IS WORK OVER?

Automation index

How much of a Drone pilot’s job can AI already do?

A flight plan comes earlier. Lifting the drone, not losing it, and bringing the shot home do not.

This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.

Task comparison

Drone pilot

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.

TaskShareAIPoints
Flight plan, NOTAM, ENAIRE and the permit.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%40%+6.4
Fly, frame, not lose the drone and land.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

22%8%+1.8
Deliver stills, video and a basic grade.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%32%+5.1
Maintenance, batteries and the part that fails.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%28%+4.5
Client, briefing and what you can actually fly.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%22%+3.5
AESA rules and liability for the flight.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

14%14%+2
Total100%23%

Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low

Skills and activities

  • fly drones
  • pilot UAS
  • flight planning
  • aerial shots
  • NOTAM
  • AESA permits
  • not lose the drone
  • grade aerial video

Sources for this job· O*NET 53-2012.00· ESCO/ISCO 3153

Geomatics engineer

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.

TaskShareAIPoints
Station, the base and the cloud.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%40%+6.4
Field, the axis and the one that moved.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

18%14%+2.5
Model, the drift and not hiding metres.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%28%+4.5
Works, the setting-out and going down to see it.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%22%+3.5
The contractor, the rush and not signing the drift.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

18%18%+3.2
That the axis is there, and not signing metres.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%12%+1.9
Total100%22%

Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low

Skills and activities

  • point clouds
  • total stations
  • axes
  • setting-out
  • drift
  • bases
  • geomatics
  • the field

Sources for this job· O*NET 17-1022.00· ESCO/ISCO 2165

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