Electricians

Plan layout and installation of electrical wiring, equipment, or fixtures, based on job specifications and local codes.

AI: Fully automatable - Planning electrical layouts and installations based on specs and local codes is largely informational and rule-based, and AI can generate compliant plans and identify code conflicts given up-to-date regulations.

Prepare sketches or follow blueprints to determine the location of wiring or equipment and to ensure conformance to building and safety codes.

AI: Fully automatable - AI and CAD tools can generate and interpret sketches/blueprints and check conformance to codes, performing drafting and layout determination end‑to‑end in many design and planning contexts.

Advise management on whether continued operation of equipment could be hazardous.

AI: Fully automatable - AI can aggregate sensor data, failure-mode models, and safety standards to provide actionable risk assessments and advise management on hazardous continued operation.

Provide preliminary sketches or cost estimates for materials or services.

AI: Fully automatable - Providing preliminary sketches and cost estimates is well within 2025 AI capabilities using CAD tools, templated estimating engines, and LLM-supported scope parsing.

Perform business management duties, such as maintaining records or files, preparing reports, or ordering supplies or equipment.

AI: Fully automatable - Routine business management activities like records, reporting, and ordering are readily automatable with RPA, LLMs, and procurement systems available by 2025.

Connect wires to circuit breakers, transformers, or other components.

AI: Partial - Connecting wires to breakers and transformers is hazardous, skill-intensive physical work that AI can instruct or remotely assist but cannot fully perform autonomously in most real-world settings by 2025.

Test electrical systems or continuity of circuits in electrical wiring, equipment, or fixtures, using testing devices, such as ohmmeters, voltmeters, or oscilloscopes, to ensure compatibility and safety of system.

AI: Partial - AI can analyze meter/oscilloscope data and control networked test instruments or guide a technician, but it generally cannot perform the physical probe placements and manipulations across varied field conditions by itself.

Use a variety of tools or equipment, such as power construction equipment, measuring devices, power tools, and testing equipment, such as oscilloscopes, ammeters, or test lamps.

AI: Partial - AI can plan, simulate, and instruct the use of many tools and can control some robotic/remote equipment, but it cannot reliably perform the full range of hands‑on tool operations across real-world construction sites.

Inspect electrical systems, equipment, or components to identify hazards, defects, or the need for adjustment or repair, and to ensure compliance with codes.

AI: Partial - AI can detect many hazards and defects from images, sensor feeds, and code databases and assist inspectors, but comprehensive, contextual inspections and access to concealed components still require human judgment and physical access.

Diagnose malfunctioning systems, apparatus, or components, using test equipment and hand tools to locate the cause of a breakdown and correct the problem.

AI: Partial - AI can diagnose faults from test data and recommend corrective steps or remotely guide a technician, but it cannot generally perform the full hands‑on troubleshooting and repair work itself.

Direct or train workers to install, maintain, or repair electrical wiring, equipment, or fixtures.

AI: Partial - AI can create training content, provide step‑by‑step guidance, and assist in supervision, but fully directing and legally supervising on‑site crews for safety‑critical electrical work still requires human leadership and responsibility.

Repair or replace wiring, equipment, or fixtures, using hand tools or power tools.

AI: Partial - By 2025 AI can provide diagnostics, wiring diagrams, and AR guidance but cannot reliably perform delicate, varied manual wiring and tool work across unpredictable job sites without human hands.

Install ground leads and connect power cables to equipment, such as motors.

AI: Partial - AI systems and assistive robotics can guide and augment cable- and grounding-connection tasks, but fully autonomous, safe installation of power cables in diverse, live environments is not generally achievable yet.

Assemble, install, test, or maintain electrical or electronic wiring, equipment, appliances, apparatus, or fixtures, using hand tools or power tools.

AI: Partial - Testing and planning can be highly automated, but the broad set of physical assembly, installation, and maintenance tasks that require dexterity and on-site judgment remain only partially automatable in 2025.

Provide assistance during emergencies by operating floodlights or generators, placing flares, or driving needed vehicles.

AI: Partial - AI can remotely operate lights, start generators, or assist with routing and vehicle teleoperation, but real-time emergency judgment and robust autonomous vehicle deployment are not fully reliable in all emergency contexts.

Fasten small metal or plastic boxes to walls to house electrical switches or outlets.

AI: Partial - Fastening small outlet boxes is a simple physical action that AI can instruct and some robots can perform in constrained settings, but it is not broadly fully autonomous across varied construction environments.

Construct or fabricate parts, using hand tools, according to specifications.

AI: Partial - Fabrication can be automated for standardized parts via CNC and robots, but hand-tool-based, bespoke part construction according to varied specs still requires human skill and judgment.

Perform physically demanding tasks, such as digging trenches to lay conduit or moving or lifting heavy objects.

AI: Partial - Heavy equipment automation exists for digging and lifting in controlled scenarios, yet physically demanding, variable tasks on mixed job sites still need human operators and oversight.

Work from ladders, scaffolds, or roofs to install, maintain, or repair electrical wiring, equipment, or fixtures.

AI: Not automatable - Working from ladders, scaffolds, or roofs to install or repair wiring is a physically demanding, dexterous task that AI cannot perform autonomously in typical field environments as of 2025.

Place conduit, pipes, or tubing, inside designated partitions, walls, or other concealed areas, and pull insulated wires or cables through the conduit to complete circuits between boxes.

AI: Not automatable - Placing conduit and pulling wires through concealed areas is hands‑on manual labor requiring dexterity and adaptation to variable spaces that AI cannot autonomously perform in general.

Maintain current electrician's license or identification card to meet governmental regulations.

AI: Not automatable - Maintaining a professional electrician's license is a legal, person‑specific requirement that an AI cannot hold or fulfill on behalf of a human.