AI and work

Which jobs is AI changing?

AI mainly changes tasks, and in most occupations the work stays. But not everywhere to the same degree: in some occupations AI can already do many tasks largely on its own, and that is where the first effects on starters and freelancers show. Choose your occupation and see what AI can already do, what stays human work and how to adapt.

Choose your occupation · What changes, what is under pressure, what grows · Where the opportunities are

What does AI mean for your job?

Choose your occupation from the Dutch occupational classification (CBS). You see what share of workers are in an occupation where generative AI can do many tasks, according to the ILO, and which tasks those are.

Your occupation

Higher education teachers and professors

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Administering, evaluating and marking examination papers and tests
Preparing scholarly books, papers or articles

This stays mostly human work

Preparing and delivering lectures and conducting tutorials, seminars and laboratory experiments
Supervising, where appropriate, experimental and practical work undertaken by students
Stimulating discussion and independent thought among students

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: University and Higher Education Teachers (100%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In education: AI can help with lesson material, test questions and feedback, but you know the pupils. For teachers there is the free course Kompas in de Klas from the Nationale AI-Cursus (in Dutch).

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Vocational subject teachers, secondary education

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Preparing reports and maintaining records such as student grades, attendance rolls, and training activity details

This stays mostly human work

Instructing and monitoring students in the use of tools, equipment and materials and the prevention of injury and damage
Providing individualized instruction and tutorial or remedial instruction
Observing and evaluating students' work to determine progress, provide feedback, and make suggestions for improvement

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Vocational Education Teachers (100%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In education: AI can help with lesson material, test questions and feedback, but you know the pupils. For teachers there is the free course Kompas in de Klas from the Nationale AI-Cursus (in Dutch).

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General subject teachers, secondary education

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Establishing and enforcing rules for behaviour and procedures for maintaining order among students
Preparing materials and classrooms for class activities
Participating in meetings concerning the school's educational or organizational policies

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Secondary Education Teachers (100%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In education: AI can help with lesson material, test questions and feedback, but you know the pupils. For teachers there is the free course Kompas in de Klas from the Nationale AI-Cursus (in Dutch).

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Primary school teachers

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Preparing and maintaining student data and other records and submitting reports

This stays mostly human work

Maintaining discipline and good working habits in the classroom
Teaching academic subjects and practical and self-help skills to students with hearing, sight and other impairments
Supervising children during classes and at other times in the school day, including the playground during breaks

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Primary School Teachers (74%) and Special Needs Teachers (21%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In education: AI can help with lesson material, test questions and feedback, but you know the pupils. For teachers there is the free course Kompas in de Klas from the Nationale AI-Cursus (in Dutch).

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Education advisers, education specialists and other teachers

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Documenting subjects and courses developed, and evaluating new courses
Revising curricula, course content, course materials and methods of instruction

This stays mostly human work

In such cases tasks performed would include -
Visiting classrooms to observe teaching techniques and to evaluate teachers performance, and scholastic results obtained
Instructing and demonstrating practical aspects of the subject area being studied

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Teaching Professionals Not Elsewhere Classified (48%) and Education Methods Specialists (29%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In education: AI can help with lesson material, test questions and feedback, but you know the pupils. For teachers there is the free course Kompas in de Klas from the Nationale AI-Cursus (in Dutch).

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Sports instructors

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Compiling scores and other athletic records
Developing, planning and co-ordinating competitive schedules and programmes

This stays mostly human work

Monitoring recreational, sports or fitness activities to ensure safety and provide emergency or first aid assistance when required
Explaining and enforcing safety procedures, rules and regulations
Demonstrating and teaching body movements, concepts and skills used in fitness routines and recreational activities

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Sports Coaches, Instructors and Officials (63%) and Fitness and Recreation Instructors and Programme Leaders (32%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In education: AI can help with lesson material, test questions and feedback, but you know the pupils. For teachers there is the free course Kompas in de Klas from the Nationale AI-Cursus (in Dutch).

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Childcare workers (including pedagogical staff)

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Assisting children to wash, dress and feed themselves
Observing and monitoring children's play activities
Managing children's behaviour and guiding their social development

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Child Care Workers (100%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In education: AI can help with lesson material, test questions and feedback, but you know the pupils. For teachers there is the free course Kompas in de Klas from the Nationale AI-Cursus (in Dutch).

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Teaching assistants

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Assisting with preparing teaching materials, and copying and collating written and printed material

This stays mostly human work

Assisting children individually to learn social skills
Assisting children with intellectual, physical, behavioural and other learning difficulties with their studies
Preparing indoor and outdoor areas for learning and recreational activities

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Teachers' Aides (100%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In education: AI can help with lesson material, test questions and feedback, but you know the pupils. For teachers there is the free course Kompas in de Klas from the Nationale AI-Cursus (in Dutch).

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Librarians and curators

AI can do many tasks

At least 40 percent of workers in this occupation are in the ILO's two highest exposure groups. Generative AI can already do many of the tasks largely on its own. The ILO mainly expects such jobs to change, but warns that even partial automation can lead to less demand for work.

AI can largely do this already

Planning and implementing the computerized management of archives and electronic records
Devising and implementing schemes and conceptual models for the storage, organization, classification and retrieval of information
Performing manual, on-line and interactive media reference searches, making interlibrary loans and performing other functions to assist users in accessing library materials

This stays mostly human work

Organizing, developing and maintaining collections of artistic, cultural, scientific or historically significant items
Directing or undertaking classification and cataloguing of museum and art gallery collections and organizing exhibitions
Organizing exhibitions at museums and art galleries, publicizing exhibits and arranging special displays for general, specialized or educational interest

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Archivists and Curators (50%) and Librarians and Related Information Professionals (50%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI make the first version of the tasks it can largely do, and become the person who checks, improves and signs off on the result.
Move towards the human work: contact with clients and colleagues, weighing things up, deciding and explaining. That is where your value lies.
Learn the AI tools of your trade now, and show what you make with them. If you are starting out, build a portfolio of real work: entry-level jobs are the ones shrinking.
In creative and language work there are already fewer vacancies and assignments for writing, translating and design. Show what you add to what AI makes: idea, taste, editing, contact with the client.

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Authors and linguists

AI can do many tasks

AI can largely do this already

Revising and correcting translated material
Developing methods for the use of computers and other instruments to improve productivity and quality of translation
Selecting material for publication, checking style, grammar and accuracy of content, arranging for any necessary revisions and checks proof copies before printing

This stays mostly human work

Studying relationships between ancient parent languages and modern language groups, tracing the origin and evolution of words, grammar and language forms, and presenting findings
Writing scripts and continuities and preparing programmes for stage, film, radio and television productions
Conceiving, writing and editing novels, plays, scripts, poetry and other material for publication or presentation

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Authors and Related Writers (57%) and Translators, Interpreters and Other Linguists (43%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI make the first version of the tasks it can largely do, and become the person who checks, improves and signs off on the result.
Move towards the human work: contact with clients and colleagues, weighing things up, deciding and explaining. That is where your value lies.
Learn the AI tools of your trade now, and show what you make with them. If you are starting out, build a portfolio of real work: entry-level jobs are the ones shrinking.
In creative and language work there are already fewer vacancies and assignments for writing, translating and design. Show what you add to what AI makes: idea, taste, editing, contact with the client.

Measured in the Netherlands The Dutch employment agency UWV lists copywriters and translators among the least promising occupations, because writing, translating and design are increasingly taken over by AI. Vacancies in language and creative occupations fell by 30 percent in 2024. UWV (Dutch)

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Journalists

AI can do many tasks

AI can largely do this already

Liaising with production staff in checking final proof copies immediately prior to printing
Receiving, analysing and verifying news and other copy for accuracy
Selecting material for publication, checking style, grammar, accuracy and legality of content and arranging for any necessary revisions

This stays mostly human work

Interviewing politicians and other public figures at press conferences and on other occasions, including individual interviews recorded for radio, television or webcast media
Writing critical reviews of literary, musical and other artistic works based on knowledge, judgement and experience for newspapers, television, radio and other media
Collecting local, national and international news through interviews, investigation and observation, attending public events, seeking out records, reviewing written work, attending film and stage performances

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Journalists (100%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI make the first version of the tasks it can largely do, and become the person who checks, improves and signs off on the result.
Move towards the human work: contact with clients and colleagues, weighing things up, deciding and explaining. That is where your value lies.
Learn the AI tools of your trade now, and show what you make with them. If you are starting out, build a portfolio of real work: entry-level jobs are the ones shrinking.
In creative and language work there are already fewer vacancies and assignments for writing, translating and design. Show what you add to what AI makes: idea, taste, editing, contact with the client.

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Visual artists

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Creating representational or abstract three-dimensional or relief forms by shaping, carving and working and combining materials such as, wood, stone, clay, metal, ice or paper
Creating drawings and engraving or etching them on metal, wood, or other materials
Restoring damaged, soiled and faded paintings and other art objects

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Visual Artists (100%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In creative and language work there are already fewer vacancies and assignments for writing, translating and design. Show what you add to what AI makes: idea, taste, editing, contact with the client.

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Performing artists

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Reading scripts and undertaking research to gain understanding of parts, themes and characteristics

This stays mostly human work

Acting parts and portraying roles as developed in rehearsals in film, television, radio and stage productions
Playing one or more musical instruments as a soloist or as a member of an orchestra or a musical group
Learning lines and cues and playing parts in dramatic productions on stage, commercials, television, radio or in motion pictures

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Film, Stage and Related Directors and Producers (51%), Musicians, Singers and Composers (29%) and Actors (13%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In creative and language work there are already fewer vacancies and assignments for writing, translating and design. Show what you add to what AI makes: idea, taste, editing, contact with the client.

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Graphic designers and product designers

Some of the tasks

A sizeable share of workers in this occupation are in a group where AI can take over or speed up part of the tasks. The occupation stays; how you spend your time changes.

AI can largely do this already

Creating two-dimensional and three-dimensional images depicting objects in motion or illustrating a process, using computer animation or modelling programmes
Formulating design concepts for the subject to be communicated
Preparing sketches, diagrams, illustrations and layouts to communicate design concepts

This stays mostly human work

Preparing and commissioning prototypes and samples
Supervising the preparation of patterns, programmes and tooling, and of the manufacturing process
Formulating design concepts for clothing, textiles, industrial, commercial and consumer products, and jewellery

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Graphic and Multimedia Designers (70%) and Product and Garment Designers (30%).

