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.

#452 / 663

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?

19%

#568 / 663

Nuclear medicine technologist

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
Dose, calibrate and the patient. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	32%	+5.1
Inject, the vein and the one who moves. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	22%	8%	+1.8
Acquisition, the SPECT and the artefact. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	22%	+3.5
Protection, the area and not contaminating. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
The nuclear physician, the image and not repeating extra. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	18%	+2.9
Inject, and not contaminating the rest. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	14%	12%	+1.7
Total	100%		19%

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