AI Career Radar

First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers

Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of mechanics, installers, and repairers. May also advise customers on recommended services. Excludes team or work leaders.

AI exposure30 / 100Low exposure

Based on O*NET work context for this occupation. This score does not predict individual job losses.

What drives the score

Automation and repetition raise exposure; freedom to set tasks lowers it. Each measure uses a 0–100 scale.

Degree of automation12
Freedom to set tasks88
Repeating the same tasks72
$79,860Median annual wage, U.S.BLS OEWS
+4.1%Jobs, 2025 to 2035 (about average)BLS Employment Projections
72Skill durability (moderate)Transferability, out of 100

How well your skills transfer

Each skill is scored on how well it transfers into occupations that are growing and less exposed. The ones high on both importance and transfer are worth deepening.

Highest transferability first

Both scores out of 100

Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Monitoring
63
75
Speaking
63
69
Critical Thinking
63
69
Judgment and Decision Making
63
69
Active Listening
63
66
Coordination
62
69
Active Learning
62
56
Complex Problem Solving
62
53
Time Management
61
69
Reading Comprehension
61
66
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Skills ranked by transferability. Both scores use a 0–100 scale.
SkillTransferabilityImportance in current role
Social Perceptiveness
60
53
Writing
60
50
Learning Strategies
58
53
Instructing
58
50
Systems Analysis
57
56
Systems Evaluation
56
53
Service Orientation
56
50
Persuasion
54
50
Mathematics
53
47
Negotiation
52
50
Science
52
19
Management of Personnel Resources
50
72
Operations Analysis
49
38
Installation
48
19
Quality Control Analysis
47
66
Troubleshooting
47
53
Equipment Maintenance
47
47
Management of Financial Resources
47
47
Management of Material Resources
47
47
Equipment Selection
47
44
Technology Design
47
22
Operations Monitoring
46
60
Repairing
46
47
Programming
45
22
Operation and Control
43
50

Compare how well you can use each skill in growing, low-exposure occupations with its importance in your current role. How we score skills.

Jobs you could move to

Compare related occupations by skill overlap, retraining effort, pay and projected growth. Choose a priority to adjust the ranking. Licensing requirements may limit some routes.

89/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$129,180
10-yr growth
+21%
Skill gap
5%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Complex Problem Solving, Writing, Reading Comprehension, Systems Analysis

88/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$135,880
10-yr growth
+21.1%
Skill gap
6%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Active Learning, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Complex Problem Solving

84/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$175,140
10-yr growth
+15.8%
Skill gap
10%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Writing, Complex Problem Solving, Operations Analysis, Social Perceptiveness

84/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$123,860
10-yr growth
+24.2%
Skill gap
18%
Retraining
Moderate

Skills to build: Operations Analysis, Writing, Social Perceptiveness, Persuasion

83/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$134,050
10-yr growth
+7.7%
Skill gap
4%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Writing, Complex Problem Solving, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking

82/100 match
Median pay · U.S.
$116,580
10-yr growth
+5.1%
Skill gap
3%
Retraining
Low

Skills to build: Writing, Complex Problem Solving, Active Learning, Reading Comprehension

A second source of income, before you need it

This page can tell you where First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers could go and what the move costs. The other route is not a move at all: something small of your own, running alongside the job, started while there is no pressure on it.

Where to learn the missing half: Google Career Certificates for systems analysis · active learning, LinkedIn Learning for writing · speaking, edX for mathematics · reading and PlanetNoCode for complex problem solving. Some of those are affiliate links. It never changes what we list.

Snapshot: O*NET 31.0, BLS OEWS May 2025, BLS Employment Projections 2025-2035. Scoring v2.1.0-onet-31.0. Method on the how it works page.