Disassemble equipment for maintenance or repair
Little of this can be handed to software today.
This happens in the physical world, so software agents do not touch it. Automation here means robotics and machinery, which is a different market from the one mapped on this site, on a much slower clock.
| How automatable | Barely automatable |
|---|---|
| Kind of work | Physical, manual and inspection work |
| Jobs that do it | 36 occupations |
| Tool categories that apply | None |
| O*NET activity | Handling and Moving Objects (4.A.3.a.2) |
What this looks like on the job
Not our paraphrase. These are real task statements recorded against this activity, spread across the 36 occupations that perform it.
- Disassemble and store equipment after performances.
- Disassemble defective equipment so that repairs can be made, using hand tools.
- Disassemble entertainment equipment and repair or replace loose, worn, or defective components and wiring, using hand tools and soldering irons.
- Remove damaged sections of vehicles using metal-cutting guns, air grinders and wrenches, and install replacement parts using wrenches or welding equipment.
- Tear down, repair, and rebuild faulty assemblies, such as power systems, steering systems, and linkages.
- Dismantle defective machines for repair, using hand tools.
- Disassemble units such as water pumps, control valves, and compressors so that repairs can be made.
- Disassemble and inspect motors to locate defective parts, using mechanic's hand tools and gauges.
- Dismantle engines and repair or replace defective parts, such as magnetos, carburetors, or generators.
- Remove engines from equipment, and position and bolt engines to repair stands.
- Disassemble axles to repair, adjust, and replace defective parts, using hand tools.
- Separate tubed tires from wheels, using rubber mallets and metal bars or mechanical tire changers.
- Remove or disassemble defective automatic mechanical door closers, using hand tools.
- Disassemble and repair mechanical control devices or valves, such as regulators, thermostats, or hydrants, using power tools, hand tools, and cutting torches.
- Disassemble appliances so that problems can be diagnosed and repairs can be made.
- Disassemble machinery or equipment to remove parts and make repairs.
- Dismantle machines and remove parts for repair, using hand tools, chain falls, jacks, cranes, or hoists.
- Disassemble equipment to gain access to defect, using hand tools.
What we would actually use
Nothing in our landscape addresses this work. That is the honest answer rather than a padded list: this activity needs a person present, or a machine rather than a software agent.
Nothing on this site applies. Automation here is robotics and machinery, a different market on a much slower clock, and no software subscription moves it.
Chosen for the cheapest thing that does the job, not the best funded. Nothing on this site is sponsored, and the full landscape is there when you want to disagree with us.
How people actually do it
No workflow names this activity yet, but these automate the same kind of work, with the prompts to paste and what to keep for yourself.
Who does this work
36 occupations in the O*NET database perform this activity. Each one has a full breakdown of its other tasks.
- Audiovisual Equipment Installers and Repairers
- Automotive Body and Related Repairers
- Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics
- Bicycle Repairers
- Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers
- Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
- Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
- Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers
- Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers
- Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians
- Furniture Finishers
- Gem and Diamond Workers
- Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
- Home Appliance Repairers
- Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
- Lighting Technicians
- Locksmiths and Safe Repairers
- Machinists
- Maintenance and Repair Workers, General
- Maintenance Workers, Machinery
- Mechanical Door Repairers
- Medical Equipment Repairers
- Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians
- Motorcycle Mechanics
- Musical Instrument Repairers and Tuners
- Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics
- Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders
- Rail Car Repairers
- Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
- Timing Device Assemblers and Adjusters
- Tire Repairers and Changers
- Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
Work that goes with it
O*NET groups these under “Disassemble equipment”. In practice they tend to be done by the same person, in the same sitting.
Method. The activity, its taxonomy placement and the occupations that perform it come straight from the public-domain O*NET 30.3 database. The automatability band is ours: we map each of O*NET’s 41 generalized work activities to how much of its output current software can produce, assuming a person still reviews and owns the result. It is a coarse three-way judgment on purpose. A precise-looking percentage here would be invented.