As AI and automation continues to develop at speed, more and more research is looking at which industries really need humans - and which may not.
New analysis by analytics company Faethm by Pearson in partnership with technology company ServiceNow has predicted that almost 10 per cent of Australia's workforce - about 1.3 million people -will have to retrain by 2027 as automation continues to take over.
Here are the 20 careers facing the biggest job losses in that time.
20. Delivery driver
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Delivery drivers will lose the equivalent of 12,665 full-time jobs (a drop of 15 per cent).
19. Pharmacy sales assistant
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Pharmacy sales assistant roles will drop by 13,290 (32 per cent).
18. Call/contact centre operator
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Call/contact centre operator roles will drop by 13,470 (34 per cent).
17. Data entry operator
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Data entry operator roles will fall by 14,261 (35 per cent).
16. Personal assistant
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Personal assistant roles will drop by 14,945 (28 per cent).
15. Information officer
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Information officer roles will decrease by 15,319 (27 per cent).
14. Truck driver
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Truck driver roles will decrease by 16,785 (nine per cent).
13. Shelf filler
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Shelf stacker roles jobs will decrease by 19,829 (27 per cent).
12. Kitchenhand
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Kitchenhand roles will drop by 21,338 (16 per cent).
11. Receptionist (general)
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General receptionist jobs will drop 22,903 (27 per cent).
10. Bank worker
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Bank workers will suffer the biggest proportional loss of jobs at 46 per cent (22,987 full-time roles).
9. Medical receptionist
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Medical receptionist roles will decrease by 23,071 (28 per cent).
8. Accountant (general)
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General accountant jobs will fall by 30,224 (19 per cent).
7. Retail manager (general)
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Retail manager roles are set to shrink by 34,870 (16 per cent).
6. Bookkeeper
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Bookkeeper roles are set to drop by 39,867 (38 per cent).
5. Storeperson
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Storeperson roles will decrease by 40,049 (23 per cent).
4. Accounts clerk
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There will be 40,333 fewer accounts clerk roles (a drop of 38 per cent).
3. Checkout operator
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Checkout operator roles will continue to reduce, by 40,837 (37 per cent).
2. Clerk
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General clerking roles will drop by 56,087 (20 per cent).
1. Sales assistant
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Sales assistant roles were predicted to have the biggest fall by far on numbers, with 100,060 jobs expected to be wiped.
But that comprises a relatively lean 17 per cent decline.
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