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Install programs onto computer or computer-controlled equipment

AI can draft configurations, scripts and test cases and explain unfamiliar systems. Architecture and security decisions need your expertise.

Part of Set up computer systems, networks, or other information systems, under the O*NET work activity group Working with Computers. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (0 AI-ready, 3 AI-assist, 3 stays human).

Tasks built on this activity

• Install and configure new equipment, including operating software or peripheral equipment.Stays human Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers
• Reinstall software programs or adjust settings on existing software to fix machine malfunctions.AI-assist Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers
• Install updated software and programs that maintain existing software or provide requested features, such as time-correlated call routing.Stays human Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers
• Develop or implement electronic maintenance programs or computer information management systems.AI-assist First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
• Install robot and modify its program, using teach pendant.Stays human Millwrights
• Program computerized switches and switchboards to provide requested features.AI-assist Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers