Automation index

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

An auto-refraction and a prescription pad come earlier. Looking at the eye, selling without pushing, and catching glaucoma do not.

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

Task comparison

IS WORK OVER?

21%

AI can already do 21% of this job.

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Optician

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
File, history and prescription. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	40%	+7.2
Lens orders, stock and appointments. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	32%	+5.1
Eye exam, retinal image and fitting. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	20%	12%	+2.4
Frame fit and workshop. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	10%	+1.6
Advise without pushing and explain pathology. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	14%	+2.2
Refer to ophthalmology and follow-up. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	14%	16%	+2.2
Total	100%		21%

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

IS WORK OVER?

22%

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Heritage interpreter

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
Script, the group and the time. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	40%	+6.4
Room, the question and the one who will not listen. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	14%	+2.5
The piece, the context and not making it up. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
School group, the yard and getting them to touch carefully. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	22%	+3.5
The director, capacity and not overcrowding. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	18%	+3.2
That they look at the stone, and not just the phone. 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