Automation index

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

A digital set-out and a drawing come earlier. Driving stakes in the wind, and the building lining up, do not.

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

Task comparison

IS WORK OVER?

24%

AI can already do 24% of this job.

#284 / 633

Surveyor

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
Process stations, GNSS and drawings. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	20%	45%	+9
Reports, volumes and deliverables. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	35%	+5.6
Measure in the field, stake and set out. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	20%	12%	+2.4
Coordinate with works and the site authority. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	15%	+2.4
Read the ground when the model lies. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	14%	16%	+2.2
Owning a 3 cm error. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	14%	14%	+2
Total	100%		24%

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

IS WORK OVER?

27%

#146 / 633

Comic 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
Paging, panels and the rhythm. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	48%	+8.6
Pencil, ink and the one that will not close. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	40%	+6.4
Colour, lettering and the balloon that will not fit. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	22%	+3.5
Delivery, the editor and the page change. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
The serial, the fatigue and not recycling the same face. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	14%	+2.5
That it reads, and not eating the line. 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