Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door

Task by task

Each task this job involves, as listed by O*NET, rated on whether a large language model like GPT-4 could cut the time it takes by at least half at the same quality. Tasks marked Seen in real AI use appeared in conversations with Claude in April–May 2026 (Anthropic Economic Index).

• AI can speed this up on its own: 3 (8%)
• AI can speed this up with extra software: 3 (8%)
• Little or no AI speed-up: 33 (85%)

• Record maintenance information, including test results, material usage, and repairs made.AI can speed this up on its own · core task
• Record meter readings and installation data on meter cards, work orders, or field service orders, or enter data into hand-held computers.AI can speed this up on its own · supplemental task
• Recommend and write up specifications for changes in hardware, such as house wiring.AI can speed this up on its own · supplemental task
• Report hazardous field situations and damaged or missing meters.AI can speed this up with extra software · supplemental task
• Collect money due on delinquent accounts.AI can speed this up with extra software · supplemental task
• Advise customers on proper installation of valves or regulators and related equipment.AI can speed this up with extra software · supplemental task
• Disassemble and repair mechanical control devices or valves, such as regulators, thermostats, or hydrants, using power tools, hand tools, and cutting torches.Little or no AI speed-up · core task
• Lubricate wearing surfaces of mechanical parts, using oils or other lubricants.Little or no AI speed-up · core task
• Calibrate instrumentation, such as meters, gauges, and regulators, for pressure, temperature, flow, and level.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Install, inspect and test electric meters, relays, and power sources to detect causes of malfunctions and inaccuracies, using hand tools and testing equipment.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Test valves and regulators for leaks and accurate temperature and pressure settings, using precision testing equipment.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Turn meters on or off to establish or close service.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Shut off service and notify repair crews when major repairs are required, such as the replacement of underground pipes or wiring.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Install regulators and related equipment such as gas meters, odorization units, and gas pressure telemetering equipment.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Cut seats to receive new orifices, tap inspection ports, and perform other repairs to salvage usable materials, using hand tools and machine tools.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Turn valves to allow measured amounts of air or gas to pass through meters at specified flow rates.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Vary air pressure flowing into regulators and turn handles to assess functioning of valves and pistons.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Examine valves or mechanical control device parts for defects, dents, or loose attachments, and mark malfunctioning areas of defective units.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Mount and install meters and other electric equipment such as time clocks, transformers, and circuit breakers, using electricians' hand tools.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Connect regulators to test stands, and turn screw adjustments until gauges indicate that inlet and outlet pressures meet specifications.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Investigate instances of illegal tapping into service lines.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Trace and tag meters or house lines.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Repair electric meters and components, such as transformers and relays, and replace metering devices, dial glasses, and faulty or incorrect wiring, using hand tools.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Replace defective parts, such as bellows, range springs, and toggle switches, and reassemble units according to blueprints, using cam presses and hand tools.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Recondition displacement type gas meters and governors, fabricating, machining, or modifying parts needed for repairs.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Measure tolerances of assembled and salvageable parts for conformance to standards or specifications, using gauges, micrometers, and calipers.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Clean internal compartments and moving parts, using rags and cleaning compounds.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Dismantle meters, and replace or adjust defective parts such as cases, shafts, gears, disks, and recording mechanisms, using soldering irons and hand tools.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Disconnect or remove defective or unauthorized meters, using hand tools.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Reassemble repaired equipment, and solder top, front, and back case panels in place, using soldering guns, power tools, and hand tools.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Attach air hoses to meter inlets, plug outlets, and observe gauges for pressure losses to test internal seams for leaks.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Make adjustments to meter components, such as setscrews or timing mechanisms, so that they conform to specifications.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Clamp regulator units into vises on stages above water tanks, and attach compressed air hoses to intake ports.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Repair leaks in valve seats or bellows of automotive heater thermostats, using soft solder, flux, and acetylene torches.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Splice and connect cables from meters or current transformers to pull boxes or switchboards, using hand tools.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Attach pressurized meters to fixtures which submerge them in water, and observe meters for leaks.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Calibrate thermostats for specified temperature or pressure settings.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Clean plant growth, scale, paint, soil, or rust from meter housings, using wire brushes, scrapers, buffers, sandblasters, or cleaning compounds.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task
• Connect hoses from provers to meter inlets and outlets, and raise prover bells until prover gauges register zero.Little or no AI speed-up · supplemental task

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