Automation index

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

A deposit model comes earlier. Going down and not leaving an unsafe face does not.

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

Task comparison

IS WORK OVER?

22%

AI can already do 22% of this job.

#341 / 633

Mining 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
Model deposit, blast and rates. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	40%	+6.4
Drawings, permits and mining plans. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
Face, safety and ventilation. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	14%	+2.5
Plant, contractors and output. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	22%	+3.5
Restoration, waste and regulation. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	16%	+2.9
Not leaving a miner below. 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

IS WORK OVER?

28%

#103 / 633

Site reliability 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
SLOs, alerts and the runbook. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	52%	+9.4
Incident, war room and not making it worse. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	22%	+3.5
CI/CD, capacity and the error budget. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	40%	+6.4
Postmortem, toil and automating the repeated. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
The product that wants to ship and the SLO that will not allow it. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	14%	+2.5
Not taking production down, and signing the change. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	12%	+1.9
Total	100%		28%

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