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
IS WORK OVER?
Sommelier
21%
AI can already do 21% of this job.
#451 / 653
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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Histology technician
19%
#554 / 653
View rankingHistology technician
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Intake, the pot and not mixing cases.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 32% | +5.1 |
Process, embed and the block.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 22% | 8% | +1.8 |
Cut, the knife and the one that falls apart.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Stain, the control and the one that will not take.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
The pathologist, the rush and not sending a bad cut.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
Not losing the diagnosis on the knife.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
- paraffin blocks
- histology cutting
- stains
- tissue processor
- not mix cases
- microtome knife
- stain controls
- embedding
Sources for this job· O*NET 29-2012.00· ESCO/ISCO 3212