How to adapt your work

Pick one recurring task that AI can largely do, and try for a month how AI helps you with it. Keep track of what it saves and what you need to fix.
Use the time you free up for the human work.
Agree with your team what may and may not be done with AI, especially with data about clients, patients or citizens.
In creative and language work there are already fewer vacancies and assignments for writing, translating and design. Show what you add to what AI makes: idea, taste, editing, contact with the client.

Measured in the Netherlands UWV lists graphic designers among the least promising occupations, because design is increasingly taken over by AI. UWV (Dutch)

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Photographers and interior designers

Some of the tasks

A sizeable share of workers in this occupation are in a group where AI can take over or speed up part of the tasks. The occupation stays; how you spend your time changes.

AI can largely do this already

Operating scanners to transfer photographic images to computers
Adapting existing photographic images to create new digitized images to be included in multimedia products

This stays mostly human work

Taking portrait photographs of persons and groups of persons
Using airbrush, computer or other techniques to create the desired visual effect
Studying requirements of a particular assignment and decide on type of camera, film, lighting and background accessories to be used

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Photographers (54%).

How to adapt your work

Pick one recurring task that AI can largely do, and try for a month how AI helps you with it. Keep track of what it saves and what you need to fix.
Use the time you free up for the human work.
Agree with your team what may and may not be done with AI, especially with data about clients, patients or citizens.
In creative and language work there are already fewer vacancies and assignments for writing, translating and design. Show what you add to what AI makes: idea, taste, editing, contact with the client.

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Marketing, public relations and sales advisers

AI can do many tasks

AI can largely do this already

Writing advertising copy and media scripts, and arranging television and film production and media placement
Collecting and analysing data regarding consumer patterns and preferences
Researching potential demand and market characteristics for new goods and services

This stays mostly human work

Advising on all elements of marketing such as product mix, pricing, advertising and sales promotion, selling and distribution channels
Supporting business growth and development through the preparation and execution of marketing objectives, policies and programmes
Advising managers and clients on strategies and campaigns to reach target markets, creating consumer awareness and effectively promoting the attributes of goods and services

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Advertising and Marketing Professionals (55%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI make the first version of the tasks it can largely do, and become the person who checks, improves and signs off on the result.
Move towards the human work: contact with clients and colleagues, weighing things up, deciding and explaining. That is where your value lies.
Learn the AI tools of your trade now, and show what you make with them. If you are starting out, build a portfolio of real work: entry-level jobs are the ones shrinking.
In sales and commerce: let AI prepare (quotes, client information, emails) and spend your time on the conversation and the relationship.

Measured in the Netherlands Starter vacancies in advertising and marketing fell by 50 percent according to Intelligence Group, which names AI and economic uncertainty together as the cause. Accountant.nl on Intelligence Group, December 2025 (Dutch)

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Retail account managers and buyers

Some of the tasks

A sizeable share of workers in this occupation are in a group where AI can take over or speed up part of the tasks. The occupation stays; how you spend your time changes.

AI can largely do this already

Obtaining and updating knowledge of market conditions and of employer‚Äôs and competitors‚Äô goods and services
Following up clients to ensure satisfaction with products purchased
Quoting prices and credit terms, recording orders and arranging deliveries

This stays mostly human work

Overseeing distribution of merchandise to outlets and maintaining adequate stock levels
Interviewing suppliers and negotiating prices, discounts, credit terms and transportation arrangements
Purchasing general and specialized equipment, materials or business services for use or for further processing by their establishment

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Buyers (49%) and Commercial Sales Representatives (36%).

How to adapt your work

Pick one recurring task that AI can largely do, and try for a month how AI helps you with it. Keep track of what it saves and what you need to fix.
Use the time you free up for the human work.
Agree with your team what may and may not be done with AI, especially with data about clients, patients or citizens.
In sales and commerce: let AI prepare (quotes, client information, emails) and spend your time on the conversation and the relationship.

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Shopkeepers and retail team leaders

Some of the tasks

A sizeable share of workers in this occupation are in a group where AI can take over or speed up part of the tasks. The occupation stays; how you spend your time changes.

AI can largely do this already

Budgeting and maintaining records of stock levels and financial transactions
Planning and preparing work schedules and assigning staff to specific duties
Ensuring that customers receive prompt service

This stays mostly human work

Ensuring that safety procedures are enforced
Examining returned goods and deciding on appropriate action
Participating in and providing advice to managers on interviewing, hiring, training, evaluating, promoting and dismissing staff, and resolving staff grievances

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Shopkeepers (54%) and Shop Supervisors (46%).

How to adapt your work

Pick one recurring task that AI can largely do, and try for a month how AI helps you with it. Keep track of what it saves and what you need to fix.
Use the time you free up for the human work.
Agree with your team what may and may not be done with AI, especially with data about clients, patients or citizens.
In sales and commerce: let AI prepare (quotes, client information, emails) and spend your time on the conversation and the relationship.

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Retail sales assistants

Some of the tasks

A sizeable share of workers in this occupation are in a group where AI can take over or speed up part of the tasks. The occupation stays; how you spend your time changes.

AI can largely do this already

Selling goods and services, accepting payment by a variety of payment methods, preparing sales invoices and recording sales using cash registers

This stays mostly human work

Stacking and displaying goods for sale, and wrapping and packing goods sold
Assisting with the ongoing management of stock such as product inventories and participating in stock takes
Demonstrating and explaining to customers the establishment's goods and services

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Shop Sales Assistants (100%).

How to adapt your work

Pick one recurring task that AI can largely do, and try for a month how AI helps you with it. Keep track of what it saves and what you need to fix.
Use the time you free up for the human work.
Agree with your team what may and may not be done with AI, especially with data about clients, patients or citizens.
In sales and commerce: let AI prepare (quotes, client information, emails) and spend your time on the conversation and the relationship.

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Cashiers

Some of the tasks

A sizeable share of workers in this occupation are in a group where AI can take over or speed up part of the tasks. The occupation stays; how you spend your time changes.

AI can largely do this already

Issuing tickets for attendance at sporting and cultural events
Operating cash register to calculate total to be paid from or to clients

This stays mostly human work

Wrapping and placing merchandise in bags
Scanning, weighing and recording prices of goods
Giving change and issuing receipts

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Cashiers and Ticket Clerks (100%).

How to adapt your work

Pick one recurring task that AI can largely do, and try for a month how AI helps you with it. Keep track of what it saves and what you need to fix.
Use the time you free up for the human work.
Agree with your team what may and may not be done with AI, especially with data about clients, patients or citizens.
In sales and commerce: let AI prepare (quotes, client information, emails) and spend your time on the conversation and the relationship.

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Outbound call centre staff and other sales workers

AI can do many tasks

AI can largely do this already

Arranging appointments for sales representatives
Maintaining statistics of calls made and successes achieved
Submitting periodic reports on telemarketing activities and results

This stays mostly human work

Preparing simple food items and reheating prepared meals
Cleaning, peeling, slicing and trimming foodstuffs using manual and electric appliances
Portioning and wrapping food or placing it directly on plates for service to patrons

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Contact Centre Salespersons (43%) and Food Service Counter Attendants (40%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI make the first version of the tasks it can largely do, and become the person who checks, improves and signs off on the result.
Move towards the human work: contact with clients and colleagues, weighing things up, deciding and explaining. That is where your value lies.
Learn the AI tools of your trade now, and show what you make with them. If you are starting out, build a portfolio of real work: entry-level jobs are the ones shrinking.
In sales and commerce: let AI prepare (quotes, client information, emails) and spend your time on the conversation and the relationship.

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Accountants

AI can do many tasks

AI can largely do this already

Preparing and certifying financial statements for presentation to management, shareholders and statutory or other bodies
Devising and controlling a system to determine unit cost of products and services
Conducting investigations and advising management on financial aspects of productivity, stockholdings, sales, new products, etc

This stays mostly human work

Conducting financial investigations in such matters as suspected fraud, insolvency and bankruptcy
Auditing accounts and bookkeeping records
Advising on, planning and installing budgetary, accounts controlling and other accounting policies and systems

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Accountants (100%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI make the first version of the tasks it can largely do, and become the person who checks, improves and signs off on the result.
Move towards the human work: contact with clients and colleagues, weighing things up, deciding and explaining. That is where your value lies.
Learn the AI tools of your trade now, and show what you make with them. If you are starting out, build a portfolio of real work: entry-level jobs are the ones shrinking.
In administration and finance, the work shifts towards checking and advice. The Dutch employment agency UWV says advisory tasks for bookkeepers, accountants and lawyers become more important through digitalisation.

Measured in the Netherlands UWV still lists accountants and bookkeepers as promising occupations: through digitalisation, advisory tasks become more important. UWV, promising occupations 2026-2027 (Dutch)

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Financial specialists and economists

AI can do many tasks

AI can largely do this already

Presenting oral and written reports on general economic trends, individual corporations, and entire industries
Arranging to buy and sell stocks and bonds for clients
Recommending and arranging insurance cover for clients

This stays mostly human work

Building and maintaining a client base
Maintaining knowledge and staying abreast of developments in the fields of industrial technology, business, finance, and economic theory
Setting financial objectives, and developing and implementing strategies for achieving the financial objectives

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Financial and Investment Advisers (65%) and Financial Analysts (30%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI make the first version of the tasks it can largely do, and become the person who checks, improves and signs off on the result.
Move towards the human work: contact with clients and colleagues, weighing things up, deciding and explaining. That is where your value lies.
Learn the AI tools of your trade now, and show what you make with them. If you are starting out, build a portfolio of real work: entry-level jobs are the ones shrinking.
In administration and finance, the work shifts towards checking and advice. The Dutch employment agency UWV says advisory tasks for bookkeepers, accountants and lawyers become more important through digitalisation.

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Management consultants and organisation advisers

Some of the tasks

A sizeable share of workers in this occupation are in a group where AI can take over or speed up part of the tasks. The occupation stays; how you spend your time changes.

AI can largely do this already

Assisting in implementing approved recommendations, issuing revised instructions and procedure manuals, and drafting other documentation
Recording and analysing organizations‚Äô workflow charts, records, reports, manuals and job descriptions
Undertaking and reviewing work studies by analysing existing and proposed methods and procedures such as administrative and clerical procedures

This stays mostly human work

Discussing current systems with staff and observing systems at all levels of organization
Assisting and encouraging the development of objectives, strategies and plans aimed at achieving customer satisfaction and the efficient use of organizations‚Äô resources
Analysing and evaluating current systems and structures

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Management and Organization Analysts (100%).

