Automation index
How much of a Switchboard operator’s job can AI already do?
A switchboard comes earlier. Putting the call through without hanging up on the one who waits do not.
This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.
Task comparison
IS WORK OVER?
Switchboard operator
27%
AI can already do 27% of this job.
#187 / 623
View rankingSwitchboard operator
Where the time goes
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Board, destinations and the shift.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 48% | +8.6 |
The call, the one who is out and the message.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 40% | +6.4 |
Emergencies, the anger and not losing it.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Directory, changes and not putting through wrong.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
The peak, the queues and not hanging up.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 14% | +2.5 |
Put it through, and not hanging up on the one who waits.EstimateNo 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
Skills and activities
- switchboard
- destinations
- messages
- directory
- call queues
- emergencies
- telephony shifts
- extension changes
Sources for this job· O*NET 43-2021.00· ESCO/ISCO 4223
IS WORK OVER?
Archivist
25%
#215 / 623
View rankingArchivist
Where the time goes
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Describe, index and digitise holdings.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 48% | +8.6 |
Serve researchers and queries.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Conserve, restore and control stores.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
Finding aids and transfers.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
Rules, access and data protection.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 16% | +2.9 |
Not mixing a fonds or a shelfmark.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 14% | +2.2 |
| Total | 100% | 25% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- Describe, index and digitise holdings
- Serve researchers and queries
- Conserve, restore and control stores
- Finding aids and transfers
- Rules, access and data protection
- Not mixing a fonds or a shelfmark
- archivero
- archivist
- documentalista de archivo
Sources for this job· O*NET 25-4011.00· ESCO/ISCO 2621