IS WORK OVER?

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

Radiation 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.

TaskShareAIPoints
Plan, IGRT and the day’s set-up.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%40%+6.4
Immobilise, tattoo and treat fraction by fraction.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

22%12%+2.6
Check images, shifts and call the physician.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%28%+4.5
Side effects, the patient who cries and the wait.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%22%+3.5
Machine QA and alarms.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%32%+5.1
Today’s dose and not irradiating the wrong thing.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

14%14%+2
Total100%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

Mechatronics 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.

TaskShareAIPoints
Schematic, the PLC and the loop.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%40%+6.4
Cell, the arm and the one that will not stop.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

18%14%+2.5
Commissioning, the interlock and not jumping it.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%28%+4.5
Cycle, the time and not inflating the figure.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%22%+3.5
The operator, the guard and not leaving them blind.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

18%18%+3.2
That it does not take a finger, and starts.
Estimate

No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.

16%12%+1.9
Total100%22%

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

Skills and activities

  • PLC
  • loops
  • robot cells
  • interlocks
  • commissioning
  • guards
  • cycle times
  • not jump the interlock

Sources for this job· O*NET 17-2199.00· ESCO/ISCO 2149

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