Automation index

How much of a Surgical technologist’s job can AI already do?

A checklist and a count come earlier. The clamp on time, and not breaking sterility, do not.

This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.

Task comparison

IS WORK OVER?

19%

AI can already do 19% of this job.

#580 / 673

Surgical technologist

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
Checklist, tray and swab count. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	32%	+5.1
Set the table, pass and scrub. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	22%	8%	+1.8
Watch sterility, lines and the patient. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	18%	+2.9
Coordinate with surgeon, anaesthetic and porter. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	22%	+3.5
Notes, implants and kit records. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
Shifts, on-call and not leaving a swab inside. Estimate No 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

IS WORK OVER?

19%

#575 / 673

Biomedical equipment technician

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
Ticket, the inventory and the calibration. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	32%	+5.1
ICU, the ventilator and not switching off the one that is ventilating. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	22%	8%	+1.8
Theatre, the stack and the one that fails at induction. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	22%	+3.5
Part, the spare and the one that does not arrive. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
The clinician, the rush and not leaving the kit half done. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	18%	+2.9
That it works at three, and signing the calibration. Estimate No 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