Will AI replace Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary?
AI reaches a large part of this job’s work.
46/100
High exposure
More exposed to AI than 72% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 15% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 70% of the work
What the job involves
Teach vocational courses intended to provide occupational training below the baccalaureate level in subjects such as construction, mechanics/repair, manufacturing, transportation, or cosmetology, primarily to students who have graduated from or left high school. Teaching takes place in public or private schools whose primary business is academic or vocational education.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Already happening(3)
- Observe and evaluate students' work to determine progress, provide feedback, and make suggestions for improvement.
- Develop curricula and plan course content and methods of instruction.
- Select and assemble books, materials, supplies, and equipment for training, courses, or projects.
Within reach(12)
- Present lectures and conduct discussions to increase students' knowledge and competence using visual aids, such as graphs, charts, videotapes, and slides.
- Administer oral, written, or performance tests to measure progress and to evaluate training effectiveness.
- Prepare reports and maintain records, such as student grades, attendance rolls, and training activity details.
- Integrate academic and vocational curricula so that students can obtain a variety of skills.
- Determine training needs of students or workers.
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Out of reach(5)
- Provide individualized instruction and tutorial or remedial instruction.
- Supervise and monitor students' use of tools and equipment.
- Supervise independent or group projects, field placements, laboratory work, or other training.
- Conduct on-the-job training classes or training sessions to teach and demonstrate principles, techniques, procedures, or methods of designated subjects.
- Acquire, maintain, and repair laboratory equipment and tools.
Also called
Instructor · Teacher · Welding Instructor · Cosmetology Instructor · Flight Instructor · Automotive Instructor · Automotive Technology Instructor · Accounting Teacher
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What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics