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Advise others on educational or vocational matters

Work activity · O*NET

Advise others on educational or vocational matters is an intermediate work activity in the O*NET database — a concrete task that recurs across many occupations , grouped under Providing Consultation and Advice to Others. 78 occupations report doing it as part of their work.

What it involves

The most common detailed activities O*NET records under this category, ranked by how many occupation tasks map to each.

  • Advise students on academic or career matters
  • Advise educators on curricula, instructional methods, or policies
  • Discuss student progress with parents or guardians
  • Advise others on career or personal development
  • Counsel clients regarding educational or vocational issues
  • Advise others on educational matters
  • Advise others on social or educational issues
  • Discuss child development and behavior with parents or guardians

How AI is applied to this activity

Microsoft's "Working with AI" study mapped real Bing Copilot conversations to O*NET work activities. The figures below are their measurements for this activity — they describe how AI is used today in one assistant's data, not a forecast that the activity will be automated.

AI completes it successfully 89.7% When Copilot attempts this activity, how often it finishes the task
Scope AI handles 40.0% How much of the activity AI carries within a conversation
Positive user feedback 73.7% Share of interactions users rated positively
How often AI is applied here 89th pct Percentile across all measured activities by how often AI performs them

Source: Microsoft "Working with AI" (working-with-ai). A high completion rate means AI can assist the activity in isolation — it does not mean an occupation that performs it is being automated, since every job blends many activities.

Detailed work activities

The more granular units of work O*NET groups under this activity, ordered by how many occupations perform them.

Occupations that perform this activity

Ranked by how many of the occupation's tasks map to this activity.

Occupation Tasks
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 7
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 6
Instructional Coordinators 6
Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary 6
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 5
Education Teachers, Postsecondary 5
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary 5
Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary 5
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 4
Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary 4
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary 4
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary 4
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary 4
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 4
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary 4
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary 4
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary 4
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary 4
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary 4
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 4
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 4
Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary 4
Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 4
Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary 4
Geography Teachers, Postsecondary 4
History Teachers, Postsecondary 4
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 4
Law Teachers, Postsecondary 4
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary 4
Physics Teachers, Postsecondary 4
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary 4
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary 4
Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary 4
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 4
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 4
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors 3
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School 3
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 3
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 3
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 3

Showing 40 of 78 occupations.

Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 40 occupations in occupations that perform Advise others on educational or vocational matters.. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Special Education Teachers, Middle School Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education Special Education Teachers, Secondary School Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary Physics Teachers, Postsecondary Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary Law Teachers, Postsecondary AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that perform Advise others on educational or vocational matters., by AI task-overlap and median pay

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

Cite this page
Plain

Singulariki. "Advise others on educational or vocational matters." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/activities/advise-others-on-educational-or-vocational-matters

APA

Singulariki. (2026). Advise others on educational or vocational matters. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/activities/advise-others-on-educational-or-vocational-matters

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-advise-others-on-educational-or-vocational-matters,
  title  = {Advise others on educational or vocational matters},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/activities/advise-others-on-educational-or-vocational-matters}
}

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