How to adapt your work

Pick one recurring task that AI can largely do, and try for a month how AI helps you with it. Keep track of what it saves and what you need to fix.
Use the time you free up for the human work.
Agree with your team what may and may not be done with AI, especially with data about clients, patients or citizens.
In administration and finance, the work shifts towards checking and advice. The Dutch employment agency UWV says advisory tasks for bookkeepers, accountants and lawyers become more important through digitalisation.

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Policy advisers

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Researching social, economic and industrial trends, and client expectations of programmes and services provided

This stays mostly human work

Liaising and consulting with programme administrators and other interested parties to identify policy needs
Assessing impacts, financial implications, interactions with other programmes and political and administrative feasibility of policies
Reviewing existing policies and legislation to identify anomalies and out-of-date provisions

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Policy Administration Professionals (100%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In administration and finance, the work shifts towards checking and advice. The Dutch employment agency UWV says advisory tasks for bookkeepers, accountants and lawyers become more important through digitalisation.

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Personnel and career development specialists

Some of the tasks

A sizeable share of workers in this occupation are in a group where AI can take over or speed up part of the tasks. The occupation stays; how you spend your time changes.

AI can largely do this already

Gathering, investigating and researching background materials to gain an understanding of various subject matters and systems
Studying and analysing jobs performed in an establishment by various means, including interviews with workers, supervisors and management, and writing detailed position, job or occupation descriptions from information obtained
Preparing occupational information or working on occupational classification systems

This stays mostly human work

Monitoring and performing ongoing evaluation and assessment of internal and external training quality and effectiveness, and reviewing and modifying training objectives, methods and course deliverables
Identifying training needs and requirements of individuals and organizations
Liaising with external training providers to arrange delivery of specific training and development programmes

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Personnel and Careers Professionals (69%) and Training and Staff Development Professionals (31%).

How to adapt your work

Pick one recurring task that AI can largely do, and try for a month how AI helps you with it. Keep track of what it saves and what you need to fix.
Use the time you free up for the human work.
Agree with your team what may and may not be done with AI, especially with data about clients, patients or citizens.
In administration and finance, the work shifts towards checking and advice. The Dutch employment agency UWV says advisory tasks for bookkeepers, accountants and lawyers become more important through digitalisation.

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Bookkeepers

Some of the tasks

A sizeable share of workers in this occupation are in a group where AI can take over or speed up part of the tasks. The occupation stays; how you spend your time changes.

AI can largely do this already

Using standard computer software packages to perform accounting and related calculations
Preparing financial statements and reports for specified periods
Verifying accuracy of documents and records relating to payments, receipts and other financial transactions

This stays mostly human work

Supervising the work of accounts and bookkeeping clerks
Applying knowledge of bookkeeping principles and practices in order to identify and solve problems arising in the course of their work
Maintaining complete records of all financial transactions of an undertaking according to general bookkeeping principles, with guidance from Accountants

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Accounting Associate Professionals (49%).

How to adapt your work

Pick one recurring task that AI can largely do, and try for a month how AI helps you with it. Keep track of what it saves and what you need to fix.
Use the time you free up for the human work.
Agree with your team what may and may not be done with AI, especially with data about clients, patients or citizens.
In administration and finance, the work shifts towards checking and advice. The Dutch employment agency UWV says advisory tasks for bookkeepers, accountants and lawyers become more important through digitalisation.

Measured in the Netherlands UWV still lists bookkeepers and payroll administrators as promising occupations: through digitalisation, advisory tasks become more important. UWV, promising occupations 2026-2027 (Dutch)

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Business services professionals

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Matching jobseekers with vacancies

This stays mostly human work

Ensuring the availability of workers to perform maintenance of the properties
Facilitating negotiations with tenants and owners on rents and fees
Discussing with employers the skills and other characteristics required of the workers to be employed or contracted

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Real Estate Agents and Property Managers (41%) and Employment agents and contractors (23%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In administration and finance, the work shifts towards checking and advice. The Dutch employment agency UWV says advisory tasks for bookkeepers, accountants and lawyers become more important through digitalisation.

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Office managers and management assistants

AI can do many tasks

AI can largely do this already

Screening requests for meetings, and scheduling and organizing meetings and travel arrangements
Preparing verbatim reports of proceedings in legislative assemblies, courts of law or other places using shorthand or specialized office equipment
Coordinating, assigning and reviewing the work of clerks engaged in the following duties: word processing, record keeping and filing, operating telephones and switchboards; data entry, desktop publishing and other activities involving general office and administrative skills

This stays mostly human work

Liaising with other staff about a range of matters relating to the organization‚Äôs operations
Evaluating employees‚Äô job performance and conformity with regulations, and recommending appropriate personnel action
Training and instructing employees in job duties, safety procedures and company policies, or arranging for training to be provided

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Administrative and Executive Secretaries (50%) and Office Supervisors (34%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI make the first version of the tasks it can largely do, and become the person who checks, improves and signs off on the result.
Move towards the human work: contact with clients and colleagues, weighing things up, deciding and explaining. That is where your value lies.
Learn the AI tools of your trade now, and show what you make with them. If you are starting out, build a portfolio of real work: entry-level jobs are the ones shrinking.
In administration and finance, the work shifts towards checking and advice. The Dutch employment agency UWV says advisory tasks for bookkeepers, accountants and lawyers become more important through digitalisation.

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Administrative staff

AI can do many tasks

AI can largely do this already

Transcribing information onto computers, and proofreading and correcting copy
Checking figures, preparing invoices and recording details of financial transactions made
Preparing reports and correspondence of a routine nature

This stays mostly human work

Sorting, opening and sending mail

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: General Office Clerks (52%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI make the first version of the tasks it can largely do, and become the person who checks, improves and signs off on the result.
Move towards the human work: contact with clients and colleagues, weighing things up, deciding and explaining. That is where your value lies.
Learn the AI tools of your trade now, and show what you make with them. If you are starting out, build a portfolio of real work: entry-level jobs are the ones shrinking.
In administration and finance, the work shifts towards checking and advice. The Dutch employment agency UWV says advisory tasks for bookkeepers, accountants and lawyers become more important through digitalisation.

Measured in the Netherlands UWV lists data entry and mailroom staff among the least promising occupations: smart software and computer systems replace repetitive tasks. UWV (Dutch)

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Secretarial staff

AI can do many tasks

AI can largely do this already

Screening requests for meetings or appointments and helping to organize meetings
Dealing with routine correspondence on their own initiative
Checking, formatting and transcribing correspondence, minutes and reports from dictation, electronic documents or written drafts to conform to office standards, using typewriter, personal computer or other word processing equipment

This stays mostly human work

Dealing with incoming or outgoing mail

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Secretaries (general) (84%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI make the first version of the tasks it can largely do, and become the person who checks, improves and signs off on the result.
Move towards the human work: contact with clients and colleagues, weighing things up, deciding and explaining. That is where your value lies.
Learn the AI tools of your trade now, and show what you make with them. If you are starting out, build a portfolio of real work: entry-level jobs are the ones shrinking.
In administration and finance, the work shifts towards checking and advice. The Dutch employment agency UWV says advisory tasks for bookkeepers, accountants and lawyers become more important through digitalisation.

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Customer service staff and receptionists

AI can do many tasks

AI can largely do this already

Responding to inquiries about problems and providing advice, information and assistance
Issuing relevant forms, information kits and brochures to interested parties
Answering inquiries about goods services, and policy and providing information about their availability, location, price and related issues

This stays mostly human work

Referring complex inquiries to team leaders or expert advisers

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Inquiry Clerks (58%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI make the first version of the tasks it can largely do, and become the person who checks, improves and signs off on the result.
Move towards the human work: contact with clients and colleagues, weighing things up, deciding and explaining. That is where your value lies.
Learn the AI tools of your trade now, and show what you make with them. If you are starting out, build a portfolio of real work: entry-level jobs are the ones shrinking.
In administration and finance, the work shifts towards checking and advice. The Dutch employment agency UWV says advisory tasks for bookkeepers, accountants and lawyers become more important through digitalisation.

Measured in the Netherlands According to UWV, opportunities have declined in customer contact and advertising, where tasks can partly be taken over by AI. Just Eat Takeaway cut 175 jobs in the Netherlands in 2025, mainly in customer service and sales, citing AI. UWV, promising occupations 2026-2027 (Dutch)

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Financial administrative staff

AI can do many tasks

AI can largely do this already

Calculating, preparing and issuing bills, invoices, account statements and other financial statements according to established procedures
Operating computers programmed with accounting software to record, store and analyse information
Verifying attendance, hours worked and pay adjustments, and posting information onto designated records

This stays mostly human work

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Statistical, Finance and Insurance Clerks (52%), Accounting and Bookkeeping Clerks (34%) and Payroll Clerks (14%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI make the first version of the tasks it can largely do, and become the person who checks, improves and signs off on the result.
Move towards the human work: contact with clients and colleagues, weighing things up, deciding and explaining. That is where your value lies.
Learn the AI tools of your trade now, and show what you make with them. If you are starting out, build a portfolio of real work: entry-level jobs are the ones shrinking.
In administration and finance, the work shifts towards checking and advice. The Dutch employment agency UWV says advisory tasks for bookkeepers, accountants and lawyers become more important through digitalisation.

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Production planners and logistics staff

Some of the tasks

A sizeable share of workers in this occupation are in a group where AI can take over or speed up part of the tasks. The occupation stays; how you spend your time changes.

AI can largely do this already

Preparing or assisting in the preparation of production operation schedules on the basis of customers' orders and production capacity and performance

This stays mostly human work

Weighing goods received or produced, or for issue or dispatch and maintaining relevant records
Compiling inventories of furniture and other items received for storage
Computing quantities, qualities and types of materials required by production programme

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Stock Clerks (45%) and Production Clerks (40%).

How to adapt your work

Pick one recurring task that AI can largely do, and try for a month how AI helps you with it. Keep track of what it saves and what you need to fix.
Use the time you free up for the human work.
Agree with your team what may and may not be done with AI, especially with data about clients, patients or citizens.
In administration and finance, the work shifts towards checking and advice. The Dutch employment agency UWV says advisory tasks for bookkeepers, accountants and lawyers become more important through digitalisation.

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Business and administrative services managers

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Developing and implementing administrative and procedural statements and guidelines for use by staff in the organization
Providing information and support for the preparation of financial reports and budgets
Analysing complex resource management issues and initiatives that affect the organization, and preparing associated reports, correspondence and submissions

This stays mostly human work

Overseeing the selection, training and performance of staff
Consulting with the chief executive and with managers of other departments or sections
Providing administrative, strategic planning and operational support, research and advice to senior management on matters such as the management of building facilities and administrative services

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Finance Managers (32%) and Business Services and Administration Managers Not Elsewhere Classified (27%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
As a manager you help decide how AI is used in your team: make agreements, arrange training and involve staff early, as the Dutch Social and Economic Council (SER) advises.

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Sales and marketing managers

Some of the tasks

A sizeable share of workers in this occupation are in a group where AI can take over or speed up part of the tasks. The occupation stays; how you spend your time changes.

AI can largely do this already

Determining price lists, discount and delivery terms, sales promotion budgets, sales methods, special incentives and campaigns

This stays mostly human work

Overseeing the selection, training and performance of staff
Planning and directing daily operations
Leading and managing the activities of sales and marketing staff

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Sales and Marketing Managers (67%).

How to adapt your work

Pick one recurring task that AI can largely do, and try for a month how AI helps you with it. Keep track of what it saves and what you need to fix.
Use the time you free up for the human work.
Agree with your team what may and may not be done with AI, especially with data about clients, patients or citizens.
As a manager you help decide how AI is used in your team: make agreements, arrange training and involve staff early, as the Dutch Social and Economic Council (SER) advises.

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Production managers

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Controlling the preparation of production records and reports
Establishing and managing budgets, monitoring production output and costs, and adjusting processes and resources to minimize costs

This stays mostly human work

Overseeing the acquisition and installation of new plant and equipment
Building under contract, or subcontracting specialized building services
Coordinating the implementation of occupational health and safety requirements

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Manufacturing Managers (53%) and Construction Managers (41%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
As a manager you help decide how AI is used in your team: make agreements, arrange training and involve staff early, as the Dutch Social and Economic Council (SER) advises.

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Logistics managers

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Negotiating contracts with suppliers to meet quality, cost and delivery requirements
Overseeing the selection, training and performance of staff
Planning and directing daily operations

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Supply, Distribution and Related Managers (100%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
As a manager you help decide how AI is used in your team: make agreements, arrange training and involve staff early, as the Dutch Social and Economic Council (SER) advises.

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ICT managers

Some of the tasks

A sizeable share of workers in this occupation are in a group where AI can take over or speed up part of the tasks. The occupation stays; how you spend your time changes.

AI can largely do this already

Evaluating the organization's technology use and needs and recommending improvements such as hardware and software upgrades
Overseeing the security of ICT systems
Directing ICT operations, analysing workflow, establishing priorities, developing standards and setting deadlines

This stays mostly human work

Overseeing the selection, training and performance of staff
Assigning, reviewing, managing and leading the work of systems analysts, programmers, and other computer-related workers
Representing the enterprise or organization at ICT related conventions, seminars and conferences

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Information and Communications Technology Service Managers (100%).

How to adapt your work

Pick one recurring task that AI can largely do, and try for a month how AI helps you with it. Keep track of what it saves and what you need to fix.
Use the time you free up for the human work.
Agree with your team what may and may not be done with AI, especially with data about clients, patients or citizens.
As a manager you help decide how AI is used in your team: make agreements, arrange training and involve staff early, as the Dutch Social and Economic Council (SER) advises.

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Care institution managers

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Controlling administrative operations such as budget planning, report preparation, and expenditure on supplies, equipment and services

This stays mostly human work

Representing the organization in negotiations, and at conventions, seminars, public hearings and forums
Liaising with other welfare and health services providers, boards and funding bodies to discuss areas of health and welfare service cooperation and coordination
Overseeing the selection, training and performance of staff

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Health Service Managers (49%) and Social Welfare Managers (27%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
As a manager you help decide how AI is used in your team: make agreements, arrange training and involve staff early, as the Dutch Social and Economic Council (SER) advises.

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Education managers

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Controlling administrative operations such as budget planning, report preparation, and expenditure on supplies, equipment and services

This stays mostly human work

Supervising the maintenance of educational facilities
Developing and enforcing a disciplinary code to create a safe and conducive environment for students and teachers
Evaluating the work of teachers and lecturers by visiting classrooms, observing teaching methods, reviewing instructional objectives and examining learning materials

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Education Managers (100%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
As a manager you help decide how AI is used in your team: make agreements, arrange training and involve staff early, as the Dutch Social and Economic Council (SER) advises.

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Specialised services managers

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Examining, evaluating and processing loan and insurance applications
Providing advice and assistance to customers on their financial and insurance needs and with matters such as changes in law that may affect customers
Approving or rejecting, or coordinating the approval or rejection of, lines of credit commercial, real estate and personal loans

This stays mostly human work

Establishing and maintaining relationships with individual and business customers
Overseeing the selection, training and performance of staff
Coordinating cooperation with other service provision agencies in the same or related fields

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Professional Services Managers Not Elsewhere Classified (74%) and Financial and Insurance Services Branch managers (26%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
As a manager you help decide how AI is used in your team: make agreements, arrange training and involve staff early, as the Dutch Social and Economic Council (SER) advises.

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Hospitality managers

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Maintaining records of stock levels and financial transactions

This stays mostly human work

Ensuring dining, kitchen and food storage facilities comply with health regulations and are clean, functional and of suitable appearance
Negotiating arrangements with clients and suppliers
Ensuring compliance with occupational health and safety regulations

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Restaurant Managers (86%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
As a manager you help decide how AI is used in your team: make agreements, arrange training and involve staff early, as the Dutch Social and Economic Council (SER) advises.

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Retail and wholesale managers

Some of the tasks

A sizeable share of workers in this occupation are in a group where AI can take over or speed up part of the tasks. The occupation stays; how you spend your time changes.

AI can largely do this already

Promoting and advertising the establishment‚Äôs goods and services
Maintaining records of stock levels and financial transactions

This stays mostly human work

Ensuring compliance with occupational health and safety regulations
Controlling selection, training and supervision of staff
Determining product mix, stock levels and service standards

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Retail and Wholesale Trade Managers (100%).

How to adapt your work

Pick one recurring task that AI can largely do, and try for a month how AI helps you with it. Keep track of what it saves and what you need to fix.
Use the time you free up for the human work.
Agree with your team what may and may not be done with AI, especially with data about clients, patients or citizens.
As a manager you help decide how AI is used in your team: make agreements, arrange training and involve staff early, as the Dutch Social and Economic Council (SER) advises.

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Commercial and personal services managers

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Ensuring that facilities are kept clean and in good condition
Ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations
Controlling the selection, supervision and performance of staff

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Sports, Recreation and Cultural Centre Managers (46%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
As a manager you help decide how AI is used in your team: make agreements, arrange training and involve staff early, as the Dutch Social and Economic Council (SER) advises.

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Government administrators

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Recommending, reviewing, evaluating and approving documents, briefs and reports submitted by middle managers and senior staff members

This stays mostly human work

Coordinating activities with other senior government managers and officials
Advising national, state, regional or local governments and legislators on policy matters
Formulating or approving and evaluating programmes and procedures for the implementation of government policies in conjunction or consultation with government

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Senior Government Officials (67%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In government, safety and law: be careful with data and with explaining decisions. AI can prepare, the judgement stays with people.

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Government officials

Some of the tasks

A sizeable share of workers in this occupation are in a group where AI can take over or speed up part of the tasks. The occupation stays; how you spend your time changes.

AI can largely do this already

Performing related administrative tasks to maintain client records and prepare reports on determinations regarding eligibility, referral decisions, termination of benefits and abuse or fraud
Examining applications and other relevant documents to determine types and amounts of benefit which individuals are eligible to receive

This stays mostly human work

Advising individuals and organizations on government laws, rules and regulations concerning government benefit programmes and the determination and disbursement of payments or referral to services, as well as on the public‚Äôs rights and obligations
Assessing documentation and interviewing benefit recipients to ensure eligibility for continuing benefits or services

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Government Social Benefits Officials (41%).

How to adapt your work

Pick one recurring task that AI can largely do, and try for a month how AI helps you with it. Keep track of what it saves and what you need to fix.
Use the time you free up for the human work.
Agree with your team what may and may not be done with AI, especially with data about clients, patients or citizens.
In government, safety and law: be careful with data and with explaining decisions. AI can prepare, the judgement stays with people.

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Legal professionals

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Evaluating findings and develop strategies and arguments in preparation for presentation of cases

This stays mostly human work

Determining, by inquest, the causes of any death not obviously due to natural causes
Acting as prosecutor on behalf of the Government
Pleading clients‚Äô cases before courts of law, tribunals and administrative boards or instructing barristers to plead in higher courts of justice

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Legal Professionals Not Elsewhere Classified (77%) and Lawyers (19%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In government, safety and law: be careful with data and with explaining decisions. AI can prepare, the judgement stays with people.

Measured in the Netherlands At Deloitte Legal, contract analysis with AI is up to 40 to 50 percent faster by its own estimate. Juniors shift from research work to checking. UWV still lists lawyers as a promising occupation. TNO, Working with generative AI, 2025 (Dutch)

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Police inspectors

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Making arrests
Establishing contacts and sources of information about crimes planned or committed, in order to prevent crimes or identify suspected offenders
Testifying in courts of law or reporting to superiors about circumstances and results of investigations

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Police Inspectors and Detectives (100%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In government, safety and law: be careful with data and with explaining decisions. AI can prepare, the judgement stays with people.

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Police and firefighters

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Rescuing people from burning buildings and accident sites and those trapped in dangerous situations
Patrolling a specific area to maintain public order, responding to emergencies, protecting people and property and enforcing laws and regulations
Identifying, pursuing and arresting suspects and perpetrators of criminal acts

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Police Officers (85%) and Fire Fighters (15%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In government, safety and law: be careful with data and with explaining decisions. AI can prepare, the judgement stays with people.

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Security staff

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Patrolling prison areas to prevent escapes
Patrolling beaches and swimming pools to prevent accidents and to rescue bathers from drowning
Observing the conduct and behaviour of prisoners to prevent disturbances and escapes

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Security Guards (81%), Protective Services Workers Not Elsewhere Classified (12%) and Prison Guards (8%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In government, safety and law: be careful with data and with explaining decisions. AI can prepare, the judgement stays with people.

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Military occupations

No score

The ILO has no scores for military occupations, so we cannot say what share of the work AI can do. What AI can do, such as reports, planning and looking up regulations, applies here just as well.

How to adapt your work

Follow what the armed forces agree on AI and only use what is allowed: secrecy and safety matter in this work.
In government, safety and law: be careful with data and with explaining decisions. AI can prepare, the judgement stays with people.

