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Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other
monitoring maternal condition during labor by checking vital signs, suturing perineal lacerations and performing post-partum health assessments of mothers and babies at regular intervals. If that's your week, this page is about your job.
The honest answer
AI changes the edges of this job, not the middle: monitoring fetal growth and well-being through heartbeat detection is work software can't reach.
What shifts is maintaining documentation of all patients' contacts. This page scores what today's tools actually do, not headlines.
Your week, as this page understands it
All healthcare practitioners and technical workers not listed separately. The job title says “healthcare practitioners”, “technical workers” or “all other”: officially one job, several names. The real job is the part underneath: monitoring fetal growth and well-being through heartbeat detection. That is the thing someone has to be right about.
The exposed part of this job is specific, and we won’t pretend it is coming back. But healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other is not one task. It is 36 scored ones, and they are nowhere near equally exposed. The most durable of them, on this evidence, is monitoring fetal growth and well-being through heartbeat detection, and the ledger below shows exactly why.
Where the work sits, by task weight
- shifting to AI
- 12%
- changing shape
- 8%
- staying human
- 79%
These bars are tasks changing hands, not people being counted out. The ledger below shows which.
Whole-job exposure score 23 out of 100 (19–29 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, across 36 scored tasks. The number is the support for the sentence above it, not a headline about anyone’s future.
How we know this
What is measured: Every published task statement for healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other is rated on five dimensions: can a model produce the output, does the work need a body in a room, does it need a legally accountable person, does it depend on a person being trusted in the moment, and how much data exists. A published formula turns those five ratings into the score; the model never writes the number.
How the bar is built: Each task’s share of the bar is its published importance weight, so a task you do all day counts for more than one you do twice a year.
Release: 2026-q4.1, scores computed 2026-08-05. Read the full method.
Your job, task by task
These are the official task statements for this occupation, in plain English, sorted by what the evidence says is happening to each one. The official wording sits under every line so you can check the rewrite against it.
Shifting to AI
5 tasksTasks today’s tools can already do most of. This is the part we will not soften: where these rows are the bulk of your week, the week changes.
Maintaining documentation of all patients' contacts
This is reading one thing and writing another: documentation of all patients' contacts in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Maintain documentation of all patients' contacts, reviewing and updating records as necessary.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 69 out of 100 (65–73 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Keeping patient records complete and up to date is exactly the sort of documentation software handles well.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Estimating patients' due dates and re-evaluate as necessary based on examination results
This is reading one thing and writing another: patients' due dates in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Estimate patients' due dates and re-evaluate as necessary based on examination results.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 66 out of 100 (59–73 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Due-date calculation follows a fixed formula, though the scan and exam findings it uses come from a clinician.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Providing information about community health and social resources
This is reading one thing and writing another: information in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Provide information about community health and social resources.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 64 out of 100 (57–71 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Signposting people to local services is looking up and explaining information that is largely already listed online.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Compiling and evaluating clinical practice statistics
This is reading one thing and writing another: clinical practice statistics in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Compile and evaluate clinical practice statistics.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 88 out of 100 (84–92 allowing for uncertainty): very high exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Counting and analyzing practice statistics is routine number work software does reliably.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Changing shape
3 tasksTasks where the machine takes the producing and a person keeps the checking, the deciding, or the answering-for-it. For most jobs this is the biggest group, and it is where "transformation, not termination" is literally visible.
Evaluating patients' laboratory and medical records
The software now makes the first pass at patients' laboratory, but someone has to be answerable for the result, and it cannot be the software. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Evaluate patients' laboratory and medical records, requesting assistance from other practitioners when necessary.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 47 out of 100 (40–54 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Reading labs and records is strong computer work, but acting on them is a licensed clinician's responsibility.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Referring patients to specialists
The software now makes the first pass at patients, but someone has to be answerable for the result, and it cannot be the software. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Refer patients to specialists for procedures such as ultrasounds or biophysical profiles.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 47 out of 100 (40–54 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Matching findings to the right specialist is well documented, but making the referral is a licensed clinician's act.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Informing patients of how to prepare and supply birth sites
The software now makes the first pass at patients of how, but the deciding part still needs a person. So the job becomes checking and deciding rather than producing.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Inform patients of how to prepare and supply birth sites.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 48 out of 100 (41–55 allowing for uncertainty): partial exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: Telling parents how to prepare a birth space is clear, well-documented information that writes up easily.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Staying human
28 tasksTasks that stay with a person, because they happen in the physical world, because the rules need someone accountable, or because the value is that a specific person does them.
