Complete laboratory projects prior to assigning them to students so that any needed modifications can be made.

“Complete laboratory projects prior to assigning them to students so that any needed modifications can be made.” is a supplemental task performed by Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary. Among the occupation's 20 rated tasks, workers place it 12th by importance (#9 most important). About 35% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Evaluate programs, practices, or processes. in Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People
• Prepare informational or instructional materials. in Documenting/Recording Information

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E1. Direct exposure — a language model could plausibly cut the time to do this task by at least half.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 1.00. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Teach undergraduate-level courses. · importance 4.6
• Evaluate and grade examinations, assignments, or papers, and record grades. · importance 4.6
• Lead discussion sections, tutorials, or laboratory sections. · importance 4.3
• Develop teaching materials, such as syllabi, visual aids, answer keys, supplementary notes, or course Web sites. · importance 4.2
• Inform students of the procedures for completing and submitting class work, such as lab reports. · importance 4.1
• Return assignments to students in accordance with established deadlines. · importance 4.0
• Prepare or proctor examinations. · importance 3.9
• Tutor or mentor students who need additional instruction. · importance 3.9
• Demonstrate use of laboratory equipment and enforce laboratory rules. · importance 3.8
• Provide assistance to faculty members or staff with laboratory or field research. · importance 3.8
• Meet with supervisors to discuss students' grades or to complete required grade-related paperwork. · importance 3.7
• Schedule and maintain regular office hours to meet with students. · importance 3.7
• Order or obtain materials needed for classes. · importance 3.4
• Attend lectures given by the supervising instructor. · importance 3.4

See all tasks on the Teaching Assistants, Postsecondary page.

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-task-10966,
  title  = {Complete laboratory projects prior to assigning them to students so that any needed modifications can be made.},
  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/tasks/task-10966}
}