4IR and the top 50 jobs of the future

by StudyMalaysia on July 20, 2020 | Top Stories

4IR and the top 50 jobs of the future - StudyMalaysia.com

Will robots and take over your dream job in the future? Experts say that the fourth industrial revolution will bring about an even faster pace of the automation of jobs through technological advances.

Here’s a quick look at which industries are most and least at risk of having their jobs automated.

Industries with jobs most likely to be automated

Food preparation
Construction
Cleaning
Driving
Agricultural labour

Industries with jobs least likely to be automated

Teaching
Upper management and politics
Hospitality and retail management
Healthcare
Science and engineering

An Oxford study looked at the chance of a job being automated or computerised. So if you’re planning for a career, this handy list shows you the top 50 jobs with a probability of approximately 1% or lower of being automated according to the study.

Not sure if any of these jobs are right for you and your personality? Check out the corresponding RIASEC code for each job and if you don’t know what your interest code is, you can find out here.

And if your RIASEC code happens to contain Social, you’re in luck cause four out of five jobs in this list favour this personality trait while half the jobs feature the Investigative trait. The Conventional trait appears the least frequently.

No.	Job title	RIASEC code
1	Recreational therapists What they do: Plan, direct, or coordinate medically-approved recreation programmes for patients in hospitals, nursing homes, or other institutions.	Social Artistic
2	Emergency management directors What they do: Plan and direct disaster response or crisis management activities, provide disaster preparedness training, and prepare emergency plans and procedures for natural (e.g., hurricanes, floods, earthquakes), wartime, or technological (e.g., nuclear power plant emergencies or hazardous materials spills) disasters or hostage situations.	Social Enterprising
3	Supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers What they do: Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of mechanics, installers, and repairers.	Enterprising Conventional Realistic
4	Mental health and substance abuse social workers What they do: Assess and treat individuals with mental, emotional, or substance abuse problems, including abuse of alcohol, tobacco, and/or other drugs. Activities may include individual and group therapy, crisis intervention, case management, client advocacy, prevention, and education.	Social Investigative Artistic
5	Audiologists What they do: Assess and treat persons with hearing and related disorders.	Investigative Social
6	Healthcare social workers What they do: Provide individuals, families, and groups with the psychosocial support needed to cope with chronic, acute, or terminal illnesses.	Social Investigative
7	Orthotists and prosthetists What they do: Design, measure, fit, and adapt orthopaedic braces, appliances or prostheses, such as limbs or facial parts for patients with disabling conditions.	Social Realistic Investigative
8	Occupational therapists What they do: Assess, plan, organize, and participate in rehabilitative programs that help build or restore vocational, homemaking, and daily living skills, as well as general independence, to persons with disabilities or developmental delays.	Social Investigative
9	Supervisors of fire-fighting and prevention workers What they do: Supervise fire fighters who control and extinguish municipal fires, protect life and property, and conduct rescue efforts.	Enterprising Realistic Social
10	Oral and maxillofacial surgeons What they do: Perform surgery and related procedures on the hard and soft tissues of the oral and maxillofacial regions to treat diseases, injuries, or defects.	Realistic Social Investigative
11	Lodging managers/ Hotel managers/ Front office manager What they do: Plan, direct, or coordinate activities of an organization or department that provides lodging and other accommodations.	Enterprising Conventional Social
12	Dietitians and nutritionists What they do: Plan and conduct food service or nutritional programs to assist in the promotion of health and control of disease. May supervise activities of a department providing quantity food services, counsel individuals, or conduct nutritional research.	Investigative Social Enterprising
13	Choreographers What they do: Create new dance routines. Rehearse performance of routines. May direct and stage presentations.	Artistic Social Enterprising
14	Sales engineers What they do: Sell business goods or services, the selling of which requires a technical background equivalent to a baccalaureate degree in engineering.	Enterprising Realistic Investigative
15	Instructional coordinators What they do: Develop instructional material, coordinate educational content, and incorporate current technology in specialized fields that provide guidelines to educators and instructors for developing curricula and conducting courses.	Social Investigative Enterprising
16	Physicians and surgeons What they do: Physicians who treat diseases, injuries, and deformities by invasive, minimally-invasive, or non-invasive surgical methods, such as using instruments, appliances, or by manual manipulation.	Investigative Realistic Social
17	Psychologists What they do: Diagnose or evaluate mental and emotional disorders of individuals through observation, interview, and psychological tests, and formulate and administer programs of treatment.	Investigative Social Artistic
18	Elementary school teachers What they do: Teach students basic academic, social, and other formative skills in public or private schools at the elementary level.	Social Artistic Conventional
19	General dentists What they do: Examine, diagnose, and treat diseases, injuries, and malformations of teeth and gums. May treat diseases of nerve, pulp, and other dental tissues affecting oral hygiene and retention of teeth. May fit dental appliances or provide preventive care.	Investigative Realistic Social
20	Supervisors of police and detectives What they do: Directly supervise and coordinate activities of members of police force.	Enterprising Social Conventional
21	Medical Scientists What they do: Conduct research dealing with the understanding of human diseases and the improvement of human health. Engage in clinical investigation, research and development, or other related activities.	Investigative Realistic Artistic
22	Podiatrists What they do: Diagnose and treat diseases and deformities of the human foot.	Investigative Social Realistic
23	Education Administrators, Elementary and Secondary School What they do: Plan, direct, or coordinate the academic, administrative, or auxiliary activities of public or private elementary or secondary level schools.	Enterprising Social Conventional
