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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Small Engine Repair Tech (Small Engine Repair Technician)” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #578 of 702. Estimated risk: 93.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

44%

“Small Engine Repair Tech (Small Engine Repair Technician)” will probably not be replaced by AI.

Based on the cognitive demands, communication requirements, and logical reasoning intrinsic to this occupation according to O*NET data, we project a 44% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

50%

“Small Engine Repair Tech (Small Engine Repair Technician)” will maybe be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 50% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul small engines used to power lawn mowers, chain saws, recreational sporting equipment, and related equipment.

Avg. Annual Salary $48,200
Avg. Hourly Wage $23.18
Available Jobs (US) 34,240
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics #49-3053
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics”

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Core Skills & Abilities

  • Show customers how to maintain equipment.

  • Dismantle engines, using hand tools, and examine parts for defects.

  • Sell parts and equipment.

  • Obtain problem descriptions from customers, and prepare cost estimates for repairs.

  • Reassemble engines after repair or maintenance work is complete.

  • Repair or replace defective parts such as magnetos, water pumps, gears, pistons, and carburetors, using hand tools.

  • Test and inspect engines to determine malfunctions, to locate missing and broken parts, and to verify repairs, using diagnostic instruments.

  • Record repairs made, time spent, and parts used.

  • Remove engines from equipment, and position and bolt engines to repair stands.

  • Grind, ream, rebore, and re-tap parts to obtain specified clearances, using grinders, lathes, taps, reamers, boring machines, and micrometers.

  • Adjust points, valves, carburetors, distributors, and spark plug gaps, using feeler gauges.

  • Perform routine maintenance such as cleaning and oiling parts, honing cylinders, and tuning ignition systems.

  • Repair and maintain gasoline engines used to power equipment such as portable saws, lawn mowers, generators, and compressors.

  • Replace motors.

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  • Speed handles
  • Fluted screw extractors
  • Channel lock pliers
  • Penlights
  • Bearing drivers
  • Flywheel holders
  • Crankshaft straighteners
  • Allen wrench sets
  • Metric flex socket wrenches
  • Valve refacing tools
  • Z benders
  • Dead blow hammers
  • Mini hacksaws
  • Spark plug hole taps
  • Wire cutters
  • Combination wrenches
  • Standard socket wrenches
  • Small jet carburetor screwdrivers
  • Charging system testers
  • Fuel line removers
  • Leakdown testers
  • Fixed tip snap ring pliers
  • Coil testers
  • Wireless tachometers
  • Dial bore gauges
  • Impact drivers
  • Ignition testers
  • Power drill bits
  • Cylinder hones
  • Valve spring compressors
  • Vise grip pliers
  • Gear pullers
  • Digital tachometers
  • Standard flex socket wrenches
  • Cotter pin pullers
  • Spark plug socket wrenches
  • Computer data input scanners
  • Wire strippers
  • Taper feeler gauges
  • Tapered hand files
  • Spark plug gauges
  • Portable air compressors
  • Piston ring expanders
  • Ball peen hammers
  • Torx bit sets
  • Automatic center punches
  • Parallel pin punches
  • T handle hex wrenches
  • Socket wrench extensions
  • Flat cold chisels
  • Starter punches
  • Torque adapters
  • Combination pliers
  • Adjustable gap spark testers
  • Spanners
  • Camshaft bearing pullers
  • Crowfoot wrenches
  • Cam bearing plug gauges
  • Compression testing gauges
  • Engine hour meters
  • Needle nose pliers
  • Battery terminal cleaners
  • Personal computers
  • Diagonal cutters
  • Seal pullers
  • Valve seat cutting tools
  • Phillips head screwdrivers
  • Wire crimpers
  • Ridge reamers
  • Dial calipers
  • Hex sets
  • Power wrenches
  • Cylinder bore telescoping gauges
  • Flat tip screw starters
  • Slot screwdrivers
  • Metric socket wrenches
  • Magnetic pickup tools
  • Spark plug wrenches
  • Mechanical fingers
  • Mechanics' pick sets
  • Measuring tapes
  • Piston ring compressors
  • Magneto bearing pullers
  • Main bearing plug gauges
  • Digital multimeters
  • Work vans
  • Carburetor pressure gauges
  • Starter clutch wrenches
  • Breaker bars
  • Flywheel pullers
  • Inline spark testers
  • Valve grinders
  • Test lights
  • Torque wrenches
  • Valve guide reamers
  • Camshaft bearing drivers
  • Solder guns
  • Temperature guns
  • Impact drills
  • Inspection mirrors

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