Expectation ROA expects military personnel to remain among the occupations with the largest shortages up to 2030, together with police and fire services among others. ROA, labour market by education and occupation to 2030 (Dutch)

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Biologists, mathematicians and natural scientists

AI can do many tasks

AI can largely do this already

Planning and organizing surveys and other statistical collections, and designing questionnaires
Designing and putting into operation pension schemes and life, health, social and other types of insurance systems
Evaluating, processing, analysing, and interpreting statistical data and preparing them for publication

This stays mostly human work

Supervising the work of mathematical, actuarial and statistical assistants and statistical clerks

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Mathematicians, Actuaries and Statisticians (42%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI make the first version of the tasks it can largely do, and become the person who checks, improves and signs off on the result.
Move towards the human work: contact with clients and colleagues, weighing things up, deciding and explaining. That is where your value lies.
Learn the AI tools of your trade now, and show what you make with them. If you are starting out, build a portfolio of real work: entry-level jobs are the ones shrinking.
In technical work, demand stays high. AI helps with drawings, calculations, troubleshooting and documentation; the craft itself stays hands-on.

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Engineers (excluding electrical engineering)

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Designing, testing, and coordinating the development of explosive ordnance material to meet military procurement specifications
Advising on and designing steam, internal combustion and other non-electric motors and engines used for propulsion of railway locomotives, road vehicles or aircraft, or for driving industrial or other machinery
Organising and directing maintenance and repair of existing civil engineering structures

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Mechanical Engineers (35%), Civil Engineers (20%) and Engineering Professionals Not Elsewhere Classified (11%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In technical work, demand stays high. AI helps with drawings, calculations, troubleshooting and documentation; the craft itself stays hands-on.

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Electrical engineers

Some of the tasks

A sizeable share of workers in this occupation are in a group where AI can take over or speed up part of the tasks. The occupation stays; how you spend your time changes.

AI can largely do this already

Designing and developing signal processing algorithms and implementing these through appropriate choice of hardware and software
Researching and advising on radar, telemetry and remote control systems, microwaves and other electronic equipment
Advising on and designing electronic devices or components, circuits, semi-conductors and systems

This stays mostly human work

Determining manufacturing methods for electrical systems, as well as maintenance and repair of existing electrical systems, motors and equipment
Organising and directing maintenance and repair of existing electronic systems and equipment
Specifying electrical installation and application in industrial and other buildings and objects

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Electrical Engineers (48%) and Electronics Engineers (41%).

How to adapt your work

Pick one recurring task that AI can largely do, and try for a month how AI helps you with it. Keep track of what it saves and what you need to fix.
Use the time you free up for the human work.
Agree with your team what may and may not be done with AI, especially with data about clients, patients or citizens.
In technical work, demand stays high. AI helps with drawings, calculations, troubleshooting and documentation; the craft itself stays hands-on.

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Architects and planners

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Planning and advising on routing and control of road traffic and public transportation systems for efficiency and safety

This stays mostly human work

Monitoring construction or rehabilitation work to ensure compliance with specifications and quality standards
Inspecting sites and consulting clients, management and other stakeholders to determine type, style and size of proposed buildings and alterations to existing buildings
Providing information regarding designs, materials and estimated building times

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Town and Traffic Planners (58%) and Building Architects (28%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In technical work, demand stays high. AI helps with drawings, calculations, troubleshooting and documentation; the craft itself stays hands-on.

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Civil engineering and science technicians

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Assembling and installing new and modified mechanical assemblies, components, machine tools and controls, and hydraulic power systems
Copying drawings and paintings onto stone or metal plates for printing
Organizing maintenance and repairs

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Civil Engineering Technicians (26%), Draughtspersons (21%) and Mechanical Engineering Technicians (15%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In technical work, demand stays high. AI helps with drawings, calculations, troubleshooting and documentation; the craft itself stays hands-on.

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Production supervisors in industry and construction

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Preparing cost estimates, records and reports

This stays mostly human work

Supervising the activities of building trades workers, labourers and other construction workers
Examining equipment and construction sites to ensure that health and safety requirements are met
Examining and inspecting work progress

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Manufacturing Supervisors (54%) and Construction Supervisors (43%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In technical work, demand stays high. AI helps with drawings, calculations, troubleshooting and documentation; the craft itself stays hands-on.

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Process plant operators

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Maintaining shift log of production and other data and preparing production and other reports

This stays mostly human work

Operating multi-function central process control machinery to grind, separate, filter, melt, roast, treat, refine or otherwise process metals
Verifying equipment for malfunctions, testing well pipes for leaks and fractures and arranging for maintenance
Starting up and shutting down the production system in cases of emergency or as required by schedule

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Chemical Processing Plant Controllers (37%), Petroleum and Natural Gas Refining Plant Operators (9%) and Metal Production Process Controllers (8%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In technical work, demand stays high. AI helps with drawings, calculations, troubleshooting and documentation; the craft itself stays hands-on.

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Building structure workers

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Climbing and performing miscellaneous construction and building maintenance work on tall structures such as towers, chimneys and spires
Laying footpaths, kerbs and pavements
Laying bricks or other masonry to build patios, garden walls and other decorative installations

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Building Frame and Related Trades Workers Not Elsewhere Classified (47%), House Builders (25%) and Bricklayers and Related Workers (20%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In technical work, demand stays high. AI helps with drawings, calculations, troubleshooting and documentation; the craft itself stays hands-on.

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Carpenters

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Constructing, erecting and installing heavy-framed wooden structures on building sites
Fitting, assembling and altering internal and external fixtures of buildings, such as walls, doors, door and window frames, facings and panelling
Making, altering and repairing structural and other woodwork at a workbench and on a construction site

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Carpenters and Joiners (100%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In technical work, demand stays high. AI helps with drawings, calculations, troubleshooting and documentation; the craft itself stays hands-on.

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Building finishers

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Preparing wall areas for covering with tiles or other materials for decorative or other purposes such as acoustic insulation
Preparing floor areas for covering with a variety of materials
Setting tiles and constructing and laying mosaic panels to walls, floors and other surfaces

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Floor Layers and Tile Setters (30%), Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Mechanics (29%) and Plasterers (16%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In technical work, demand stays high. AI helps with drawings, calculations, troubleshooting and documentation; the craft itself stays hands-on.

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Plumbers and pipe fitters

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Laying clay, concrete or cast-iron pipes in ditches to form sewers, drains or water mains, or for other purposes
Installing gas appliances, dishwashers and water heaters, sinks and toilets using hand and power tools
Measuring, cutting, threading, bending, jointing, assembling, installing, maintaining and repairing pipes, fittings and fixtures of drainage, heating, ventilation, water supply and sewerage systems

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Plumbers and Pipe Fitters (100%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In technical work, demand stays high. AI helps with drawings, calculations, troubleshooting and documentation; the craft itself stays hands-on.

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Painters and spray painters

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Removing asbestos, mould and fire-damaged surfaces from buildings
Removing soot from flues, chimneys and connecting pipes
Cleaning and preparing walls and other surfaces of buildings for painting or wallpapering

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Painters and Related Workers (77%), Spray Painters and Varnishers (17%) and Building Structure Cleaners (7%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In technical work, demand stays high. AI helps with drawings, calculations, troubleshooting and documentation; the craft itself stays hands-on.

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Metal workers and structural workers

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Erecting steel framework for buildings, bridges and other constructions
Marking metal framework as a guide when drilling, cutting and shaping metal stock for use in buildings, ships and other structures
Repairing and modifying sports guns and other small arms

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Metal Working Machine Tool Setters and Operators (47%), Structural Metal Preparers and Erectors (34%) and Toolmakers and Related Workers (7%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In technical work, demand stays high. AI helps with drawings, calculations, troubleshooting and documentation; the craft itself stays hands-on.

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Welders and sheet metal workers

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Using blowtorch to make and repair lead linings, pipes, floors and other lead fixtures
Welding metal parts using gas flame, or an electric arc, thermite compound or other methods
Cutting metal pieces using gas flame or an electric arc

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Welders and Flame Cutters (60%) and Sheet Metal Workers (40%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In technical work, demand stays high. AI helps with drawings, calculations, troubleshooting and documentation; the craft itself stays hands-on.

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Car mechanics

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Reassembling engines and parts after being repaired
Replacing engine components or complete engines
Performing scheduled maintenance services, such as oil changes, lubrications and engine tune-ups, to achieve smoother running of vehicles and ensure compliance with pollution regulations

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Motor Vehicle Mechanics and Repairers (100%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In technical work, demand stays high. AI helps with drawings, calculations, troubleshooting and documentation; the craft itself stays hands-on.

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Machine mechanics

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Changing tyres and controlling air pressure
Cleaning and lubricating bearings and other moving parts
Spray-painting frames

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Agricultural and Industrial Machinery Mechanics and Repairers (79%), Bicycle and Related Repairers (15%) and Aircraft Engine Mechanics and Repairers (5%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In technical work, demand stays high. AI helps with drawings, calculations, troubleshooting and documentation; the craft itself stays hands-on.

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Product inspectors

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Analysing test data and making computations as necessary to determine test results

This stays mostly human work

Grading and classifying natural textile fibres for spinning and winding
Measuring dimensions of products using instruments such as rulers, callipers, gauges, or micrometers
Inspecting and testing products, parts and materials for conformity with specifications and standards

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Product Graders and Testers (except Foods and Beverages) (53%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In technical work, demand stays high. AI helps with drawings, calculations, troubleshooting and documentation; the craft itself stays hands-on.

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Furniture makers, tailors and upholsterers

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Repairing raw hide covering of artificial limbs
Blending shades of hair to give natural appearance to wigs and arranging woven hair in specified position and sewing hair together to form hairpiece
Finishing surfaces of wooden articles or furniture

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Cabinet-makers and Related Workers (31%), Tailors, Dressmakers, Furriers and Hatters (20%) and Upholsterers and Related Workers (14%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In technical work, demand stays high. AI helps with drawings, calculations, troubleshooting and documentation; the craft itself stays hands-on.

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Printing and handicraft workers

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Using computer applications to generate images, text, layouts and impositions for print and other visual media displays
Evaluating printed proofs, checking and correcting them for quality

This stays mostly human work

Loading paper into feeding mechanisms
Preparing and exposing carbon tissue for laying on cylinders by transfer method, and developing images
Maintaining, adjusting, repairing and cleaning machines

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Printers (23%) and Pre-press Technicians (19%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In technical work, demand stays high. AI helps with drawings, calculations, troubleshooting and documentation; the craft itself stays hands-on.

