Supervise laboratory work.

Supervise laboratory work. is a detailed work activity in O*NET — a concrete unit of work shared across 19 occupations and seen in 19 occupation-specific tasks. It rolls up into the broader work activity Supervise personnel activities. in Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates .

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 19 tasks under this activity that the OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rated, 4 (21%) 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.

• Supervise students' laboratory and clinical work. · Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 4.7 · no direct exposure
• Supervise students' laboratory work. · Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 4.5 · no direct exposure
• Supervise students' laboratory or field work. · Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Supervise students' laboratory or field work. · Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 4.4 · no direct exposure
• Lead discussion sections, tutorials, or laboratory sections. · Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary · importance 4.3 · no direct exposure
• Supervise students' laboratory work. · Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 4.3 · exposure with tools
• Supervise students' laboratory and field work. · Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Supervise students' laboratory and field work. · Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Supervise laboratory sessions. · Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Supervise laboratory work and field work. · Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Supervise laboratory sessions and field work and coordinate laboratory operations. · Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 4.2 · no direct exposure
• Supervise independent or group projects, field placements, laboratory work, or other training. · Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 4.2 · exposure with tools
• Supervise students' laboratory work. · Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 4.1 · exposure with tools
• Supervise students' laboratory work. · Physics Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 4.1 · no direct exposure
• Supervise students' laboratory work. · Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 4.1 · no direct exposure
• Supervise students' laboratory work. · Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 4.0 · exposure with tools
• Supervise other food science technicians. · Food Science Technicians · importance 3.8 · no direct exposure
• Supervise students' laboratory and field work. · Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.7 · no direct exposure
• Supervise students' laboratory and field work. · Geography Teachers, Postsecondary · importance 3.7 · no direct exposure

Occupations that perform this

• Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary
• Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary
• Forestry and Conservation Science Teachers, Postsecondary
• Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary
• Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary
• Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary
• Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary
• Social Work Teachers, Postsecondary
• Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
• Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
• Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
• Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary
• Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary
• Physics Teachers, Postsecondary
• Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary
• Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary
• Food Science Technicians
• Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary
• Geography 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-supervise-laboratory-work,
  title  = {Supervise laboratory work.},
  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/supervise-laboratory-work}
}