Will AI Replace First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers?

Inspect, test, and measure completed work, using devices such as hand tools or gauges to verify conformance to standards or repair requirements.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Inspect and monitor work areas, examine tools and equipment, and provide employee safety training to prevent, detect, and correct unsafe conditions or violations of procedures and safety rules.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Interpret specifications, blueprints, or job orders to construct templates and lay out reference points for workers.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Monitor employees' work levels and review work performance.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Perform skilled repair or maintenance operations, using equipment such as hand or power tools, hydraulic presses or shears, or welding equipment.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Compute estimates and actual costs of factors such as materials, labor, or outside contractors.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Monitor tool and part inventories and the condition and maintenance of shops to ensure adequate working conditions.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Requisition materials and supplies, such as tools, equipment, or replacement parts.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Confer with personnel, such as management, engineering, quality control, customer, or union workers' representatives, to coordinate work activities, resolve employee grievances, or identify and review resource needs.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Determine schedules, sequences, and assignments for work activities, based on work priority, quantity of equipment, and skill of personnel.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Examine objects, systems, or facilities and analyze information to determine needed installations, services, or repairs.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Counsel employees about work-related issues and assist employees to correct job-skill deficiencies.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Recommend or initiate personnel actions, such as hires, promotions, transfers, discharges, or disciplinary measures.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Investigate accidents or injuries and prepare reports of findings.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Conduct or arrange for worker training in safety, repair, or maintenance techniques, operational procedures, or equipment use.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Develop, implement, or evaluate maintenance policies and procedures.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Meet with vendors or suppliers to discuss products used in repair work.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Participate in budget preparation and administration, coordinating purchasing and documentation and monitoring departmental expenditures.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Review, evaluate, accept, and coordinate completion of work bid from contractors.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Compile operational or personnel records, such as time and production records, inventory data, repair or maintenance statistics, or test results.

Routine cognitive or manual task with high vulnerability to automation.

Develop or implement electronic maintenance programs or computer information management systems.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Design equipment configurations to meet personnel needs.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.