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?
Optician
21%
AI can already do 21% of this job.
#440 / 643
View rankingOptician
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
File, history and prescription.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 40% | +7.2 |
Lens orders, stock and appointments.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 32% | +5.1 |
Eye exam, retinal image and fitting.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 20% | 12% | +2.4 |
Frame fit and workshop.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 10% | +1.6 |
Advise without pushing and explain pathology.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 14% | +2.2 |
Refer to ophthalmology and follow-up.EstimateNo 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
Skills and activities
- File, history and prescription
- Lens orders, stock and appointments
- Eye exam, retinal image and fitting
- Frame fit and workshop
- Refer to ophthalmology and follow-up
- optico
- optometrista
- optician
Sources for this job· O*NET 29-2081.00· ESCO/ISCO 3254
IS WORK OVER?
Intercultural mediator
24%
#277 / 643
View rankingIntercultural mediator
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Translate forms, appointments and what the paper says.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 40% | +6.4 |
Go with them to the desk, the doctor and the school.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 12% | +2.2 |
Mediate the cultural clash and the misunderstanding.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
Reports, networks and reception resources.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 32% | +5.1 |
The family, the child and what you cannot impose.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 18% | +3.2 |
Trust, and not speaking over anyone.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 14% | +2.2 |
| Total | 100% | 24% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- intercultural mediation
- accompany paperwork
- translate procedures
- cultural misunderstandings
- reception
- medical appointments
- school and family
- immigration resources
Sources for this job· O*NET 21-1012.00· ESCO/ISCO 2635