Automation index
How much of a Sommelier’s job can AI already do?
A list and a standard pairing write fast. Tasting, selling the bottle, and reading the table do not.
This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.
Task comparison
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Sommelier
21%
AI can already do 21% of this job.
#437 / 633
View rankingSommelier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Build the list, sheets and standard pairings.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 20% | 40% | +8 |
Orders, cellar and stock.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
Taste, buy and negotiate with the importer.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 20% | 12% | +2.4 |
Table service and suggestive selling.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 10% | +1.6 |
Train floor staff and handle a wine complaint.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 14% | +2 |
Events, tastings and house relations.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 16% | +2.2 |
| Total | 100% | 21% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- Orders, cellar and stock
- Taste, buy and negotiate with the importer
- Table service and suggestive selling
- Events, tastings and house relations
- sommelier
- sumiller
- carta de vinos
Sources for this job· O*NET 35-1012.00· ESCO/ISCO 5131
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Diving instructor
19%
#503 / 633
View rankingDiving instructor
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Briefing, tables and the plan.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 32% | +5.1 |
Water, the student and the one who panics.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 22% | 8% | +1.8 |
Drills, the regulator and the one who is out of air.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Log, certification and not giving the star away.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
The current, the vis and aborting.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
Come up whole, and not skipping the stop.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 12% | +1.7 |
| Total | 100% | 19% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- dive briefing
- tables
- regulator
- certify divers
- current
- visibility
- stops
- nervous students
Sources for this job· O*NET 25-3021.00· ESCO/ISCO 3422