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Butchers and bakers

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Slaughtering animals
Flaying and trimming carcasses
Cooking or in other ways preparing meat, fish and related food items for sale

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Bakers, Pastry-cooks and Confectionery Makers (68%) and Butchers, Fishmongers and Related Food Preparers (32%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In technical work, demand stays high. AI helps with drawings, calculations, troubleshooting and documentation; the craft itself stays hands-on.

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Electricians and electrical fitters

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Providing technical advice and information, and monitoring the performance of complex telecommunications networks and equipment

This stays mostly human work

Joining telecommunications and data cables, and sealing sheathes
Installing, maintaining and repairing antennae used in communications
Selecting, cutting and connecting wire and cable to terminals and connectors

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Electrical Mechanics and Fitters (62%), Building and Related Electricians (23%) and Information and Communications Technology Installers and Servicers (7%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In technical work, demand stays high. AI helps with drawings, calculations, troubleshooting and documentation; the craft itself stays hands-on.

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Machine operators

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Operating and monitoring machinery used to restrain, stun, slaughter animals and to trim carcasses into standard meat and fish cuts
Encasing uncoated wire, cord, cable and optic fibre in plastic
Operating machinery to crush, mix, malt, cook and ferment grains and fruits to produce beer, wines, malt liquors, vinegar, yeast and related products

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Food and Related Products Machine Operators (25%), Chemical Products Plant and Machine Operators (9%) and Plastic Products Machine Operators (9%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In technical work, demand stays high. AI helps with drawings, calculations, troubleshooting and documentation; the craft itself stays hands-on.

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Assemblers

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Recording production and operational data on specified forms

This stays mostly human work

Assembling component parts and positioning, aligning and fastening units to assemblies, subassemblies or frames using hand or power tools, soldering and micro-welding equipment
Rejecting faulty assemblies and components
Assembling and installing prefabricated parts or components to form subassemblies, mechanical machinery, engines and finished motor vehicles

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Assemblers Not Elsewhere Classified (43%) and Mechanical Machinery Assemblers (29%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In technical work, demand stays high. AI helps with drawings, calculations, troubleshooting and documentation; the craft itself stays hands-on.

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Labourers in industry and construction

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Digging and filling holes and trenches using hand held tools
Trimming and cutting rocks and concrete and bitumen surfaces using jack-hammers
Shovelling and spreading gravel and related materials

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Hand Packers (71%), Manufacturing Labourers Not Elsewhere Classified (11%) and Civil Engineering Labourers (11%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In technical work, demand stays high. AI helps with drawings, calculations, troubleshooting and documentation; the craft itself stays hands-on.

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Systems administrators and network specialists

AI can do many tasks

AI can largely do this already

Recommending changes to improve systems and network configurations, and determining hardware or software requirements related to such changes
Maintaining and administering computer networks and related computing environments including computer hardware, systems software, applications software and all configurations
Operating master consoles to monitor the performance of computer systems and networks, and to coordinate computer network access and use

This stays mostly human work

Diagnosing hardware and software problems

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Systems Aministrators (59%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI make the first version of the tasks it can largely do, and become the person who checks, improves and signs off on the result.
Move towards the human work: contact with clients and colleagues, weighing things up, deciding and explaining. That is where your value lies.
Learn the AI tools of your trade now, and show what you make with them. If you are starting out, build a portfolio of real work: entry-level jobs are the ones shrinking.
In IT, work is changing fastest. Experienced people remain in demand; starters need to show they can do more than what AI writes on its own, such as design, testing and security.

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Systems analysts and ICT consultants

Some of the tasks

A sizeable share of workers in this occupation are in a group where AI can take over or speed up part of the tasks. The occupation stays; how you spend your time changes.

AI can largely do this already

Developing functional specifications for use by systems developers
Coordinating and linking the computer systems within an organization to increase compatibility

This stays mostly human work

Expanding or modifying systems to improve workflow or serve new purposes
Taking responsibility for deploying functional solutions, such as creating, adopting and implementing system test plans
Identifying and analysing business processes, procedures and work practices

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Systems Analysts (100%).

How to adapt your work

Pick one recurring task that AI can largely do, and try for a month how AI helps you with it. Keep track of what it saves and what you need to fix.
Use the time you free up for the human work.
Agree with your team what may and may not be done with AI, especially with data about clients, patients or citizens.
In IT, work is changing fastest. Experienced people remain in demand; starters need to show they can do more than what AI writes on its own, such as design, testing and security.

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Software and application developers

AI can do many tasks

AI can largely do this already

Developing and directing software testing and validation procedures
Researching, analysing and evaluating requirements for software applications and operating systems
Assessing, developing, upgrading and documenting maintenance procedures for operating systems, communications environments and applications software

This stays mostly human work

Consulting with customers concerning maintenance of software system
Consulting with engineering staff to evaluate interfaces between hardware and software

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Software Developers (70%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI make the first version of the tasks it can largely do, and become the person who checks, improves and signs off on the result.
Move towards the human work: contact with clients and colleagues, weighing things up, deciding and explaining. That is where your value lies.
Learn the AI tools of your trade now, and show what you make with them. If you are starting out, build a portfolio of real work: entry-level jobs are the ones shrinking.
In IT, work is changing fastest. Experienced people remain in demand; starters need to show they can do more than what AI writes on its own, such as design, testing and security.

Measured in the Netherlands UWV still calls software developers promising, mainly for people who already have IT experience or training. Entry is shrinking: Intelligence Group saw starter vacancies for junior web and app developers drop by almost 70 percent in one year. UWV, promising occupations 2026-2027 (Dutch)

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ICT user support

Some of the tasks

A sizeable share of workers in this occupation are in a group where AI can take over or speed up part of the tasks. The occupation stays; how you spend your time changes.

AI can largely do this already

Consulting user guides, technical manuals and other documents to research and implement solutions
Assisting applications programmers, systems developers and other ICT professionals to develop and test ICT products and services
Answering user inquiries regarding software or hardware operation to resolve problems

This stays mostly human work

Installing and performing minor repairs to hardware, software or peripheral equipment, following design or installation specifications
Setting up equipment for employee use and performing or ensuring proper installation of cables, operating systems or appropriate software
Entering commands and observing system functioning to verify correct operations and detect errors

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Information and Communications Technology User Support Technicians (61%).

How to adapt your work

Pick one recurring task that AI can largely do, and try for a month how AI helps you with it. Keep track of what it saves and what you need to fix.
Use the time you free up for the human work.
Agree with your team what may and may not be done with AI, especially with data about clients, patients or citizens.
In IT, work is changing fastest. Experienced people remain in demand; starters need to show they can do more than what AI writes on its own, such as design, testing and security.

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Audiovisual and broadcasting technicians

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Controlling equipment to edit and mix image and sound recordings to ensure satisfactory quality and to create special image and sound effects

This stays mostly human work

Making emergency repairs to equipment
Controlling equipment to record sound
Controlling radio communications systems, satellite services and multiplex systems on land, sea or in aircraft

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Broadcasting and Audio-visual Technicians (91%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In IT, work is changing fastest. Experienced people remain in demand; starters need to show they can do more than what AI writes on its own, such as design, testing and security.

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Farmers and foresters

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Preparing soil by hand or machine, and spreading fertilizers and manure
Killing and skinning animals, and preparing animals or animal products for market
Harvesting crops and destroying diseased or superfluous crops

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Field Crop and Vegetable Growers (56%), Tree and Shrub Crop Growers (22%) and Mixed Crop and Animal Producers (20%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In agriculture, change comes mostly from sensors, robots and data, not from generative AI. Use AI for paperwork, rules and subsidies.

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Gardeners, horticulturists and nursery growers

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Producing saplings, bulbs and seeds and raising plants from seeds or cuttings
Storing and carrying out some processing of produce
Pruning and trimming trees, shrubs and hedges, installing plant supports and protection, and rolling, mowing, aerating and edging lawns

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Gardeners, Horticultural and Nursery Growers (100%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In agriculture, change comes mostly from sensors, robots and data, not from generative AI. Use AI for paperwork, rules and subsidies.

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Livestock farmers

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Grooming, marking, clipping, trimming, drenching and/or castrating animals and shearing coats to collect hair or wool
Slaughtering and skinning animals and preparing them for market
Preparing and repairing nets and other fishing gear and equipment

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Livestock and Dairy Producers (87%), Poultry Producers (7%) and Inland and Coastal Waters Fishery Workers (2%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In agriculture, change comes mostly from sensors, robots and data, not from generative AI. Use AI for paperwork, rules and subsidies.

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Doctors

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Administering anaesthetics to limit the amount of pain experienced by patients during procedures
Providing restorative oral care such as implants, complex crown and bridge restorations, and orthodontics, and repairing damaged and decayed teeth
Measuring and taking impressions of patients' jaws and teeth in order to determine the shape and size of dental prostheses

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Specialist Medical Practitioners (46%), Generalist Medical Practitioners (33%) and Dentists (10%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In healthcare, the work stays human work and shortages remain. AI can help with record keeping; mind privacy and only use what your organisation allows.

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Specialist nurses

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Reporting births to government authorities to meet legal and professional requirements
Conducting research on midwifery practices and procedures and disseminating findings such as through scientific papers and reports

This stays mostly human work

Cleaning wounds and applying surgical dressings and bandages
Planning and providing personal care, treatments and therapies including administering medications, and monitoring responses to treatment or care plan
Monitoring pain and discomfort experienced by patients and alleviating pain using a variety of therapies, including the use of painkilling drugs

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Nursing Professionals (95%) and Midwifery Professionals (5%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In healthcare, the work stays human work and shortages remain. AI can help with record keeping; mind privacy and only use what your organisation allows.

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Physiotherapists

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Recording information on patients' health status and responses to treatment in medical records-keeping systems, and sharing information with other health professionals as required to ensure continuing and comprehensive care

This stays mostly human work

Developing, implementing and monitoring programmes and treatments using the therapeutic properties of exercise, heat, cold, massage, manipulation, hydrotherapy, electrotherapy, ultraviolet and infra-red light and ultrasound in the treatment of patients
Administering muscle, nerve, joint functional ability and other tests to identify and assess physical problems of patients
Establishing treatment goals with patients and designing treatment programmes to reduce physical pain, strengthen muscles, improve cardiothoracic, cardiovascular and respiratory functions, restore joint mobility and improve balance and coordination

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Physiotherapists (48%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In healthcare, the work stays human work and shortages remain. AI can help with record keeping; mind privacy and only use what your organisation allows.

