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?

31%

#33 / 643

Information specialist

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
Classify, index and describe holdings. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	48%	+8.6
Thesauri, metadata and the internal search. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	52%	+8.3
Answer queries and retrieve what nobody can find. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
Records policy, retention and destruction. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	22%	+4
Train people who file badly and people who do not file. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	18%	+2.9
The organisation’s memory, and not losing it. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	14%	+2.2
Total	100%		30%

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