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.
#314 / 723
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?
Prison social worker
22%
#466 / 723
View rankingPrison social worker
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Report, the board and the wing.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 40% | +6.4 |
The inmate, the family and the one who has nobody.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 14% | +2.5 |
Leave, the risk and not jumping to a yes.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
Outside, the flat and them not falling the first month.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
The lawyer, the rush and not dressing it.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 18% | +3.2 |
That the one who can leaves, and not selling cheap freedom.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
- board reports
- prison leave
- wings
- release flats
- inmates' families
- risk
- first month outside
- not dress it
Sources for this job· O*NET 21-1023.00· ESCO/ISCO 2635