Automation index
How much of a Process engineer’s job can AI already do?
A diagram and a balance come earlier. Stopping the plant and not overloading the reactor do not.
This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.
Task comparison
IS WORK OVER?
Process engineer
26%
AI can already do 26% of this job.
#205 / 623
View rankingProcess engineer
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
P&IDs, balances and the operating procedure.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 48% | +8.6 |
Plant, trials and the real bottleneck.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Capacity, yields and the improvement report.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 40% | +6.4 |
Start-up, shutdown and the shift that skips the SOP.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
Process safety and the HAZOP that hurts.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 14% | +2.5 |
Not overloading the reactor, and signing the change.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 12% | +1.9 |
| Total | 100% | 26% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- P&IDs
- mass balances
- HAZOP
- plant start-up
- improve yields
- SOP
- bottlenecks
- process safety
Sources for this job· O*NET 17-2112.00· ESCO/ISCO 2141
IS WORK OVER?
Diving instructor
19%
#498 / 623
View rankingDiving instructor
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Briefing, tables and the plan.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 32% | +5.1 |
Water, the student and the one who panics.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 22% | 8% | +1.8 |
Drills, the regulator and the one who is out of air.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Log, certification and not giving the star away.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
The current, the vis and aborting.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
Come up whole, and not skipping the stop.EstimateNo 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
Skills and activities
- dive briefing
- tables
- regulator
- certify divers
- current
- visibility
- stops
- nervous students
Sources for this job· O*NET 25-3021.00· ESCO/ISCO 3422