Automation index

How much of a Food engineer’s job can AI already do?

A plant balance and HACCP come earlier. Reformulating so it still tastes like food do not.

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

Task comparison

IS WORK OVER?

27%

AI can already do 27% of this job.

#171 / 743

Food engineer

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
Process, balances and shelf life. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	48%	+8.6
Plant, pasteurise and the batch that will not set. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	22%	+3.5
HACCP, labelling and the rules. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	36%	+5.8
Reformulate, costs and the ingredient supplier. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
Taste, marketing and not lying on the pack. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	14%	+2.5
That it tastes like food, and not shipping the bad batch. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	12%	+1.9
Total	100%		27%

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

IS WORK OVER?

22%

#386 / 743

Control engineer

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
PID, tune and the model. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	40%	+6.4
Plant, the swing and the one that runs away. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	14%	+2.5
Mode, manual and not leaving it for ever. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
Alarm, the interlock and not silencing it. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	22%	+3.5
Operations, the recipe and not changing blind. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	18%	+3.2
That it does not swing, and not leaving manual for ever. Estimate No 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