The tasks · Agricultural TechniciansSOC 19-4012.00
Data recording, analysis, and reportingWhat can do this →
88% · agentMostly automatable
Research and testing protocols designWhat can do this →
82% · agentMostly automatable
Crop and pest management researchWhat can do this →
80% · agentMostly automatable
Disease and parasite researchWhat can do this →
78% · agentMostly automatable
Public inquiries and technical assistanceWhat can do this →
58% · agentPartly automatable
Field operations and equipment managementWhat can do this →
12% · you keepBarely automatable
The team5 agents · 5 need no setup
Data & Reporting Agent
Microsoft Excel · Microsoft Word · Statistical software
● No integration needed
Research Protocol Agent
Microsoft Word · Microsoft Excel · Web browser software
● No integration needed
Crop Management Research Agent
Microsoft Excel · Statistical software · Web browser software
● No integration needed
Disease Research Agent
Microsoft Word · Statistical software · Web browser software
● No integration needed
Public Assistance Agent
Email software · Microsoft Word · Microsoft Outlook
● No integration needed
You keep this
Operate and maintain physical farm equipment and machinery on-sitePerform hands-on field work: plowing, planting, harvesting, specimen collectionSupervise and train agricultural technicians and farm laborers in personApprove final experimental protocols and sign off on research findings
Automatability scores estimate how much of a task an agent can reliably do today, grounded in O*NET task data. They are not predictions of job loss.
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The most automatable work in this job, and the one tool we would use for each. Every task has a page of its own with the reasoning and every occupation that does it.
