Select, order, and issue books, materials, and supplies for courses or projects.

“Select, order, and issue books, materials, and supplies for courses or projects.” is a core task performed by Self-Enrichment Teachers. Among the occupation's 30 rated tasks, workers place it 3rd by importance (#28 most important). About 83% 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.

• Select materials or equipment for operations or projects. in Making Decisions and Solving Problems
• Distribute materials, supplies, or resources. in Monitoring and Controlling Resources
• Purchase goods or services. in Monitoring and Controlling Resources

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E2. Exposure with tools — software built on top of a language model (not the model alone) could cut the time 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 0.50. Automation potential label: T3.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.002% share of AI-use records mapped to this task

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Instruct students individually and in groups, using various teaching methods, such as lectures, discussions, and demonstrations. · importance 4.5
• Adapt teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests. · importance 4.4
• Prepare students for further development by encouraging them to explore learning opportunities and to persevere with challenging tasks. · importance 4.4
• Observe students to determine qualifications, limitations, abilities, interests, and other individual characteristics. · importance 4.3
• Maintain accurate and complete student records as required by administrative policy. · importance 4.3
• Monitor students' performance to make suggestions for improvement and to ensure that they satisfy course standards, training requirements, and objectives. · importance 4.2
• Prepare and administer written, oral, and performance tests, and issue grades in accordance with performance. · importance 4.1
• Establish clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicate those objectives to students. · importance 4.1
• Assign and grade class work and homework. · importance 4.1
• Prepare instructional program objectives, outlines, and lesson plans. · importance 3.9
• Conduct classes, workshops, and demonstrations, and provide individual instruction to teach topics and skills, such as cooking, dancing, writing, physical fitness, photography, personal finance, and flying. · importance 3.9
• Instruct and monitor students in the use and care of equipment and materials to prevent injury and damage. · importance 3.9
• Confer with other teachers and professionals to plan and schedule lessons promoting learning and development. · importance 3.8
• Prepare materials and classrooms for class activities. · importance 3.8

See all tasks on the Self-Enrichment Teachers 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
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

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

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  title  = {Select, order, and issue books, materials, and supplies for courses or projects.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
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}