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Automation Risk Analysis

Will “Low Voltage Cable Technician (Low Voltage Cable Tech)” be Automated?

Historical Context: Oxford Study (2013)

Ranked #297 of 702. Estimated risk: 49.0%

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AI Exposure Risk

43%

“Low Voltage Cable Technician (Low Voltage Cable Tech)” 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 43% probability of disruption by generative AI and Large Language Models.

Automation & Robot Risk

54%

“Low Voltage Cable Technician (Low Voltage Cable Tech)” will maybe be replaced by robots.

Evaluating the physical dexterity, repetitive motion tasks, and manual labor associated with this role, our analysis indicates a 54% likelihood of substitution by advanced robotics systems.

Personal & Financial Insights

Every occupation has a unique profile. For Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*NET classify the day-to-day work broadly as: Install and repair telecommunications cable, including fiber optics.

Avg. Annual Salary $72,440
Avg. Hourly Wage $34.83
Available Jobs (US) 98,360
Job Title & Hierarchy Code (SOC) Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers #49-9052
Wage vs. National Median
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Data is based on the reference occupation: “Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers”

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AI Risk 56%
Robot Risk 61%

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Robot Risk 51%

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AI Risk 55%
Robot Risk 57%

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AI Risk 53%
Robot Risk 55%

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AI Risk 52%
Robot Risk 50%

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AI Risk 52%
Robot Risk 48%

Core Skills & Abilities

  • Travel to customers' premises to install, maintain, or repair audio and visual electronic reception equipment or accessories.

  • String cables between structures and lines from poles, towers, or trenches, and pull lines to proper tension.

  • Fill and tamp holes, using cement, earth, and tamping devices.

  • Install equipment such as amplifiers or repeaters to maintain the strength of communications transmissions.

  • Use a variety of construction equipment to complete installations, such as digger derricks, trenchers, or cable plows.

  • Set up service for customers, installing, connecting, testing, or adjusting equipment.

  • Inspect or test lines or cables, recording and analyzing test results, to assess transmission characteristics and locate faults or malfunctions.

  • Dig holes for power poles, using power augers or shovels, set poles in place with cranes, and hoist poles upright, using winches.

  • Compute impedance of wires from poles to houses to determine additional resistance needed for reducing signals to desired levels.

  • Splice cables, using hand tools, epoxy, or mechanical equipment.

  • Access specific areas to string lines, or install terminal boxes, auxiliary equipment, or appliances, using bucket trucks, climbing poles or ladders, or entering tunnels, trenches, or crawl spaces.

  • Lay underground cable directly in trenches, or string it through conduits running through trenches.

  • Place insulation over conductors, or seal splices with moisture-proof covering.

  • Pull cable through ducts by hand or with winches.

  • Explain cable service to subscribers after installation, and collect any installation fees due.

  • Clean or maintain tools or test equipment.

  • Dig trenches for underground wires or cables.

  • Measure signal strength at utility poles, using electronic test equipment.

  • Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks.

Technologies & Software

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  • Email software
  • Cisco IOS
  • Operating system software
  • ChatGPT (OpenAI)
  • Customer relationship management CRM software
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Workforce management system software
  • Augury (Predictive Maintenance)
  • Web browser software
  • Autodesk AutoCAD
  • Perplexity AI
  • Mapcom systems M4
  • ServiceMax AI
  • Ping tools
  • Microsoft Word
  • Voice over internet protocol VoIP system software
  • Uptake AI
  • Syringes
  • Sheet metal cutters
  • Laptop computers
  • Digital multimeters
  • Trenchers
  • Staple guns
  • Longnose pliers
  • Fiber scribes
  • Channel lock pliers
  • Measuring tapes
  • Winch trucks
  • Duct knives
  • Intelligent field devices
  • Local area network LAN switches
  • Can wrenches
  • Digital power meters
  • Cable plows
  • Signal level meters
  • Wire wrap guns
  • Lamp extractors
  • Cable jacket strippers
  • Sheath removal tools
  • Soldering irons
  • Power winches
  • Tone sets
  • Motorized cable reels
  • Cable sheaves
  • Signal leakage detectors
  • Phillips head screwdrivers
  • Cable cutters
  • Coaxial security cameras
  • Computer network routers
  • Tone generators
  • Hacksaws
  • Polishing pucks
  • Bubble levels
  • Fish tapes
  • Card access devices
  • Articulating boom lift
  • Punchdown tools
  • Tampers
  • Tone tracers
  • Adjustable hand wrenches
  • IP security cameras
  • Cordless drills
  • Strap guns
  • Dikes
  • Buffer strippers
  • Cable tie guns
  • Power dollies
  • Cable trees
  • Wireless access points WAP
  • Cable strippers
  • Gopher poles
  • Drywall saws
  • Extension ladders
  • Two way radios
  • Digger derricks
  • Borers
  • Bucket trucks
  • Electricians' snips
  • Optical time domain reflectometers OTDR
  • Combo crimping tools
  • Cable locators
  • Needlenose pliers
  • Flathead screwdrivers
  • Wire lug crimping tools
  • Torpedo levels
  • Inspection scopes
  • Probe picks
  • Hex sets
  • Volt-ohm meters VOM
  • Claw hammers
  • Cable slitters

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