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.

#431 / 633

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?

27%

#162 / 633

Materials 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
Tests, metallography and the spec. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	48%	+8.6
Shop, heat treatment and the part that fails spec. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	22%	+3.5
Material choice, corrosion and fatigue. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	36%	+5.8
Supplier, certificates and the doubtful batch. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
The field failure and the root cause. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	14%	+2.5
That it does not fail, and not swapping the material blind. 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