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Occupational Therapy Aides

Under close supervision of an occupational therapist or occupational therapy assistant, perform only delegated, selected, or routine tasks in specific situations. These duties include preparing patient and treatment room.

JVS 2.0.0-phase4b
AI Exposure
61/100
High

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

Replacement Risk
52/100
Moderate

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
Confidence82/100
Task coverage85%

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
Prepare and maintain work area, materials, and equipment and maintain inventory of treatment and educational supplies.High
71
Demonstrate therapy techniques, such as manual and creative arts and games.High
74
Report to supervisors or therapists, verbally or in writing, on patients' progress, attitudes, attendance, and accomplishments.High
65
Evaluate the living skills and capacities of clients with physical, developmental, or mental health disabilities.High
67
Encourage patients and attend to their physical needs to facilitate the attainment of therapeutic goals.High
58
Assist occupational therapists in planning, implementing, and administering therapy programs to restore, reinforce, and enhance performance, using selected activities and special equipment.High
72
Perform clerical, administrative, and secretarial duties, such as answering phones, restocking and ordering supplies, filling out paperwork, and scheduling appointments.Medium
74
Observe patients' attendance, progress, attitudes, and accomplishments and record and maintain information in client records.High
50
Instruct patients and families in work, social, and living skills, the care and use of adaptive equipment, and other skills to facilitate home and work adjustment to disability.High
63
Supervise patients in choosing and completing work assignments or arts and crafts projects.Medium
65
Transport patients to and from the occupational therapy work area.High
26
Most exposed

Where AI can do more

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

  1. Demonstrate therapy techniques, such as manual and creative arts and games.74
  2. Perform clerical, administrative, and secretarial duties, such as answering phones, restocking and ordering supplies, filling out paperwork, and scheduling appointments.74
  3. Assist occupational therapists in planning, implementing, and administering therapy programs to restore, reinforce, and enhance performance, using selected activities and special equipment.72
  4. Prepare and maintain work area, materials, and equipment and maintain inventory of treatment and educational supplies.71
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. Transport patients to and from the occupational therapy work area.01
  2. Observe patients' attendance, progress, attitudes, and accomplishments and record and maintain information in client records.02
  3. Prepare and maintain work area, materials, and equipment and maintain inventory of treatment and educational supplies.03
  4. Demonstrate therapy techniques, such as manual and creative arts and games.04
  5. Report to supervisors or therapists, verbally or in writing, on patients' progress, attitudes, attendance, and accomplishments.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 dependency48
Adoption pressure46
Labour-market resilience69
Methodology & sources

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

Confidence82/100
CalculatedAug 21, 2026
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