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?

24%

AI can already do 24% of this job.

#293 / 673

Radiation therapist

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. 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
Total	100%		24%

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

IS WORK OVER?

22%

#428 / 673

Respiratory therapist

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
Gases, the ventilator and the protocol. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	40%	+6.4
Wean, the trial and the one who will not hold. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	14%	+2.5
Physio, the sputum and the one who will not cough. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
ICU, the alarm and not dropping FiO2 extra. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	22%	+3.5
The intensivist, the tube and not rushing extubation. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	18%	+3.2
Pull the tube, and that they breathe alone. Estimate No 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