Automation index
How much of a Environmental technician’s job can AI already do?
A sampling round comes earlier. Measuring for real without hiding the spike do not.
This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.
Task comparison
IS WORK OVER?
Environmental technician
22%
AI can already do 22% of this job.
#390 / 633
View rankingEnvironmental technician
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Sampling, chain and the blank.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 40% | +6.4 |
Field, the discharge and the one you cannot see.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 14% | +2.5 |
Report, limits and not dressing it.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
Inspection, the firm and holding.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
The council, the complaint and not sitting on the figure.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 18% | +3.2 |
Measure for real, and not hiding the spike.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 12% | +1.9 |
| Total | 100% | 22% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- environmental sampling
- discharges
- limits
- blanks
- environment reports
- inspection
- complaints
- sample chain
Sources for this job· O*NET 19-4042.00· ESCO/ISCO 3141
IS WORK OVER?
Physicist
28%
#98 / 633
View rankingPhysicist
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Simulate, fit and reduce data.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 22% | 50% | +11 |
Draft papers, posters and proposals.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 42% | +7.6 |
Design the experiment and the apparatus.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
Measure in the lab or in the field.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 12% | +1.9 |
Argue with the group and peer-review.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 15% | +2.1 |
Win machine time and funding.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 16% | +2.2 |
| Total | 100% | 28% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- Simulate, fit and reduce data
- Draft papers, posters and proposals
- Design the experiment and the apparatus
- Measure in the lab or in the field
- Argue with the group and peer-review
- Win machine time and funding
- fisico
- physicist
Sources for this job· O*NET 19-2012.00· ESCO/ISCO 2111