Install, program, maintain, or repair security or fire alarm wiring and equipment. Ensure that work is in accordance with relevant codes.
U.S. Workers
81,510
Median Salary
$59,300
10-Year Growth
+10.4%
Annual Openings
9,400
Typical entry: High school diploma or equivalent
16 of 16 tasks have some AI capability
Exposure Trend
This score reflects estimated AI technical capability for tasks in this occupation. It does not predict employment changes, and it does not account for company-specific constraints, regulation, or adoption barriers.
Demonstrate systems for customers and explain details, such as the causes and consequences of false alarms.
AI: Fully automatable - AI can fully demonstrate systems, generate interactive tutorials, run guided walkthroughs, and explain the causes and consequences of false alarms to customers through conversational interfaces and simulations.
Test backup batteries, keypad programming, sirens, or other security features to ensure proper functioning or to diagnose malfunctions.
AI: Fully automatable - AI and automated tools can run diagnostic tests, check battery telemetry, reprogram keypads, and exercise sirens remotely or via connected interfaces, enabling full automation of testing and many diagnostic workflows.
Inspect installation sites and study work orders, building plans, and installation manuals to determine materials requirements and installation procedures.
AI: Fully automatable - AI can inspect digital plans, work orders, and manuals to determine materials, generate bills of materials, and produce installation procedures automatically with high accuracy.
Prepare documents, such as invoices or warranties.
AI: Fully automatable - Preparing standardized documents like invoices and warranties is template-driven work that AI can fully automate.
Keep informed of new products and developments.
AI: Fully automatable - Monitoring new products, standards, and developments is a data-aggregation and summarization task that AI systems can perform continuously and reliably by 2025.
Order replacement parts.
AI: Fully automatable - Ordering replacement parts is a routine transactional process that can be fully automated using inventory systems and vendor APIs.
Install, maintain, or repair security systems, alarm devices, or related equipment, following blueprints of electrical layouts and building plans.
AI: Partial - AI can interpret blueprints, generate installation plans and instructions, and support technicians, but cannot generally perform the physical installation, maintenance, or repair tasks autonomously as of 2025.
Mount and fasten control panels, door and window contacts, sensors, or video cameras and attach electrical and telephone wiring to connect components.
AI: Partial - AI can provide step‑by‑step guidance, augmented reality overlays, or teleoperation for mounting and wiring, but cannot reliably perform the diverse hands‑on mounting and wiring tasks autonomously in typical field settings in 2025.
Test and repair circuits and sensors, following wiring and system specifications.
AI: Partial - AI can run diagnostics, interpret test results, and prescribe repairs per wiring specifications, but physically repairing circuits and sensors generally still requires human technicians or specialized robotics in limited contexts.
Feed cables through access holes, roof spaces, or cavity walls to reach fixture outlets, positioning and terminating cables, wires, or strapping.
AI: Partial - AI can plan cable routing and provide precise instructions or control specialized robots, but broadly feeding and terminating cables in varied building cavities remains a manual task for humans in most real‑world jobs in 2025.
Examine systems to locate problems, such as loose connections or broken insulation.
AI: Partial - AI can analyze sensor, thermal, and visual data to detect many faults and localize likely problems, but some inspections (e.g., tactile checks for loose connections or hidden insulation damage) still require human verification.
Drill holes for wiring in wall studs, joists, ceilings, or floors.
AI: Partial - AI can plan drilling locations and guide humans or specialized robots, but the physical act of drilling in varied structural members is still a manual task in most field conditions as of 2025.
Consult with clients to assess risks and to determine security requirements.
AI: Partial - AI can perform comprehensive risk assessments, generate tailored security recommendations, and run interactive consultations, but final client trust, nuance, and complex negotiation often still require human involvement in 2025.
Mount raceways and conduits and fasten wires to wood framing, using staplers.
AI: Partial - Mounting raceways and stapling wires requires fine motor skills and variable on-site physical work; AI can assist with planning or control specialized robots in limited contexts but cannot fully perform this work across real-world job sites in 2025.
Adjust sensitivity of units, based on room structures and manufacturers' recommendations, using programming keypads.
AI: Partial - Adjusting unit sensitivity via programming can be automated or advised by AI and remote tools, but accurate on-site tuning that accounts for complex room acoustics/structures still requires human judgment in many cases.
Provide customers with cost estimates for equipment installation.
AI: Partial - AI can generate cost estimates from pricing databases and rules, but site-specific variations and client negotiations mean estimates are only partially automatable without human input.