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Professionals · code 2330

Secondary education teachers

Secondary education teachers teach one or more subjects at secondary education level, excluding subjects intended to prepare students for employment in specific occupational areas. Tasks include - (a) designing and modifying curricula and preparing educational courses of study in accordance with curriculum guidelines; (b) establishing and enforcing rules for behaviour and procedures for maintaining order among students; (c) preparing and giving lessons, discussions, and demonstrations in one or more subjects; (d) establishing clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicating those objectives to students; (e) preparing materials and classrooms for class activities; (f) adapting teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students’ varying needs and interests; (g) observing and evaluating students’ performance and behaviour; (h) preparing, administering and marking tests, assignments and examinations to evaluate pupils' progress; (i) preparing reports about pupils’ work and conferring with other teachers and parents; (j) participating in meetings concerning the school’s educational or organizational policies; (k) planning, organizing and participating in school activities such as excursions, sporting events and concerts. Examples of the occupations classified here: - Secondary school teacher - High school teacher Some related occupations classified elsewhere: - Head teacher - 1345 - School principal - 1345 - Vocational education teacher - 2320 - Schools inspector - 2351 - Literacy tutor (private tuition) - 2359 - Mathematics coach (private tuition) - 2359 - School counsellor - 2359 Notes Those who teach vocational subjects that are intended to prepare students for employment in a particular occupational group should be classified in Unit Group 2320: Vocational Education Teachers, whether they work in a general secondary school or in a vocational or technical school or college. Those who teach, at secondary education level, subjects such as mathematics that do not aim to prepare students for employment in a specific occupational area, should be classified in Unit Group 2330: Secondary Education Teachers, even if they are employed in a vocational or technical college.

None of this job's tasks scored high enough to count. It ranks 239 of 427 for holding up against AI.

Also known as

  • secondary school teacher

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70.2
Holds up
against AI Not Exposed

AI could take on 29.8 of 100, on average
so it holds up at 100 − 29.8 = 70.2

That's the whole sum, and you can check it against the ILO's study.

27.5
How hands-on
out of 100

From O*NET, matched to one US job

9.8
How fiddly
and cramped

finger skill 16 · hand skill 1.7 · cramped spaces 11.8 · 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 27.5 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 46.5, while the average is 29.8. 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.

  1. 46.5

    Designing and modifying curricula and preparing educational courses of study in accordance with curriculum guidelines

    Low
  2. 35

    Preparing, administering and marking tests, assignments and examinations to evaluate pupils' progress

    Low
  3. 34

    Preparing reports about pupils' work and conferring with other teachers and parents

    Low
  4. 32

    Establishing clear objectives for all lessons, units, and projects and communicating those objectives to students

    Low
  5. 30.5

    Planning, organizing and participating in school activities such as excursions, sporting events and concerts.

    Low
  6. 26.5

    Preparing and giving lessons, discussions and demonstrations in one or more subjects

    Low
  7. 26

    Adapting teaching methods and instructional materials to meet students' varying needs and interests

    Low
  8. 26

    Observing and evaluating students’ performance and behaviour

    Low
  9. 25.5

    Participating in meetings concerning the school's educational or organizational policies

    Low
  10. 23.5

    Preparing materials and classrooms for class activities

    Very Low
  11. 22.5

    Establishing and enforcing rules for behaviour and procedures for maintaining order among students

    Very Low

11 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.

2 Australian jobs match this one, and we've simply averaged them. Treat the numbers as a rough guide.

AI helps you
60
AI does it for you
34.5

Helping wins by 25.5 points.

estimated Our Gen AI Transition (Gen AI Capacity Study) September 2025 detailed data release data 0.7-work-setting matched to Australian jobs 2413, 2414

Compared with similar jobs

There are 92 jobs in the “Professionals” group, averaging 61.2. This one is above that.