Identifying tubal and ectopic pregnancies and referring patients for treatments
This work happens in the physical world: tubal, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · CoreSource: “Identify tubal and ectopic pregnancies and refer patients for treatments.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 11 out of 100 (4–18 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Spotting an ectopic pregnancy depends on scans and examination, and the diagnosis is a doctor's to make.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Conducting ongoing prenatal health assessments
This work happens in the physical world: prenatal health assessments, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · CoreSource: “Conduct ongoing prenatal health assessments, tracking changes in physical and emotional health.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 4 out of 100 (0–11 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Prenatal checks involve examining the mother and picking up how she is really doing in person.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Monitoring fetal growth and well-being through heartbeat detection
This work happens in the physical world: fetal growth, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · CoreSource: “Monitor fetal growth and well-being through heartbeat detection, body measurement, and palpation.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Listening for a heartbeat and feeling the baby's position is hands-on examination.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Show the other 26 tasks
Completing birth certificates
shifting to AIThis is reading one thing and writing another: birth certificates in, a record out. That is the shape today's tools are built for.
importance 4 · SupplementalSource: “Complete birth certificates.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 63 out of 100 (56–70 allowing for uncertainty): high exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: The form itself is simple to fill in, but the attending practitioner must legally certify the birth.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 4/4 · needs a body in a room 0/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Recommending the use of vitamin and mineral supplements to enhance the health of patients and children
staying humanThe rules require a named, qualified person to answer for the use of vitamin, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Recommend the use of vitamin and mineral supplements to enhance the health of patients and children.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 39 out of 100 (32–46 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: National guidance on pregnancy supplements is clear and public, though the recommendation is usually made by a clinician.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Providing information about the physical and emotional processes involved in the pregnancy
staying humanThe value here is that a specific person handles information and stands behind it. That is earned, not computed.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Provide information about the physical and emotional processes involved in the pregnancy, labor, birth, and postpartum periods.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 38 out of 100 (31–45 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Explaining what happens in pregnancy and birth is well-documented information that AI presents clearly.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Incorporating research findings into practice
staying humanThe ratings behind this row put research findings well outside what today's tools can do on their own.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Incorporate research findings into practice as appropriate.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 38 out of 100 (31–45 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: AI summarizes new evidence well, but changing how care is actually delivered is the practitioner's job.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Providing patients with contraceptive and family planning information
staying humanThe value here is that a specific person handles patients and stands behind it. That is earned, not computed.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Provide patients with contraceptive and family planning information.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 38 out of 100 (31–45 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Contraception information is thoroughly documented, though choosing a method is usually discussed with a practitioner.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 4/4.
Collaborating in research studies
staying humanThe ratings behind this row put research studies well outside what today's tools can do on their own.
importance 3 · SupplementalSource: “Collaborate in research studies.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 37 out of 100 (30–44 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; mistakes that are cheap to catch.
The rating behind it: AI helps a lot with study design and analysis, though the clinical data still comes from practitioners and patients.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 0/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Obtaining complete health and medical histories from patients
staying humanThe value here is that a specific person handles complete health and stands behind it. That is earned, not computed.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Obtain complete health and medical histories from patients including medical, surgical, reproductive, or mental health histories.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 34 out of 100 (27–41 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Structured history-taking is well suited to software, though patients often share sensitive details only with a person.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Counseling women regarding the nutritional requirements of pregnancy
staying humanThe value here is that a specific person handles women regarding the nutritional requirements of pregnancy and stands behind it. That is earned, not computed.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Counsel women regarding the nutritional requirements of pregnancy.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 34 out of 100 (27–41 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Nutrition advice in pregnancy is well documented and easy to generate, though women often want to discuss it with someone.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Providing or referring patients to other providers
staying humanThe rules require a named, qualified person to answer for patients, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Provide, or refer patients to other providers for, education or counseling on topics such as genetic testing, newborn care, contraception, or breastfeeding.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 30 out of 100 (23–37 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: reading one thing and writing another; the same decision, made over and over; someone qualified has to answer for it; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: The educational content is easy to produce, but decisions like genetic testing are usually talked through with a clinician.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 3/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Assessing the status of post-date pregnancies to determine treatments and interventions
staying humanThe rules require a named, qualified person to answer for the status of post-date pregnancies, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Assess the status of post-date pregnancies to determine treatments and interventions.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 27 out of 100 (20–34 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Guidelines for overdue pregnancies are well documented, but the treatment decision must come from a licensed clinician.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Developing, implementing or evaluating individualized plans for midwifery care
staying humanThe rules require a named, qualified person to answer for individualized plans, and that person cannot be a piece of software.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Develop, implement, or evaluate individualized plans for midwifery care.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 23 out of 100 (16–30 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Care plans follow documented templates, but the clinical decisions inside them must come from a licensed practitioner.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 1/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Establishing and following emergency or contingency plans for mothers and newborns
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: emergency, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · CoreSource: “Establish and follow emergency or contingency plans for mothers and newborns.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 22 out of 100 (15–29 allowing for uncertainty): low exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Writing an emergency plan is document work, but acting on one during an emergency happens in the room.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 2/4 · needs a body in a room 2/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Assessing birthing environments to ensure cleanliness
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: environments, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Assess birthing environments to ensure cleanliness, safety, and the availability of appropriate supplies.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 9 out of 100 (5–13 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world.