24	Counselling and School Psychologists What they do: Assess and evaluate individuals' problems through the use of case history, interview, and observation and provide individual or group counselling services to assist individuals in achieving more effective personal, social, educational, and vocational development and adjustment.	Social Investigative Artistic
25	Mental Health Counsellors What they do: Counsel with emphasis on prevention. Work with individuals and groups to promote optimum mental and emotional health. May help individuals deal with issues associated with addictions and substance abuse; family, parenting, and marital problems; stress management; self-esteem; and aging.	Social Investigative Artistic
26	Fabric and Apparel Patternmakers What they do: Draw and construct sets of precision master fabric patterns or layouts.	Realistic Artistic Conventional
27	Human Resources Managers What they do: Plan, direct, or coordinate human resources activities and staff of an organization.	Enterprising Social Conventional
28	Set and Exhibit Designers What they do: Design special exhibits and movie, television, and theatre sets.	Artistic Realistic
29	Recreation Workers What they do: Conduct recreation activities with groups in public, private, or volunteer agencies or recreation facilities. Organize and promote activities, such as arts and crafts, sports, games, music, dramatics, social recreation, camping, and hobbies, taking into account the needs and interests of individual members.	Social Enterprising Artistic
30	Training and Development Managers What they do: Plan, direct, or coordinate the training and development activities and staff of an organization.	Enterprising Social
31	Speech-Language Pathologists What they do: Assess and treat persons with speech, language, voice, and fluency disorders.	Social Investigative Artistic
32	Computer Systems Analysts What they do: Analyse science, engineering, business, and other data processing problems to implement and improve computer systems. Analyse user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate or improve existing systems and review computer system capabilities, workflow, and scheduling limitations.	Investigative Conventional Realistic
33	Social and Community Service Managers What they do: Plan, direct, or coordinate the activities of a social service program or community outreach organization. Oversee the program or organization's budget and policies regarding participant involvement, program requirements, and benefits.	Enterprising Social
34	Curators What they do: Administer collections, such as artwork, collectibles, historic items, or scientific specimens of museums or other institutions.	Enterprising Conventional
35	Athletic Trainers What they do: Evaluate and advise individuals to assist recovery from or avoid athletic-related injuries or illnesses, or maintain peak physical fitness. May provide first aid or emergency care.	Social Realistic Investigative
36	Medical and Health Services Managers What they do: Plan, direct, or coordinate medical and health services in hospitals, clinics, managed care organisations, public health agencies, or similar organisations.	Enterprising Conventional Social
37	Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education What they do: Instruct preschool-aged children in activities designed to promote social, physical, and intellectual growth needed for primary school in preschool, day care centre, or other child development facility.	Social Artistic
38	Farm and Home Management Advisors What they do: Advise, instruct, and assist individuals and families engaged in agriculture, agricultural-related processes, or home economics activities.	Social Realistic Enterprising
39	Special Education Teachers, Secondary School What they do: Teach secondary school subjects to educationally and physically handicapped students. Includes teachers who specialise and work with audibly and visually handicapped students and those who teach basic academic and life processes skills to the mentally impaired.	Social Investigative Artistic
40	Anthropologists and Archaeologists What they do: Anthropologists research, evaluate, and establish public policy concerning the origins of humans; their physical, social, linguistic, and cultural development; and their behaviour, as well as the cultures, organizations, and institutions they have created. Archaeologists conduct research to reconstruct record of past human life and culture from human remains, artefacts, architectural features, and structures recovered through excavation, underwater recovery, or other means of discovery.	Investigative Artistic / Investigative Realistic Artistic
41	Secondary School Teachers What they do: Teach students in one or more subjects, such as English, mathematics, or social studies at the secondary level in public or private schools.	Social Artistic Enterprising
42	Foresters What they do: Manage public and private forested lands for economic, recreational, and conservation purposes.	Realistic Investigative Enterprising
43	Clergy What they do: Conduct religious worship and perform other spiritual functions associated with beliefs and practices of religious faith or denomination.	Social Enterprising Artistic
44	Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counsellors What they do: Counsel individuals and provide group educational and vocational guidance services.	Social
45	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School What they do: Teach occupational, career and technical, or vocational subjects at the secondary school level in public or private schools.	Social
46	Registered Nurses What they do: Assess patient health problems and needs, develop and implement nursing care plans, and maintain medical records. Administer nursing care to ill, injured, convalescent, or disabled patients.	Social Investigative Conventional
47	Rehabilitation Counsellors What they do: Counsel individuals to maximise the independence and employability of persons coping with personal, social, and vocational difficulties that result from birth defects, illness, disease, accidents, or the stress of daily life.	Social Investigative
48	Forensic Science Technicians What they do: Collect, identify, classify, and analyse physical evidence related to criminal investigations. Perform tests on weapons or substances, such as fibre, hair, and tissue to determine significance to investigation.	Investigative Realistic Conventional
49	Teachers and Instructors, All Other What they do: Teach students in one or more subjects in public or private schools at various levels.	Social Artistic
50	Education Administrators What they do: Plan, direct, or coordinate research, instructional, student administration and services, and other educational activities at schools, colleges or universities.	Enterprising Conventional Social

If you still haven’t figured out what your career choice is and what course at tertiary level to pursue, take this Course Interest Test (interest.studymalaysia.com) to explore what jobs and course and career could be right for you.

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