Prepare activity or work schedules.

Prepare activity or work schedules. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 6 occupations and seen in 6 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Assign work to others. in Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others .

Detailed work activities are the most granular shared layer in O*NET's work-activity hierarchy (Generalized → Intermediate → Detailed → occupation-specific task). The figures below describe how this activity shows up across the economy and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the work will be automated.

AI exposure

Of the 6 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 6 (100%) are flagged as directly exposed to language models (E1) or exposed via model-powered tools (E2).

Exposure estimates overlap with model capabilities — whether a model could speed the task up — not whether the work will be done by software. Observed AI use is augmentation and assistance today, not jobs replaced.

Member tasks

Occupation-specific tasks O*NET maps to this detailed work activity, most important first.

• Prepare work schedules and assign duties to subordinates. · First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Set up employee work schedules. · First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers · importance 4.2 · direct LLM exposure
• Schedule employee work assignments and set work priorities. · First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Schedule courses. · English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.8 · exposure with tools
• Arrange daily schedules for prisoners, including library visits, work assignments, family visits, and counseling appointments. · Correctional Officers and Jailers · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools
• Develop department and course schedules. · Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.5 · exposure with tools

Occupations that perform this

• First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers
• First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives
• First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers
• English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary
• Correctional Officers and Jailers
• Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary

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.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

@misc{singulariki-prepare-activity-or-work-schedules,
  title  = {Prepare activity or work schedules.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/detailed-activities/prepare-activity-or-work-schedules}
}