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
IS WORK OVER?
Chemist
26%
AI can already do 26% of this job.
#209 / 623
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
IS WORK OVER?
Plastic surgeon
20%
#438 / 623
View rankingPlastic surgeon
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Plan, photos and informed consent.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 36% | +5.8 |
Operate: flaps, implants and burns.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 22% | 8% | +1.8 |
Pre-op, markings and what you can actually promise.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Post-op, dressings and reviewing the result.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
Emergencies: hand, face and the lip that will not close.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
Aesthetics, reconstruction and signing what is cut.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 10% | +1.4 |
| Total | 100% | 20% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- plastic surgery
- flaps
- implants
- burns
- hand surgery
- pre-op marking
- post-op dressings
- reconstruction
Sources for this job· O*NET 29-1242.00· ESCO/ISCO 2212