The rating behind it: Checking that a birth room is clean, safe and stocked means physically looking around it.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Identifying, monitoring or treating pregnancy-related problems, hypertension, gestational diabetes, pre-term labor or retarded fetal growth
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: pregnancy-related problems, hypertension, gestational diabetes, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · CoreSource: “Identify, monitor, or treat pregnancy-related problems such as hypertension, gestational diabetes, pre-term labor, or retarded fetal growth.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 5 out of 100 (0–12 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, medium confidence.
Why it sits in this group: the same decision, made over and over; work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Spotting and treating pregnancy complications requires examination and a clinician licensed to treat.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 3/4.
Treating patients' symptoms with alternative health care methods
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: patients' symptoms, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Treat patients' symptoms with alternative health care methods such as herbs or hydrotherapy.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 4 out of 100 (0–16 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, low confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Herbal and water-based therapies are given hands-on, and the evidence for them is patchy and poorly documented.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 1/4 · needs a body in a room 3/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Assisting maternal patients to find physical positions that will facilitate childbirth
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: maternal patients, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Assist maternal patients to find physical positions that will facilitate childbirth.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–7 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence, and it moved between repeat runs, so the range is widened.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Helping a woman into a better position for birth requires hands and presence.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 1/4.
Monitoring maternal condition during labor by checking vital signs
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: maternal condition during labor, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · CoreSource: “Monitor maternal condition during labor by checking vital signs, monitoring uterine contractions, or performing physical examinations.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Checking a laboring mother's signs and examining her is hands-on clinical work.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Providing comfort and relaxation measures for mothers in labor through interventions
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: comfort, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Provide comfort and relaxation measures for mothers in labor through interventions such as massage, breathing techniques, hydrotherapy, or music.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Massage, hydrotherapy and hands-on comfort measures need a person in the room.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 1/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 3/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Setting up or monitoring the administration of oxygen or medications
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: or monitoring the administration of oxygen, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Set up or monitor the administration of oxygen or medications.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Setting up oxygen or medication involves handling equipment and drugs at the bedside.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Collecting specimens for use in laboratory tests
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: specimens, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Collect specimens for use in laboratory tests.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Taking blood or other specimens is a hands-on procedure.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Responding to breech birth presentations by applying methods
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: breech birth presentations, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Respond to breech birth presentations by applying methods such as exercises or external version.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Turning a breech baby or guiding exercises requires skilled hands on the patient.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 1/4.
Performing post-partum health assessments of mothers and babies at regular intervals
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: post-partum health assessments of mothers, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Perform post-partum health assessments of mothers and babies at regular intervals.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: Examining a mother and baby after birth is hands-on clinical work.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Providing necessary medical care for infants at birth
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: necessary medical care, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 5 · CoreSource: “Provide necessary medical care for infants at birth, including emergency care such as resuscitation.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Caring for and resuscitating a newborn requires trained hands at the bedside.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Suturing perineal lacerations
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: perineal lacerations, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Suture perineal lacerations.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Stitching a tear is a physical procedure performed on the patient.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 1/4 · how much data exists 1/4.
Testing patients' hemoglobin, hematocrit and blood glucose levels
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: patients' hemoglobin, hematocrit and blood glucose levels, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Test patients' hemoglobin, hematocrit, and blood glucose levels.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it.
