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.
#211 / 653
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?
Family therapist
22%
#411 / 653
View rankingFamily therapist
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Genogram, the brief and the frame.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 40% | +6.4 |
Session, the one who speaks for all and the one who stays quiet.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 14% | +2.5 |
Conflict, the boundary and not taking sides.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
The child, the loyalty and not using them as messenger.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
The referral, the risk and calling it in time.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 18% | +3.2 |
That they stay, and not taking sides.EstimateNo 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
Skills and activities
- genogram
- family frame
- joint sessions
- loyalties
- not take sides
- child-risk
- refer
- boundaries
Sources for this job· O*NET 21-1013.00· ESCO/ISCO 2635