Managers · code 1349
Professional services managers not elsewhere classified
This unit group covers managers who plan, direct, coordinate and evaluate the provision of specialized professional and technical services and are not classified in Minor Group 121: Business Services and Administration Managers, or elsewhere in Minor Group 134: Professional Services Managers. For instance, managers responsible for the provision of policing, correctional, library, legal and fire services are classified here. In such cases tasks would include - (a) providing overall direction and management for a service, facility, organization or centre; (b) developing, implementing and monitoring procedures, policies and standards for staff; (c) directing, supervising and evaluating the work activities of professional, technical, clerical, service, maintenance and other personnel; (d) monitoring and evaluating resources devoted to the provision of services; (e) controlling administrative operations such as budget planning, report preparation, and expenditure on supplies, equipment and services; (f) planning, directing and coordinating the provision of services; (g) coordinating cooperation with other service provision agencies in the same or related fields; (h) managing budgets, controlling expenditure and ensuring the efficient use of resources; (i) overseeing the selection, training and performance of staff. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Archives manager - Art gallery manager - Correctional services manager - Legal service manager - Library manager - Museum manager - Police superintendent - Prison governor Note Professional services managers are responsible for planning, directing and coordinating the provision of specialized professional and technical services. Specialized qualifications and extensive experience relevant to one or more occupations classified in Major Group 2: Professionals, or Major Group 3: Technicians and Associate Professionals, are usually required.
A few tasks are affected, but the heart of the job isn't. It ranks 315 of 427 for holding up against AI.
Also known as
- artistic director
- rescue centre manager
- energy manager
- archive manager
- airspace manager
- service manager
- medical laboratory manager
- publications coordinator
- chief fire officer
- aviation communications and frequency coordination manager
- aviation surveillance and code coordination manager
- court administrator
- book publisher
- front of house manager
- library manager
- airside safety manager
- translation agency manager
- interpretation agency manager
- environmental protection manager
- sport administrator
- museum director
- correctional services manager
- commercial art gallery manager
Job titles from the EU's ESCO list. Search for any of them on the jobs page and you'll end up here.
against AI Minimal Exposure
AI could take on 38.4 of 100, on average
so it holds up at 100 − 38.4 = 61.6
That's the whole sum, and you can check it against the ILO's study.
out of 100
From O*NET, averaged across 10 US jobs , so treat it as rough
and cramped
finger skill 19.6 · hand skill 15.8 · cramped spaces 12.7 · averaged
Kind of hands-on work · hands-on under 50 Less than half hands-on
Less than half of this job is hands-on. Robots still matter, but for a smaller part of the work, so we don't sort it any further.
estimated O*NET 31.0 BLS occupational crosswalk chain ISCO-08 to 2010 SOC (Aug 2012, rev. Jun 2015); 2010 to 2018 SOC (Nov 2017); O*NET-SOC 2019 taxonomy data 0.7-work-setting measures chosen by Frey & Osborne (2017) · the grouping is a sorting, not a measurement
What this number leaves out This job rates 30.9 out of 100 for how hands-on it is. The score above only looks at AI tools, not robots, but for work this far from the physical that matters less.
The tasks behind the score
The score is the average of these. A job is really a bundle of tasks, and an average can hide how uneven that bundle is.
The task AI could do most of scores 55.5, while the average is 38.4. A big gap means some of this job is wide open to AI and some of it barely at all. That's quite different from a job where everything sits somewhere in the middle, even when the averages match.
- 55.5
Controlling administrative operations such as budget planning, report preparation, and expenditure on supplies, equipment and services
Medium - 43.5
Planning, directing and coordinating the provision of services
Low - 41
Monitoring and evaluating resources devoted to the provision of services
Low - 36.5
Directing, supervising and evaluating the work activities of professional technical, clerical, service, maintenance, and other personnel
Low - 35.5
Developing, implementing and monitoring procedures, policies and standards for staff
Low - 34.5
Providing overall direction and management for a service, facility, organization or centre
Low - 33.5
Managing budgets, controlling expenditure and ensuring the efficient use of resources
Low - 33.3
Coordinating cooperation with other service provision agencies in the same or related fields
Low - 32
Overseeing the selection, training and performance of staff.
Low
9 tasks · the High to Very Low labels are the ILO's
from the source Working Paper 140, Generative AI and Jobs 2025 index data 0.7-work-setting
Helped, or replaced?
The score above can't tell a tool that makes you faster from one that does the task instead of you. Jobs and Skills Australia looked at those two things separately, and this is their result, matched to this job.
4 Australian jobs match this one, and we've simply averaged them. Treat the numbers as a rough guide.
- AI helps you
- 71
- AI does it for you
- 41.3
Helping wins by 29.7 points.
estimated Our Gen AI Transition (Gen AI Capacity Study) September 2025 detailed data release data 0.7-work-setting matched to Australian jobs 1332, 1391, 1399, 2246
Compared with similar jobs
There are 30 jobs in the “Managers” group, averaging 64. This one is below that.
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- Child care services managers 70.1
- Legislators 68.7
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- Construction managers 66.2
- Aged care services managers 65.6
- Mining managers 65.3
- Human resource managers 64.4
- Policy and planning managers 64.1
- Health services managers 63.7
- Education managers 63.7
- Restaurant managers 63.7
- Senior officials of special-interest … 63.2
- Social welfare managers 63.1
- Finance managers 62.7
- Hotel managers 62.7
- Managing directors and chief executiv… 62.4
- Senior government officials 62.3
- Manufacturing managers 62.1
- Supply, distribution and related mana… 61.5
- Advertising and public relations mana… 61.2
- Research and development managers 60.3
- Sales and marketing managers 58.8
- Business services and administration … 58.1
- Retail and wholesale trade managers 56.4
- Information and communications techno… 56