Automation index
How much of a Ship captain’s job can AI already do?
A passage plan and a log come earlier. Deciding in ugly weather with people aboard does not.
This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.
Task comparison
IS WORK OVER?
Ship captain
19%
AI can already do 19% of this job.
#492 / 643
View rankingShip captain
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Passage plan, weather and clearance.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 32% | +5.1 |
Bridge, manoeuvre and people aboard.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 20% | 12% | +2.4 |
Crew, watches and fatigue.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
Port, pilots and owner.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Safety, SOPEP and breakdowns.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 16% | +2.6 |
Not losing a ship or a person.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 14% | +2.2 |
| Total | 100% | 19% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- Passage plan, weather and clearance
- Bridge, manoeuvre and people aboard
- Crew, watches and fatigue
- Port, pilots and owner
- Safety, SOPEP and breakdowns
- Not losing a ship or a person
- capitan de barco
- patron de altura
- ship captain
Sources for this job· O*NET 53-5021.00· ESCO/ISCO 3152
IS WORK OVER?
Site reliability engineer
28%
#103 / 643
View rankingSite reliability 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.
| Task | Share | AI | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
SLOs, alerts and the runbook.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 52% | +9.4 |
Incident, war room and not making it worse.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
CI/CD, capacity and the error budget.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 40% | +6.4 |
Postmortem, toil and automating the repeated.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
The product that wants to ship and the SLO that will not allow it.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 14% | +2.5 |
Not taking production down, and signing the change.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 12% | +1.9 |
| Total | 100% | 28% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- SLOs
- runbooks
- handle incidents
- error budget
- autoscale
- postmortem
- reduce toil
- reliability CI/CD
Sources for this job· O*NET 15-1244.00· ESCO/ISCO 2512