Automation index
How much of a Radiation therapist’s job can AI already do?
Guided set-up comes earlier. Immobilising every day and not missing the field do not.
This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.
Task comparison
IS WORK OVER?
Radiation therapist
24%
AI can already do 24% of this job.
#283 / 633
View rankingRadiation 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Plan, IGRT and the day’s set-up.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 40% | +6.4 |
Immobilise, tattoo and treat fraction by fraction.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 22% | 12% | +2.6 |
Check images, shifts and call the physician.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
Side effects, the patient who cries and the wait.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Machine QA and alarms.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 32% | +5.1 |
Today’s dose and not irradiating the wrong thing.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 14% | +2 |
| Total | 100% | 24% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- set up for RT
- IGRT
- immobilise patients
- deliver fractions
- linac QA
- reference tattoos
- shifts
- radiotherapy
Sources for this job· O*NET 29-1124.00· ESCO/ISCO 3211
IS WORK OVER?
Chemist
26%
#209 / 633
View rankingChemist
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Protocols, calcs and safety sheets.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 20% | 45% | +9 |
Batch reports, charts and docs.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 40% | +7.2 |
Synthesis, titration and sample handling.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 15% | +2.7 |
Read a strange result and repeat it.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
Plant safety and waste.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 12% | +1.7 |
Sign quality and talk to production.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 16% | +2.2 |
| Total | 100% | 26% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- Protocols, calcs and safety sheets
- Batch reports, charts and docs
- Synthesis, titration and sample handling
- Read a strange result and repeat it
- Plant safety and waste
- Sign quality and talk to production
- quimico
- chemist
- laboratorio quimico
Sources for this job· O*NET 19-2031.00· ESCO/ISCO 2113