Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians
Diagnose, inspect, adjust, repair, or overhaul recreational vehicles including travel trailers. May specialize in maintaining gas, electrical, hydraulic, plumbing, or chassis/towing systems as well as repairing generators, appliances, and interior components. Includes workers who perform customized van conversions.
17,430 people do this job in the US. $52,000 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
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- 96%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 4%. Today's estimate: 4%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 17 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspect recreational vehicles to diagnose problems and perform necessary adjustment, repair, or overhaul.Done daily by most who do it. | 21% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Remove damaged exterior panels, and repair and replace structural frame members.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 14% | 5 h1.7 h to 1.7 work days | Stays with people | |
| Refinish wood surfaces on cabinets, doors, moldings, or floors, using power sanders, putty, spray equipment, brushes, paints, or varnishes.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 11% | 3.3 h1.7 h to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Diagnose and repair furnace or air conditioning systems.Done daily by most who do it. | 8% | 2.5 h50 min to 4.2 h | Stays with people | |
| Repair plumbing or propane gas lines, using caulking compounds and plastic or copper pipe.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 1.7 h38 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Inspect, repair, or replace brake systems.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 2.5 h50 min to 5 h | Stays with people | |
| Repair leaks with caulking compound or replace pipes, using pipe wrenches.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 5% | 1.1 h25 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Locate and repair frayed wiring, broken connections, or incorrect wiring, using ohmmeters, soldering irons, tape, or hand tools.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Connect electrical systems to outside power sources, and activate switches to test the operation of appliances or light fixtures.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 3% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Examine or test operation of parts or systems to ensure completeness of repairs.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 25 min13 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| List parts needed, estimate costs, and plan work procedures, using parts lists, technical manuals, or diagrams.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 38 min17 min to 1.7 h | 98%Half by now | |
| Confer with customers, read work orders, or examine vehicles needing repair to determine the nature and extent of damage.Done several times a day by most who do it. | 3% | 25 min13 min to 1.1 h | Stays with people |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
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- Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers3% now, 3% by 2028
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Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
Where the most of these jobs are
The metro areas with the most people in it (BLS, May 2025).