The rating behind it: Taking and running bedside blood tests requires hands on samples and equipment.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 2/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 0/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
Performing annual gynecologic exams, including pap smears and breast exams
staying humanThis work happens in the physical world: annual gynecologic exams, in a real place. Software cannot follow it there.
importance 4 · CoreSource: “Perform annual gynecologic exams, including pap smears and breast exams.” (O*NET task statement)
How this row was scored
Exposure score: 0 out of 100 (0–4 allowing for uncertainty): minimal exposure, high confidence.
Why it sits in this group: work that happens in the physical world; someone qualified has to answer for it; the value is that a specific person does it.
The rating behind it: A gynecological examination is a physical procedure done by a licensed clinician.
The five ratings: output a model can produce 0/4 · needs a body in a room 4/4 · needs an accountable person 3/4 · needs to be trusted in the moment 2/4 · how much data exists 2/4.
What this job pays, and how many people do it
- Median pay
- $65,790a year, the middle of the range, so half earn more and half earn less.bls-oews, 2025 · May 2025 estimates (national_M2025_dl.xlsx)
How we know this
Source: bls-oews
Reference period: May 2025 estimates (national_M2025_dl.xlsx)
Rounding: Shown as published.
- People doing this job
- 35,010in the US, 2025.bls-oews · May 2025 estimates (national_M2025_dl.xlsx)
What is deliberately not here: a forecast of how many of these jobs exist in ten years. Where an official projection exists for a market we publish it with its vintage; where it does not, we leave the space empty rather than borrow the other country’s number.
Why this is shifting
The reason is boringly specific. Most of what is shifting here is reading one thing and writing another: documentation of all patients' contacts in, a record out. The rows above are exactly that shape: maintaining documentation of all patients' contacts and estimating patients' due dates and re-evaluate as necessary based on examination results. What it cannot do is be answerable: fetal growth needs a named person the rules will accept, and software cannot be that person. Which is why this page talks about your tasks changing, not your job ending.
Your move
Over a pint: what I’d tell you if you were my friend
Start with what does not change: monitoring fetal growth and well-being through heartbeat detection is the middle of this job, and the evidence on this page says it stays with a person.
So, given all that: 12% of this job's task weight sits in rows the software is already learning, 8% in rows that change shape rather than disappear, and 79% in rows it is nowhere near. That is the position, measured across 36 scored tasks. It is not a forecast about you.
So the thing worth your attention is not the job going away. It is the layer around it. Maintaining documentation of all patients' contacts is the part turning into software, and being the person who understands that layer is worth money.
This week: one thing
Ask the one question. Find whoever is bringing new software into your workplace (the manager, the office, whoever runs the system) and ask them what it is meant to do to documentation of all patients' contacts, and what it is not meant to touch. Ten minutes, this week, before anyone decides it for you.
- What you end up holding
- a straight answer about what is actually being rolled out, and when
- How long it takes
- ten minutes
If there’s nobody obvious to ask, or you’d rather not ask your manager: Put the same question to your union rep, your shift lead or the person who has been there longest, in person, over a break. Same ten minutes, same answer, and you will usually get a straighter one. Write down what they say. The note is the artifact, and it tells you whether fetal growth is in scope or not. Nothing to log into, no license needed.
Over the next 90 days
Get inside the tool rollout rather than waiting for it. Over the next ninety days, ask to be in the group that tests, checks or signs off whatever new system arrives near evaluating patients' laboratory and medical records. It is usually an unglamorous seat that nobody fights for, and it is the one that decides how the software is used on your job rather than to it.
Over the next 12 months
On this evidence I would not retrain out of this job, and I will say that plainly rather than hedge it. The task list here is dominated by work that stays with a person. What I would do with a year is get formally recognised for the layer around it (the systems, the compliance, the planning), so you are the one who understands the software instead of the one it is done to. Before you pay for anything, use CareerOneStop - Find local training. It is free, it is the Labor Department's own service, and it is listed below with the rest of the free routes.
The roads out of here, and why I am not sending you down them
I looked at the obvious moves out of this job, and here is what I found.
