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

Table official

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
Sheet, clock and the protocol.
Estimate

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

16%40%+6.4
Fouls, the warning and the one who argues.
Estimate

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

18%14%+2.5
Timeout, the scoreboard and not jumping it.
Estimate

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

16%28%+4.5
The referee, the table and not contradicting.
Estimate

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

16%22%+3.5
The crowd, the shove and keeping calm.
Estimate

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

18%18%+3.2
A clean result, and the sheet signed.
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

  • scoresheets
  • clock
  • fouls
  • timeouts
  • scoreboard
  • the table
  • protocol
  • warnings

Sources for this job· O*NET 27-2023.00· ESCO/ISCO 3422

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