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?
Pizza maker
20%
#463 / 633
View rankingPizza maker
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Dough, ferment and the day’s point.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 36% | +5.8 |
Open, top and the oven at a thousand.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 22% | 8% | +1.8 |
Serve, delivery and the one that arrives cold.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
List, costs and the topping that runs out.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
Saturday, the queue and not working too far ahead.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
Pull it in time, and not leaving it carbonised.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 12% | +1.7 |
| Total | 100% | 20% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- open dough
- bake pizza
- ferment
- top pizzas
- the oven
- pizza delivery
- dough point
- Saturday queue
Sources for this job· O*NET 35-2011.00· ESCO/ISCO 5120