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Education & Training · Updated Aug 2026

Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary

Teach courses in the physical sciences, except chemistry and physics. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching, and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
72/100
High

How much of this occupation’s work can be materially affected by current AI systems.

Replacement Risk
62/100
High

How likely exposure is to translate into reduced human demand.

Includes provisional estimates for AI adoption pressure and labour-market resilience. How this is measured

Evidence quality
Confidence80/100
Task coverage80%

Confidence reflects task coverage, mapping and capability-evidence quality, and how much of the score rests on provisional inputs.

Task-level evidence

What is driving the score?

Occupation scores are built from the task mix—not a single prediction about a job title.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
TaskImportanceAI impactExposure
Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.High
72
Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.High
75
Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as structural geology, micrometeorology, and atmospheric thermodynamics.High
61
Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.Medium
75
Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.Medium
70
Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction.High
75
Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.High
76
Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.High
76
Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.Medium
74
Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.Medium
73
Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.Medium
74
Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.Medium
62
Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.Medium
76
Perform administrative duties, such as serving as department head.Medium
76
Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks and laboratory equipment.Medium
73
Purchase and maintain equipment to support research projects.Medium
74
Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.Medium
76
Review papers or serve on editorial boards for scientific journals, and review grant proposals for federal agencies.Low
75
Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.Medium
63
Provide professional consulting services to government or industry.Low
76
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

Routine, digitized, and highly repeatable tasks face the greatest pressure.

  1. Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.76
  2. Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.76
  3. Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.76
  4. Perform administrative duties, such as serving as department head.76
Hardest to automate

Where people still matter

These tasks score lowest on automation feasibility—physical presence, judgement, accountability and real-world variability all resist end-to-end automation.

  1. Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.01
  2. Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction.02
  3. Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.03
  4. Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.04
  5. Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and publish findings in professional journals, books, or electronic media.05
Where else this work leads

Related occupations

Occupations O*NET links to this one. Relatedness reflects shared work, not a claim that these roles are safer.

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Beyond AI capability

Adoption and labour-market outlook

Structural factors are kept separate from raw capability so you can see what actually resists automation. Adoption pressure and labour-market resilience are still provisional models—25% of this occupation’s replacement-risk weight rests on them.

Human dependency56
Physical dependency32
Adoption pressure52
Labour-market resilience60
Methodology & sources

O*NET 30.3 occupational data interpreted through the JobsVsAI capability, automation and structural-constraint models.

Confidence80/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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