Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary

1. 01Evaluate and grade students' class work, laboratory work, assignments, and papers.People already use AI for this at work
2. 02Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.AI could speed this up a lot
3. 03Supervise students' laboratory and field work.Mostly human for now
4. 04Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.People already use AI for this at work
5. 05Keep 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
6. 06Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
7. 07Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction.People already use AI for this at work
8. 08Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.Mostly human for now
9. 09Conduct 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
10. 10Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.AI could speed this up a lot

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.

The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.

1. Supervise students' laboratory and field work.
2. Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.

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