AI Delegation Index
What work could you hand off to an AI agent?
AI agents have a narrow supporting role here, mainly helping with preparation or documentation rather than doing the physical work.
Where agents can help most
Use an agent to turn the notes, forms, readings, and completion details you provide into a clear shift summary.
Use an agent to turn the notes, forms, readings, and completion details you provide into a clear equipment and compliance record.
Use an agent to turn the notes, forms, readings, and completion details you provide into a clear care documentation.
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O*NET-SOC 29-9093.00 · #907 of 923
Result context
Assist in operations, under the supervision of surgeons. May, in accordance with state laws, help surgeons to make incisions and close surgical sites, manipulate or remove tissues, implant surgical devices or drains, suction the surgical site, place catheters, clamp or cauterize vessels or tissue, and apply dressings to surgical site.
The overall rating combines how useful the best agent workflows are with how much of the occupation they address. It is not an estimate of job automation or replacement.
Recommended agent uses
Documentation support · not included in the score
How you could use an agent
Use an agent to turn the notes, forms, readings, and completion details you provide into a clear shift summary. It can organize the entries, check required fields, and flag gaps before you submit or store the record.
Where you stay involved
You perform the hands-on or in-person work, confirm that the source details are accurate, and approve the final record before it is used.
Documentation support · not included in the score
How you could use an agent
Use an agent to turn the notes, forms, readings, and completion details you provide into a clear equipment and compliance record. It can organize the entries, check required fields, and flag gaps before you submit or store the record.
Where you stay involved
You perform the hands-on or in-person work, confirm that the source details are accurate, and approve the final record before it is used.
Documentation support · not included in the score
How you could use an agent
Use an agent to turn the notes, forms, readings, and completion details you provide into a clear care documentation. It can organize the entries, check required fields, and flag gaps before you submit or store the record.
Where you stay involved
You perform the hands-on or in-person work, confirm that the source details are accurate, and approve the final record before it is used.
Documentation and coordination support
These support steps are shown separately. They do not count as agentic workflows and do not increase this occupation's score.
Use an agent to draft a brief pre-op note from the surgeon’s plan, anesthesia notes, and chart details, including temperature-related reminders and any room setup points mentioned for the case. It can also turn those notes into a concise checklist you can review before the team enters the room.
Supporting analysis
Underlying methodology score
0 / 100
This technical score determines the qualitative rating; it is not an estimate of the share of the occupation that can be automated.
O*NET 31.0 · methodology 3.3.0. Every workflow passes an action-level physical-execution and protected human-and-veterinary clinical-action gate. Documentation workflows must own a complete digital loop and use digital task evidence only; support-only workflows are disclosed separately and excluded from scoring. Artistic, editorial, normative, and policy-dependent work receives a transparent human-judgment constraint. National ranking within 923 scored O*NET occupations under methodology 3.3.0.
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