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.

#551 / 643

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?

22%

#335 / 643

Funeral director

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
Paperwork, chapel, burial and cremation. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	40%	+6.4
Collection, thanatopraxy and care of the body. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	12%	+2.2
The family, the wake, and what is and is not possible. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	18%	+3.2
Notice, flowers, hearse and the minute-by-minute of the rite. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
Cemetery, times and suppliers. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	22%	+3.5
Dignity, legal times and owning the service. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	14%	+2.2
Total	100%		22%

Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low