I checked the 12 nearest US occupations to healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other (nearest by the work that AI is not taking, not by job title), and none of them survived. The closest was nurse midwives: only about 8% of its durable work is work you already do, the 2.0× pay gap is the market pricing a barrier and there are far fewer of those jobs than of yours. And on the numbers you do not need one. This job scores 23/100 here, with only 12% of the task list in the top band, and “identify tubal and ectopic pregnancies and refer patients for treatments” is not work that hands over cleanly. None of them beats deepening what you already have.
How that was checked: this job was compared against all 830 US occupations in this release on their official task statements, and the 12 nearest were examined one by one. A move that turns on an industry, an employer or a qualification rather than on the work itself will not show up in a check like that. And this release carries no licence register, so anything you are weighing needs that looked up separately.
3 moves I checked and rejected
These are the obvious-looking jumps. They are here with their reasons rather than quietly dropped, because the ones that fail are worth knowing about. It is one less thing to turn over at night.
Nurse Midwives
Why it looked obvious: It came up as a near neighbour on the work AI is not taking: you already monitor fetal growth and well-being through heartbeat detection, body measurement, and palpation, and their equivalent is to monitor fetal development by listening to fetal heartbeat, taking external uterine measurements, identifying…. Across both published task lists that is about 8% of the durable work in that job.
Why I am not recommending it: Almost none of it is work you already do: about 8% of the durable side of that job. That is a different job, not a next step. The pay gap is the market pricing a barrier: $134,040 against your $65,790 is 2.04× (OEWS May 2025 (both)), and you would be crossing it holding about 8% of their durable work. A gap that size with an overlap that small is a wish, not a route. And it is a narrow door: about 7,920 of those jobs against 35,010 of yours (OEWS May 2025), 23% as many seats.
Physical Therapists
Why it looked obvious: It came up as a near neighbour on the work AI is not taking: you already evaluate patients' laboratory and medical records, requesting assistance from other practitioners when necessary, and their equivalent is to confer with the patient, medical practitioners, or appropriate others to plan, implement, or…. Across both published task lists that is about 3% of the durable work in that job.
Why I am not recommending it: Almost none of it is work you already do: about 3% of the durable side of that job. That is a different job, not a next step.
Emergency Medicine Physicians
Why it looked obvious: It came up as a near neighbour on the work AI is not taking: you already provide necessary medical care for infants at birth, and their equivalent is to perform emergency resuscitations on patients. Across both published task lists that is about 3% of the durable work in that job.
Why I am not recommending it: Almost none of it is work you already do: about 3% of the durable side of that job. That is a different job, not a next step. The pay gap is the market pricing a barrier: $335,550 against your $65,790 is 5.10× (OEWS May 2025 (both)), and you would be crossing it holding about 3% of their durable work. A gap that size with an overlap that small is a wish, not a route.
What I’d stop worrying about
A friend tells you what not to spend fear on. This is that list.
The headline number you read somewhere
The big “X% of jobs” figures are about the whole economy, not about you. The number that describes your job is on this page: 12% of its task weight, across 36 scored tasks. Every row behind it is printed above with the source. Check ours; ignore theirs.
The headlines about your trade disappearing
They are usually about the technology, not the timetable. Changes to work like monitoring fetal growth and well-being through heartbeat detection arrive through rules, insurance and money, slowly and visibly. This page tracks the task evidence and will move when it moves.
Retraining out of a job that is holding up
On this evidence I would not spend money leaving. Spend it on the layer around the job instead: the tools, the paperwork, the planning. That is where the change actually is.
The “obvious” next job everyone suggests
I checked the obvious moves and most of them did not survive. The reasons are printed with the routes above, including the pay and the gate. A move that fails on the numbers is worth knowing about so you can stop turning it over at night.
You are reading the United States figures
The United Kingdom splits this work across more than one official group, of which Health associate professionals n.e.c. is the closest. The pay and employment figures are not directly comparable, and we do not average them together.
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The other groups this work is counted across:
In UK official statistics this job is counted as Health associate professionals n.e.c. and Complementary health associate professionals. Pay is shown separately for each of those groups (medians cannot be averaged together), while the task list and the scores on this page are for this group only.
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There is one that is not about a job title at all. The AI Authority is about being the person who directs these tools at work rather than the person they get compared to. That is worth saying here, because 12% of the work on this page is already inside what they can do.
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Questions people ask about this job
- Will AI replace Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other?
