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How exposed to AI is a Occupational Therapy Aide?

Of the 15 tasks O*NET lists for occupational therapy aides, 0 could be done in half the time with a chat window today. 13 cannot be sped up at all. Here is which.

Exposure means published research judged an AI could halve the time a task takes, at the same quality. It does not mean the task stops needing a person. How to read this

Also called
Certified Occupational Rehabilitation Aide (CORA)Direct Service Professional (DSP)Direct Support Professional (DSP)Occupational Rehabilitation AideOccupational Therapist Aide (OT Aide)Occupational Therapy Aide (OT Aide)Rehabilitation Aide (Rehab Aide)Rehabilitation Services AideRestorative Aide
Reachable today Needs software built first Cannot be sped up
15
tasks rated for this occupation
2%
hold a degree, from a survey of 23
3k
people do this job in the US
15 of 19
least protected in healthcare support

Every task, and what AI can do with it

These are O*NET's task statements for this occupation, exactly as written, sorted into the three bands by the ratings behind this report. Nothing has been reworded.

Only with software built on top

2
  • Report to supervisors or therapists, verbally or in writing, on patients' progress, attitudes, attendance, and accomplishments
  • Observe patients' attendance, progress, attitudes, and accomplishments and record and maintain information in client records

Cannot be sped up

13
  • Encourage patients and attend to their physical needs to facilitate the attainment of therapeutic goals
  • Prepare and maintain work area, materials, and equipment and maintain inventory of treatment and educational supplies
  • Transport patients to and from the occupational therapy work area
  • Instruct patients and families in work, social, and living skills, the care and use of adaptive equipment, and other skills to facilitate home and work adjustment to disability
  • Assist occupational therapists in planning, implementing, and administering therapy programs to restore, reinforce, and enhance performance, using selected activities and special equipment
  • Demonstrate therapy techniques, such as manual and creative arts and games
  • Manage intradepartmental infection control and equipment security
  • Perform clerical, administrative, and secretarial duties, such as answering phones, restocking and ordering supplies, filling out paperwork, and scheduling appointments
  • Supervise patients in choosing and completing work assignments or arts and crafts projects
  • Adjust and repair assistive devices and make adaptive changes to other equipment and to environments
  • Evaluate the living skills and capacities of physically, developmentally, or emotionally disabled clients
  • Accompany patients on outings, providing transportation when necessary
  • Assist educational specialists or clinical psychologists in administering situational or diagnostic tests to measure client's abilities or progress
What this does not say

This is not a prediction about your job

Nobody surveyed an employer. Tasks are counted equally, so a percentage here is a share of the list rather than a share of your week. And the ratings were made in 2023, which makes every figure a floor rather than a ceiling.

It must never be used to select anyone for redundancy. The full limits are here.

Where to go next

This is the standard task list for the title. The useful next question is which of the tasks you actually do should go near AI, and which should not.

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Exposure ratings from Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs, Science 384, 1306–1308, 2024, used under the MIT licence. This page includes information from the O*NET Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. People Team AI has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. Employment figures from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.