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?

28%

#122 / 633

GIS 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
Layers, projections and the geoprocess. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	52%	+9.4
Quality, topology and the attribute error. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	40%	+6.4
Field, GPS and what the satellite misses. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	22%	+3.5
Publish, services and the viewer that dies. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	28%	+4.5
The client, the deadline and the layer that does not exist. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	18%	14%	+2.5
That it matches the ground, and not mixing datums. Estimate No public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate.	16%	12%	+1.9
Total	100%		28%

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