A report has found that technological advancement could banish 40 percent of current Australian jobs over the next 10 to 15 years – it seems that architecture, though, is safe.
A report released by the Committee for the Economic Advancement of Australia predicted that more than five million jobs that exist today have a moderate or high likelihood of disappearing.
The need for widespread innovation and adaptability was the focus of the report, and the committee’s chief executive professor Stephen Martin said Australia needs to develop a “culture of innovation”.
“The pace of technological advancement in the last 20 years has been unprecedented, and that pace is likely to continue for the next 20 years,” he said.
The employment sectors listed as most likely to be affected by automation or computerization include agriculture, mining, manufacturing and health.
According to an online tool created by media organization National Public Radio, though, architects only have a 1.8 percent chance of being automated over the next 20 years.
The tool is based on a 2013 Oxford University study, The Future of Employment: How Susceptible are Jobs to Computerisation?, which analysed over 700 distinct occupations.
The research was based around nine traits, with the four most prominent including whether the job requires you to come up with clever solutions, personally help others, squeeze into small spaces or undertake negotiation.
The tool predicts that landscape architects have a 4.5 percent chance of having their jobs automated, while the likelihood of architectural and civil drafting services being automated came in at 52.3 percent.
The job with the highest chance of being automated was telemarketing, which came in with a 99 percent chance of being automated.
To view the online tool, click here.
