declared inputs, never collapsed into one number. Assistance is kept apart from outright automation, because a tool that makes you faster and a tool that replaces you are not the same event. Physical work counts as shelter only to the extent robotics cannot reach it.
The full method is written out, including what it cannot tell you.
Note on this occupation Placeholder values. Scores close to plumbing for the same reason: high physical exposure, very low robotic reach into unstructured buildings.
- Assisted
- 26
- Done outright
- 10
- Physical
- 84
- Robotics reach
- 14
Higher is generally good news. It means more of the work gets faster without the work going away.
This is the number most people mean when they say exposure. It is kept separate from assistance on purpose.
Protective only for as long as robotics cannot reach it. Read this one next to the robotics number, never alone.
Low reach turns physical work into shelter. High reach turns it into the main exposure.
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What changes
Tasks moving to machines, in whole or in part.
- Load calculations, compliance checks and certification paperwork.
- Quoting, scheduling and parts ordering.
- Fault diagnosis from a description or a meter reading.
What stays human
Tasks that need a person, and why.
- Working inside a wall, a roof cavity or a ceiling built by somebody else.
- Deciding whether something is safe when the rules do not quite cover it.
- Carrying the liability for a decision nobody will ever see.
What's new
Work that did not exist in this job ten years ago.
- Solar, battery storage and EV charger installation.
- Commissioning and maintaining building systems that report their own faults.
- Electrification retrofit work created by regulation rather than by failure.
These three lists are editorial commentary, written against task-level data but not generated from it (OCC-05). Treat them as the author's reading, not as output.
Compare with another job
Pick one. You get a card with both scores, both sets of components, and a link worth sending to someone.
- Hairdresser 84
- Plumber 82
- Primary school teacher 79
- Aged care worker 75
- General practitioner 73
- Registered nurse 72
- Chef 69
- Fashion designer 65
- Civil engineer 59
- Product designer 55
- Software developer 44
- Graphic designer 43
- Heavy truck driver 34
- Data analyst 32
- Paralegal 31
- Accountant 28
- Copywriter 24
- Bank teller 13
- Customer service representative 12
Sources used on this page
- Working Paper 140, Generative AI and Jobs
International Labour Organization · 2025 index · Confirm
- O*NET
US Department of Labor · 31.0 · CC BY 4.0
- Global Automation Atlas
Global Automation Atlas · 2026 release · Confirm