Automation index
How much of a Chemist’s job can AI already do?
A protocol and a batch report come earlier. The smell of a reaction, and signing a certificate, do not.
This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.
Task comparison
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Chemist
26%
AI can already do 26% of this job.
#209 / 633
View rankingChemist
Where the time goes
Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.
The time saving for each task is estimated separately.
| Task | Share | AI | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
Protocols, calcs and safety sheets.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 20% | 45% | +9 |
Batch reports, charts and docs.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 40% | +7.2 |
Synthesis, titration and sample handling.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 15% | +2.7 |
Read a strange result and repeat it.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
Plant safety and waste.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 12% | +1.7 |
Sign quality and talk to production.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 16% | +2.2 |
| Total | 100% | 26% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- Protocols, calcs and safety sheets
- Batch reports, charts and docs
- Synthesis, titration and sample handling
- Read a strange result and repeat it
- Plant safety and waste
- Sign quality and talk to production
- quimico
- chemist
- laboratorio quimico
Sources for this job· O*NET 19-2031.00· ESCO/ISCO 2113
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Furniture assembler
19%
#513 / 633
View rankingFurniture assembler
Where the time goes
Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.
The time saving for each task is estimated separately.
| Task | Share | AI | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
Manual, fittings and the parts count.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 32% | +5.1 |
Assemble, plumb and the wrong screw.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 22% | 8% | +1.8 |
Up the stairs without marking the wall.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Adjust doors, drawers and the client watching.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
The small flat and the piece that will not fit whole.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
That it does not wobble, and not leaving a fitting out.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 12% | +1.7 |
| Total | 100% | 19% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- assemble furniture
- fittings
- plumb wardrobes
- adjust doors
- drawers
- up the stairs
- parts count
- screws
Sources for this job· O*NET 51-2092.00· ESCO/ISCO 8219