- Not as a job, but it is already doing parts of the work. Across the 36 official task statements scored for Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other (United States, SOC 29-9099), 12% of the importance-weighted core work is made of tasks today's AI could already do most of. The overall exposure score is 23 out of 100 (range 19–29, band: low). That is a statement about tasks, not about headcount: this measures what AI could do, not whether any employer adopts it, whether the law allows it, or whether doing the routine parts faster creates more demand for the human parts. Figures are from release 2026-q4.1.
- Which tasks in “Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other” can AI already do?
- The highest-scoring tasks in release 2026-q4.1 are: “Compile and evaluate clinical practice statistics” (88/100, very high); “Maintain documentation of all patients' contacts, reviewing and updating records as necessary” (69/100, high); “Estimate patients' due dates and re-evaluate as necessary based on examination results” (66/100, high). Each score comes from five published 0–4 ratings turned into a number by a published formula, and each carries the model's one-sentence reason on the page.
- Which tasks in “Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other” stay human?
- About 79% of this job's task weight sits in work that scores low for AI exposure. The lowest-scoring tasks in release 2026-q4.1 are: “Perform annual gynecologic exams, including pap smears and breast exams” (0/100, minimal); “Test patients' hemoglobin, hematocrit, and blood glucose levels” (0/100, minimal); “Suture perineal lacerations” (0/100, minimal). Low scores usually mean the task needs a body in a room, a legally accountable human, or trust built in real time. Those are the three things the scoring rubric treats as gates rather than obstacles.
- What should someone working in “Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other” do about AI?
- Start from the ledger rather than the headline: 12% of this job's weighted core work is exposed, and roughly 79% is not. The practical move is to spend more of your week on the tasks that score low, the ones above, and to get fluent at directing AI through the tasks that score high, because those are the parts that change whether or not you are ready for them. This page does not predict your job, and nothing here is career advice tailored to you: the score describes the occupation, not the person.
- How is the AI exposure score for Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other calculated?
- Each official task statement for the occupation is rated on five published 0–4 dimensions (output replicability, physical embodiment, licensed accountability, real-time human trust, and data availability) by claude-opus-5 using scoring prompt task_scoring_v1.0. The model never writes the score; a published formula turns the five ratings into a 0–100 number, so every score can be recomputed by hand. The occupation figure is the importance-weighted mean across 36 scored tasks. The prompt, the rubric, the formula and the full dataset are published at https://futureproof.collab365.com/method and https://futureproof.collab365.com/data/2026-q4.1 under CC BY 4.0.
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About the data on this page
- One task scored differently between repeat runs, so its range on this page is wider. We would rather show the wobble than hide it.
- One row is marked low confidence, so treat it as a ballpark rather than a fine measurement.
- The match between this job and its counterpart in the other country is partial, so the two pages count slightly different groups of people.
- 7 of this occupation's scored task statements carry a score that was measured under a different occupation's context, because the statement is shared between jobs and has only been scored once so far. Each one names the occupation it was measured under in the free routes below; none is presented as a measurement for this job.
- Task clusters are not derived in this release, so the task-cluster field is empty and no Collab365 Space routing is attached to this occupation yet.
- Task statements
- onet-dbProcessing: catalogue-bridge → onet-im-rt-weighting → task-scoring → score-aggregation
- Task weights
- onet-db (im-rt)
- Scores
- Rubric task_scoring_v1.0, model claude-opus-5, computed 2026-08-05.
- Pay and employment
- bls-oews (May 2025 estimates (national_M2025_dl.xlsx))bls-oews (May 2025 estimates (national_M2025_dl.xlsx))
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Collab365 (2026). Collab365 Futureproof: task-level AI exposure for US and UK occupations, release 2026-q4.1 (methodVersion 2.0.0, promptVersion task_scoring_v1.0). https://futureproof.collab365.com/data/2026-q4.1. Licensed CC BY 4.0. Built with O*NET data (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); ONS data (Open Government Licence v3.0); GAISI task framework (arXiv:2507.22748, MIT); BLS data (public domain).
BibTeX
@misc{collab365futureproof2026q41,
title = {Collab365 Futureproof: task-level AI exposure for US and UK occupations, release 2026-q4.1},
author = {{Collab365}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://futureproof.collab365.com/data/2026-q4.1},
note = {Release 2026-q4.1, methodVersion 2.0.0, promptVersion task_scoring_v1.0, CC BY 4.0}
}Data as of release 2026-q4.1, published . Releases never change after publication; when the figures move, a new dated release is published beside this one and this one stays exactly where it is.