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Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary
Teach courses pertaining to the application of physical laws and principles of engineering for the development of machines, materials, instruments, processes, and services. Includes teachers of subjects such as chemical, civil, electrical, industrial, mechanical, mineral, and petroleum engineering. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.People already use AI for this at work
- 02Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.AI could speed this up a lot
- 03Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory work, assignments, and papers.People already use AI for this at work
- 04Write grant proposals to procure external research funding.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 05Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.People already use AI for this at work
- 07Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as mechanics, hydraulics, and robotics.People already use AI for this at work
- 08Initiate, facilitate, and moderate class discussions.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 09Supervise students' laboratory work.Mostly human for now
- 10Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.People already use AI for this at work
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job loss36%of this job’s work time goes to tasks that people already do with Claude at work, counting tasks where AI only helps as half (2026).Anthropic, 2026
50%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 95% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Supervise students' laboratory work.