UK AI Exposure · Skilled trades occupations
Security system installers and repairers
Security system installers and repairers fit, maintain and service alarm systems and other electronic security devices which provide access control and monitoring, intruder detection and security lighting.
- Employees (UK)
- 9k
- Median annual pay
- £37,991
- Exposure score ?
- 4.4/10 Moderate direct 4.4 · with tools 8.9
- Wage exposure
- £150m
Higher exposure than 95% of the 379 UK occupations we scored.
What this score means
A meaningful slice of the task inventory is AI-reachable - the drafting, summarising, research and analysis parts especially. This role is at the point where the people who learn to direct AI well pull ahead of the people who don't.
If you're in this role, here's what to do now
Treat AI as a colleague you manage, not a tool you use. Identify the tasks where you'd describe the work to a capable junior - those are the tasks AI can do for you now. Spend your time on the judgment calls and the relationships instead.
The tasks in this role, ranked by AI exposure
Below are the real tasks O*NET records for this occupation, sorted highest exposure first. "AI can do this" means a language model can already handle the task directly. "AI can help" means an LLM can assist but not replace. "Human work" means today's AI doesn't touch it. Importance is O*NET's 1–5 rating of how central each task is to the role.
9 of 21 tasks in this role are things an AI can already do today. Task list mapped via O*NET "Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists" (17-2072.01).
Integrate tags, readers, or software in radio frequency identification device (RFID) designs.
Perform systems analysis or programming of radio frequency identification device (RFID) technology.
Test radio frequency identification device (RFID) software to ensure proper functioning.
Perform acceptance testing on newly installed or updated systems.
Determine means of integrating radio frequency identification device (RFID) into other applications.
Provide technical support for radio frequency identification device (RFID) technology.
Verify compliance of developed applications with architectural standards and established practices.
Develop process flows, work instructions, or standard operating procedures for radio frequency identification device (RFID) systems.
Document equipment or process details of radio frequency identification device (RFID) technology.
Identify operational requirements for new systems to inform selection of technological solutions.
Select appropriate radio frequency identification device (RFID) tags and determine placement locations.
Perform site analyses to determine system configurations, processes to be impacted, or on-site obstacles to technology implementation.
Collect data about existing client hardware, software, networking, or key business processes to inform implementation of radio frequency identification device (RFID) technology.
Install, test, or maintain radio frequency identification device (RFID) systems.
Test tags or labels to ensure readability.
Determine usefulness of new radio frequency identification device (RFID) technologies.
Train users in details of system operation.
Read current literature, attend meetings or conferences, or talk with colleagues to stay abreast of industry research about new technologies.
Define and compare possible radio frequency identification device (RFID) solutions to inform selection for specific projects.
Create simulations or models of radio frequency identification device (RFID) systems to provide information for selection and configuration.
Analyze radio frequency identification device (RFID)-related supply chain data.
Where a project with Alex usually starts for this role
These are the highest-importance tasks in this role that a language model can already handle directly. In a typical engagement the first wins come from building workflows around these, so they stop eating your team's time.
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Integrate tags, readers, or software in radio frequency identification device (RFID) designs.
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Perform systems analysis or programming of radio frequency identification device (RFID) technology.
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Test radio frequency identification device (RFID) software to ensure proper functioning.
Every role has three or four wedges like these. Finding them takes an hour. Turning them into a workflow your team actually uses takes a few days. Talk to Alex about a project →
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Methodology
This role's exposure score comes from Eloundou et al's 2023 GPT task labels, aggregated by O*NET importance within each O*NET-SOC code, then bridged to UK SOC 2020 via ISCO-08 (ONS Vol 2 coding index) and US SOC 2010 (BLS crosswalk). Employment and median pay come from ONS ASHE Table 14.7a, 2025 provisional. ASHE covers employees only, so self-employed workers are not counted.
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