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Social workers

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Investigating cases of abuse or neglect and taking action to protect children and other at risk persons
Providing advice to prison governors and to probation and parole review boards that helps determine whether, and under what conditions, an offender should be incarcerated, released from prison or undergo alternative correctional measures
Providing counselling, therapy and mediation services and facilitating group sessions to assist clients to develop skills and insights needed to deal with and resolve their social and personal problems

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Social Work and Counselling Professionals (100%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In healthcare, the work stays human work and shortages remain. AI can help with record keeping; mind privacy and only use what your organisation allows.

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Psychologists and sociologists

Some of the tasks

A sizeable share of workers in this occupation are in a group where AI can take over or speed up part of the tasks. The occupation stays; how you spend your time changes.

AI can largely do this already

Conducting surveys and research studies on job design, work groups, morale, motivation, supervision and management
Preparing scholarly papers and reports

This stays mostly human work

Maintaining required contacts, such as those with family members, educational authorities or employers, and recommending possible solutions to, and treatment of, problems
Conducting counselling or therapeutic interviews with individuals and groups, and providing follow-up services
Studying psychological factors in the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental illnesses and emotional or personality disorders, and conferring with related professionals

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Psychologists (81%).

How to adapt your work

Pick one recurring task that AI can largely do, and try for a month how AI helps you with it. Keep track of what it saves and what you need to fix.
Use the time you free up for the human work.
Agree with your team what may and may not be done with AI, especially with data about clients, patients or citizens.
In healthcare, the work stays human work and shortages remain. AI can help with record keeping; mind privacy and only use what your organisation allows.

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Laboratory technicians

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Entering data from analysis of laboratory tests and clinical results into records-keeping systems and reporting results to medical practitioners and other health professionals

This stays mostly human work

Setting up, cleaning and maintaining laboratory equipment
Inoculating fertilized eggs, broths or other bacteriological media with organisms
Explaining procedures, observing and positioning patients, and using protection devices to ensure safety and comfort during examination, scan or treatment

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Medical and Pathology Laboratory Technicians (51%) and Medical Imaging and Therapeutic Equipment Technicians (49%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In healthcare, the work stays human work and shortages remain. AI can help with record keeping; mind privacy and only use what your organisation allows.

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Pharmacy assistants

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Pricing and filing prescriptions that have been filled and establish and maintaining patient records, including lists of medications taken by individual patients

This stays mostly human work

Cleaning and preparing equipment and containers used to prepare and dispense medicines and pharmaceutical compounds
Filling and labelling containers with prescribed medications
Maintaining proper storage and security conditions for drugs

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Pharmaceutical Technicians and Assistants (100%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In healthcare, the work stays human work and shortages remain. AI can help with record keeping; mind privacy and only use what your organisation allows.

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Nurses (vocational level)

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Updating information on patients' condition and treatments received in record-keeping systems

This stays mostly human work

Cleaning wounds and applying surgical dressings
Assisting in giving first-aid treatment in emergencies
Administering medications and other treatments to patients, monitoring patients' condition and responses to treatment, and referring patients and their families to a health professional for specialised care as needed

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Nursing Associate Professionals (99%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In healthcare, the work stays human work and shortages remain. AI can help with record keeping; mind privacy and only use what your organisation allows.

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Medical and dental assistants

Some of the tasks

A sizeable share of workers in this occupation are in a group where AI can take over or speed up part of the tasks. The occupation stays; how you spend your time changes.

AI can largely do this already

Providing prescription and drug refill information to pharmacies
Scheduling appointments with patients, and preparing documentation required for billing, reporting and insurance purposes
Recording information on patients' medical history, diagnostic testing and treatment procedures and results, and other information in medical records-keeping systems

This stays mostly human work

Providing fluoride treatments, cleaning and removing deposits from teeth, preparing cavities and placing fillings, administering local anaesthesia, and performing other types of basic or routine clinical dental procedures
Conducting visual and physical examinations of patients' mouths, teeth and related structures to assess oral health status
Assisting dentists during complex dental procedures

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Medical Assistants (67%) and Dental Assistants and Therapists (29%).

How to adapt your work

Pick one recurring task that AI can largely do, and try for a month how AI helps you with it. Keep track of what it saves and what you need to fix.
Use the time you free up for the human work.
Agree with your team what may and may not be done with AI, especially with data about clients, patients or citizens.
In healthcare, the work stays human work and shortages remain. AI can help with record keeping; mind privacy and only use what your organisation allows.

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Health and safety inspectors and medical associate professionals

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Administering manual treatments such as massage therapy or pressure point therapy
Administering electrical modality treatments, ultrasound and other physical therapies using specialized techniques and equipment
Initiating action to maintain or improve hygiene and prevent pollution of water, air, food or soil

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Environmental and Occupational Health Inspectors and Associates (46%), Physiotherapy Technicians and Assistants (14%) and Dispensing Opticians (12%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In healthcare, the work stays human work and shortages remain. AI can help with record keeping; mind privacy and only use what your organisation allows.

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Social workers, group home and residential care workers

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Collecting information relevant to clients‚Äô needs and assessing their relevant skills, strengths and deficits
Assisting in evaluating the effectiveness of interventions and programmes by monitoring and reporting on clients' progress

This stays mostly human work

Providing crisis intervention and emergency shelter services
Counselling clients living in group homes and half-way houses, supervising their activities and assisting in pre-release and release planning
Maintaining contact with other social service agencies, schools and health care providers involved with clients to provide information and obtain feedback on clients' overall situation and progress

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Social Work Associate Professionals (89%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In healthcare, the work stays human work and shortages remain. AI can help with record keeping; mind privacy and only use what your organisation allows.

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Care workers

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Scheduling and accompanying clients for appointments with medical doctors and other health professionals or performing other errands

This stays mostly human work

Positioning and lifting clients with physical mobility challenges, and helping transport them in wheelchairs and motor vehicles
Positioning, lifting and turning patients and transporting them in wheelchairs or on movable beds
Assisting clients with personal and therapeutic care needs such as personal hygiene, feeding, dressing, physical mobility and exercise, communication, taking oral medications and changing dressings, usually as per care plans established by a health professional

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Health Care Assistants (65%) and Home-based Personal Care Workers (32%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In healthcare, the work stays human work and shortages remain. AI can help with record keeping; mind privacy and only use what your organisation allows.

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Travel attendants and guides

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Responding to passengers requests and complaints and providing information about stops and connections

This stays mostly human work

Administering first aid to passengers in distress
Verifying that first aid kits and other emergency equipment are in working order
Opening and closing doors for passengers

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Travel Attendants and Travel Stewards (63%), Travel Guides (21%) and Transport Conductors (16%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In services and hospitality it is about the customer in front of you. AI can help with planning, rosters, menus and replies to reviews.

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Cooks

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Operating large-volume cooking equipment such as grills, deep-fat fryers or griddles
Weighing, measuring and mixing ingredients according to recipes and personal judgement
Inspecting and cleaning the kitchen, kitchen equipment and serving areas, to ensure safe and sanitary food handling practices

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Cooks (72%) and Chefs (29%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In services and hospitality it is about the customer in front of you. AI can help with planning, rosters, menus and replies to reviews.

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Waiting staff and bar staff

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Presenting bills, accepting payment and operating point of sales machines and cash registers

This stays mostly human work

Clearing tables and returning dishes and cutlery to kitchen
Setting tables with clean linen, cutlery, crockery and glassware
Serving food and beverages to clients at tables

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Waiters (78%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In services and hospitality it is about the customer in front of you. AI can help with planning, rosters, menus and replies to reviews.

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Hairdressers and beauticians

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Arranging appointments and collecting payments

This stays mostly human work

Giving scalp treatment
Shaving or trimming beards and moustaches
Using waxing, sugaring and depilation techniques to remove unwanted bodily hair

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Hairdressers (57%) and Beauticians and Related Workers (43%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In services and hospitality it is about the customer in front of you. AI can help with planning, rosters, menus and replies to reviews.

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Caretakers and cleaning team leaders

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Filling out registration forms and providing tenants with copies of rules

This stays mostly human work

Participating in cleaning, simple repairs and maintenance of building interiors
Sweeping or vacuum-cleaning, washing and polishing floors, furniture and other fixtures
Cleaning kitchens and generally helping with kitchen work, including dishwashing

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Cleaning and Housekeeping Supervisors in Offices, Hotels and Other Establishments (47%) and Building Caretakers (36%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In services and hospitality it is about the customer in front of you. AI can help with planning, rosters, menus and replies to reviews.

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Other personal service workers

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Conforming to health and sanitation and ensuring that legal requirements concerning embalming are met
Embalming human bodies to retard or arrest the process of decay
Dressing bodies and placing them in caskets

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Pet Groomers and Animal Care Workers (46%), Driving Instructors (30%) and Undertakers and Embalmers (21%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In services and hospitality it is about the customer in front of you. AI can help with planning, rosters, menus and replies to reviews.

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Cleaners

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Washing dishes
Washing tyres and wheel arches and blackening tyres
Cleaning, washing and polishing cars and other vehicles, by hand or using hand-held power tools

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Cleaners and Helpers in Offices, Hotels and Other Establishments (61%), Domestic Cleaners and Helpers (31%) and Vehicle Cleaners (3%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In services and hospitality it is about the customer in front of you. AI can help with planning, rosters, menus and replies to reviews.

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Kitchen assistants

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Preparing, cooking, toasting and heating simple food items
Cleaning kitchens, food preparation areas and service areas
Washing dishes and cooking utensils and putting them away

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Kitchen Helpers (82%) and Fast Food Preparers (18%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In services and hospitality it is about the customer in front of you. AI can help with planning, rosters, menus and replies to reviews.

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Deck officers and pilots

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Transmitting and receiving routine and emergency information with shore stations and other ships

This stays mostly human work

Ensuring safe loading and unloading of cargo and observance of safety regulations and procedures by crew and passengers
Commanding and navigating ship or similar vessel at sea or on inland waterways
Examining maintenance records and conducting inspections to ensure that aircraft are mechanically sound, maintenance has been performed and that all equipment is operational

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Ships' Deck Officers and Pilots (56%) and Aircraft Pilots and Related Associate Professionals (26%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In transport and logistics, planning and route optimisation change; driving and loading stay mostly human work.

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Car, taxi and van drivers

Some of the tasks

A sizeable share of workers in this occupation are in a group where AI can take over or speed up part of the tasks. The occupation stays; how you spend your time changes.

AI can largely do this already

Determining most appropriate route

This stays mostly human work

Operating equipment to facilitate the loading and unloading of physically challenged passengers
Assisting passengers with handling of luggage
Assisting physically challenged passengers

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Car, Taxi and Van Drivers (100%).

