Automation index
How much of a Geographer’s job can AI already do?
A map and a layer clip come earlier. Reading the territory and signing off the plan do not.
This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.
Task comparison
IS WORK OVER?
Geographer
29%
AI can already do 29% of this job.
#59 / 623
View rankingGeographer
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
GIS, layers, clips and working maps.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 48% | +8.6 |
Impact reports, demography and land use.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 40% | +6.4 |
Fieldwork, interviews and checking what the map says.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 18% | +3.2 |
Planning, objections and work with the council.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
Explain, map for non-experts and teaching.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
The territorial opinion and owning the report.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 14% | +2.2 |
| Total | 100% | 28% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- read territory
- run GIS
- impact reports
- land use
- fieldwork
- spatial planning
- working maps
- planning objections
Sources for this job· O*NET 19-3092.00· ESCO/ISCO 2632
IS WORK OVER?
Excavator operator
18%
#564 / 623
View rankingExcavator operator
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Set-out, levels and the machine log.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 32% | +5.1 |
Dig, load and the batter that comes in.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 24% | 6% | +1.4 |
Services, the blind pipe and stopping in time.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Maintenance, grease and the pin that snaps.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
The labourer, the lorry and covering nobody.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 18% | +2.5 |
Not breaking what is buried, and leaving a clean formation.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 10% | +1.4 |
| Total | 100% | 18% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- dig with excavator
- load lorries
- batters
- buried services
- set-out levels
- grease the machine
- formation
- site GPS
Sources for this job· O*NET 47-2073.00· ESCO/ISCO 8342