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?

27%

#183 / 643

Storyboard artist

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
Script, shots and the rhythm. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	48%	+8.6
Draw, arrows and the one that does not read. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	40%	+6.4
Review, the director and the scene change. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	22%	+3.5
Delivery, numbering and the missing one. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
The budget, the impossible and not drawing a shoot that will not fit. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	14%	+2.5
That it can be shot, and that it reads. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	12%	+1.9
Total	100%		27%

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