How to adapt your work

Pick one recurring task that AI can largely do, and try for a month how AI helps you with it. Keep track of what it saves and what you need to fix.
Use the time you free up for the human work.
Agree with your team what may and may not be done with AI, especially with data about clients, patients or citizens.
In transport and logistics, planning and route optimisation change; driving and loading stay mostly human work.

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Bus and tram drivers

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Opening and closing doors before or after passengers board or alight
Driving and tending street tramcars transporting passengers
Assisting passengers with luggage

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Bus and Tram Drivers (100%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In transport and logistics, planning and route optimisation change; driving and loading stay mostly human work.

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Lorry drivers

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Determining the most appropriate routes

This stays mostly human work

Assisting with or carrying out loading or unloading operations, using various lifting or tipping devices
Driving and tending a heavy motor vehicle, such as a lorry with or without trailer or a dump-truck, to transport goods, liquids or heavy materials over short or long distances
Estimating weights to comply with load limitations, and ensuring the safe distribution of weights

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Heavy Truck and Lorry Drivers (98%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In transport and logistics, planning and route optimisation change; driving and loading stay mostly human work.

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Mobile plant operators

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Operating and monitoring machines for hammering wooden, concrete or steel piles into ground
Operating and monitoring machinery for digging trenches for sewers, drainage, water, oil, gas or similar pipelines
Operating and monitoring machinery equipped with concave steel blade to move, distribute and level earth, sand, snow and other materials

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Lifting Truck Operators (28%), Crane, hoist and related plant operators (22%) and Earthmoving and Related Plant Operators (16%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In transport and logistics, planning and route optimisation change; driving and loading stay mostly human work.

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Loaders, unloaders and shelf stackers

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

None of the tasks in this occupation score medium or high. AI can still help with what surrounds the work, such as reports and planning.

This stays mostly human work

Connecting hoses between main shore installation pipes and tanks of barges, tankers and other ships to load and unload petroleum, liquefied gases and other liquids
Carrying goods to be loaded on or unloaded from vans, trucks, wagons, ships or aircraft
Sorting cargo prior to loading and unloading

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Shelf Fillers (59%) and Freight Handlers (41%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In transport and logistics, planning and route optimisation change; driving and loading stay mostly human work.

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Refuse collectors and newspaper deliverers

Few tasks

Most work in this occupation is physical, practical or about people. Generative AI takes over little of it. Robots and other automation are not counted here.

AI can largely do this already

Planning and following the most efficient route

This stays mostly human work

Maintaining vehicle, making minor repairs and installing replacement parts
Loading and unloading goods, or assisting passengers in getting on or off a vehicle
Moving vehicle in the desired direction with due regard to other traffic and traffic regulations

The tasks come from the largest occupations in this group: Hand and Pedal Vehicle Drivers (48%) and Messengers, Package Deliverers and Luggage Porters (28%).

How to adapt your work

Let AI help with what surrounds the work: reports, planning, quotes, emails or looking up rules. That leaves more time for the craft itself.
Check what AI gives you, especially on safety, health and rules: AI sounds certain, even when it is wrong.
In transport and logistics, planning and route optimisation change; driving and loading stay mostly human work.

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Sources: ILO, Gmyrek et al., Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (Working Paper 140, 2025), scores per occupation and per task; CBS, Beroepenindeling ROA-CBS 2014, 2025 edition (which ISCO occupations make up each occupational group, and their share). Exposure says what AI can do in principle, not how many jobs disappear.

What changes, what is under pressure, what grows

What research and figures show now, in the Netherlands and elsewhere. Measured unless marked as an expectation. Click an occupation to open it in the tool above.

Changing a lot, staying

Many tasks shift, but no decline in work has been measured (yet).

Lawyers
Research work and contract analysis go faster; juniors do more checking. UWV still calls the occupation promising. TNO, 2025
Accountants and bookkeepers
Highly exposed according to the ILO, but still promising according to UWV, because advisory tasks become more important. UWV, 2026
Experienced software developers
Many tasks are exposed, but in the US no decline has been measured among experienced workers, only among starters. UWV sees opportunities for those with experience. Stanford, Canaries in the Coal Mine, 2026
Marketing and communication
In Denmark, AI saved marketers the most time (6.8 percent of working hours), with no effect on pay or hours. Humlum and Vestergaard, 2025
Customer contact at insurers
At the health insurance arm of a.s.r., staff per customer in customer service fell by 20 percent since 2023, while customers became more satisfied. TNO, 2025

Under pressure, possibly less work

Here we already see fewer vacancies, assignments or jobs, or agencies expect it.

Copywriters and translators
On UWV's list of least promising occupations. Vacancies in language and creative occupations fell by 30 percent in 2024. UWV
Graphic designers and image makers
On UWV's list of least promising occupations. On a large freelance platform, job posts for image creation fell by 17 percent after image generators arrived. Hannane et al., Management Science, 2025
Customer service
UWV sees fewer opportunities in customer contact. Just Eat Takeaway, ABN AMRO and others name customer service among jobs that are going. UWV, 2026
Data entry and clerical work Expectation
In the ILO's highest exposure group and on UWV's list of least promising occupations. The World Economic Forum counts them among the fastest declining roles to 2030. WEF, Future of Jobs 2025
Starters in knowledge work
In occupations sensitive to generative AI, over 13 percent fewer young people aged 15 to 24 were working in the third quarter of 2025 than at the end of 2022; in other occupations 3 percent more. Other economists point to higher interest rates over the same period. ESB, January 2026 (Dutch)

Growing or staying scarce

Occupations where demand stays high, and new work around AI.

Healthcare, technical work and education Expectation
ROA expects no end to shortages in healthcare, technical work and education up to 2030. According to the ILO scores, generative AI can do few tasks in these occupations. ROA, 2025 (Dutch)
Construction and grid expansion
New on UWV's list of promising occupations: bricklayer, road construction machine operator and construction helper, because of grid expansion, bridges and new housing. UWV, 2026
Experienced IT, data and security Expectation
UWV calls software developers, data scientists and security specialists promising, with high requirements. The WEF expects the fastest growth here. WEF, Future of Jobs 2025
New tasks around AI
Employers absorb AI by reorganising tasks, with new tasks such as creating content with AI, overseeing AI and building AI into work. In Denmark, 8.4 percent of workers gained such tasks. Humlum and Vestergaard, 2025
AI specialists
Growing fast worldwide, but still small: in the Netherlands 0.05 to 0.13 percent of vacancies are about AI as the core of the job. CBS, AI monitor 2024 (Dutch)

Counterpoint Across the whole economy, no clear effect of AI on employment or unemployment has been measured yet. The OECD says the role of language models in young people's labour market difficulties appears limited so far, and points to the economy. That may change: the OECD calls its conclusion preliminary. OECD Employment Outlook 2026

Where are the opportunities?

Work is disappearing, and work is being created. This is where the opportunities are now.

Checking and signing off on the result
Being able to interpret and check outcomes, fact-checking, is essential, says UWV. Whoever lets AI do the first draft and takes responsibility for the quality remains needed.
UWV, 2025 (Dutch)
Helping companies that have not started yet
In 2025, 33 percent of Dutch companies with 10 or more people used AI. In IT it was 70 percent, in hospitality, transport and construction 16 to 21 percent. There is a lot to do there for people who can introduce AI.
CBS, 2026 (Dutch)
Expertise plus AI
In the US, 51 percent of vacancies asking for AI skills are outside IT, in fields such as HR, education, finance and marketing. Knowing your trade and using AI well is a combination in demand.
Lightcast, 2025
Expectation
Shortage occupations
In healthcare, technical work, education, construction and logistics, demand stays high. Switching often takes training or a certificate, but the opportunities are there up to 2030.
ROA, 2025 (Dutch)
Building AI into work
TNO saw new tasks appear in Dutch companies, such as monitoring and validating what AI produces, without a clear change in employment. People who can build AI into existing work are in demand there.
TNO, 2025 (Dutch)

What can you do now?

Concrete steps, with what actually exists in the Netherlands (as of October 2026). Most of these are in Dutch.

Look at your own tasks
Choose your occupation above. Try AI first on one task you do often, and keep track of what it delivers and what you need to fix.
Learn to instruct AI and check the outcome
Those who learn to give AI clear instructions and judge the results critically stand stronger, says UWV, which gives five tips for keeping up.
UWV (Dutch)
Take a free basic course
The Nationale AI-Cursus is free and online, with chapters on prompting, AI at the office, the AI Act and the effects on the labour market.
ai-cursus.nl
Ask your employer for training
Of employers that use AI, 61 percent guide their staff in using it. Ask for it. Small and medium-sized employers can apply for the SLIM subsidy; the 2026 rounds are closed and the next one has not been announced.
UWV, 2026 (Dutch)
Get free advice at a Werkcentrum
Every labour market region has a Werkcentrum run by municipalities, UWV, employers, unions and education, for anyone with questions about work, including learning or switching careers.
werkcentrum.nl
See which occupations are promising
UWV tracks which occupations are promising and least promising, and why. Compare pay and workload too before you switch.
UWV, promising occupations (Dutch)
Show what you make with AI
Especially as a starter or freelancer: a portfolio of real work says more than a CV. On actiefai you show what you made and what your part was, and you find assignments where AI plays a role.

Where does this come from?

For 2025, the ILO estimated per occupation and per task how much of it generative AI can do, based on a survey of workers, experts and an AI model. Occupations fall into six groups, from not exposed to highest exposure. We link those scores to the occupational groups of Statistics Netherlands (CBS) using the key from the Beroepenindeling ROA-CBS 2014 (2025 edition): what share of workers in each group work in which ISCO occupation.

An occupation counts as "AI can do many tasks" if at least 40 percent of its workers are in the two highest groups, and as "Some of the tasks" if at least 40 percent are in one of the four exposed groups. The tasks come from the ISCO occupations that employ at least a quarter of the group (always the largest), and each occupation shows which ones: under "AI can largely do this already" the tasks with a medium or high score, under "This stays mostly human work" those with a low or very low score.

Exposure is not a prediction. The ILO itself says it is about what AI can do in principle, not about jobs disappearing. Whether work disappears depends on what companies do, on the economy and on demand. That is why this page also shows measurements and counterpoints. Robots and other automation are not counted. The ILO has no scores for military occupations; they are listed, without exposure.

Sources checked on 7 October 2026. Know a good example from your occupation? Let us know via the contact page.

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