Will AI replace Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers?
AI reaches little of this job’s work.
15/100
Low exposure
More exposed to AI than 29% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 8% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 31% of the work
What the job involves
Wind wire coils used in electrical components, such as resistors and transformers, and in electrical equipment and instruments, such as field cores, bobbins, armature cores, electrical motors, generators, and control equipment.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Already happening(1)
- Record production and operational data on specified forms.
Within reach(2)
- Review work orders and specifications to determine materials needed and types of parts to be processed.
- Examine and test wired electrical components such as motors, armatures, and stators, using measuring devices, and record test results.
Out of reach(8)
- Attach, alter, and trim materials such as wire, insulation, and coils, using hand tools.
- Cut, strip, and bend wire leads at ends of coils, using pliers and wire scrapers.
- Stop machines to remove completed components, using hand tools.
- Operate or tend wire-coiling machines to wind wire coils used in electrical components such as resistors and transformers, and in electrical equipment and instruments such as bobbins and generators.
- Select and load materials such as workpieces, objects, and machine parts onto equipment used in coiling processes.
and 3 more
Also called
Motor Winder · Coil Winder · Motor Rewinder · Wire Coiler · Winder · Coil Builder · Coil Former · Coil Maker
Related jobs
- Lathe and Turning Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic3/100
- Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders8/100
- Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers10/100
- Tool Grinders, Filers, and Sharpeners0/100
- Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers9/100
What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics