UK AI Exposure · Associate professional occupations
Other vocational and industrial trainers
Other vocational and industrial trainers provide instruction in manual, manipulative and other vocational skills and advise on, plan and organise vocational instruction within industrial, commercial and other establishments.
- Employees (UK)
- 125k
- Median annual pay
- £33,236
- Exposure score ?
- 1.1/10 Minimal direct 1.1 · with tools 10.0
- Wage exposure
- £457m
Higher exposure than 59% of the 379 UK occupations we scored.
What this score means
Most of this role's work is still genuinely hard for AI to do. Physical presence, bodily skill, high-context judgment, direct human care - the things that don't translate to text.
If you're in this role, here's what to do now
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The tasks in this role, ranked by AI exposure
Below are the real tasks O*NET records for this occupation, sorted highest exposure first. "AI can do this" means a language model can already handle the task directly. "AI can help" means an LLM can assist but not replace. "Human work" means today's AI doesn't touch it. Importance is O*NET's 1–5 rating of how central each task is to the role.
2 of 20 tasks in this role are things an AI can already do today. Task list mapped via O*NET "Training and Development Specialists" (13-1151.00).
Obtain, organize, or develop training procedure manuals, guides, or course materials, such as handouts or visual materials.
Evaluate training materials prepared by instructors, such as outlines, text, or handouts.
Present information with a variety of instructional techniques or formats, such as role playing, simulations, team exercises, group discussions, videos, or lectures.
Evaluate modes of training delivery, such as in-person or virtual, to optimize training effectiveness, training costs, or environmental impacts.
Offer specific training programs to help workers maintain or improve job skills.
Assess training needs through surveys, interviews with employees, focus groups, or consultation with managers, instructors, or customer representatives.
Monitor, evaluate, or record training activities or program effectiveness.
Design, plan, organize, or direct orientation and training programs for employees or customers.
Develop alternative training methods if expected improvements are not seen.
Monitor training costs and prepare budget reports to justify expenditures.
Devise programs to develop executive potential among employees in lower-level positions.
Keep up with developments in area of expertise by reading current journals, books, or magazine articles.
Attend meetings or seminars to obtain information for use in training programs or to inform management of training program status.
Coordinate recruitment and placement of training program participants.
Select and assign instructors to conduct training.
Negotiate contracts with clients for desired training outcomes, fees, or expenses.
Supervise, evaluate, or refer instructors to skill development classes.
Schedule classes based on availability of classrooms, equipment, or instructors.
Refer trainees to employer relations representatives, to locations offering job placement assistance, or to appropriate social services agencies, if warranted.
Develop or implement training programs related to efficiency, recycling, or other issues with environmental impacts.
Where a project with Alex usually starts for this role
This role's strict α score is low because its top tasks are judgment, not drafting. But those same tasks compress dramatically when AI is paired with the right context and tools. The three highest-stakes tasks below are usually where we start.
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Present information with a variety of instructional techniques or formats, such as role playing, simulations, team exercises, group discussions, videos, or lectures.
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Obtain, organize, or develop training procedure manuals, guides, or course materials, such as handouts or visual materials.
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Evaluate modes of training delivery, such as in-person or virtual, to optimize training effectiveness, training costs, or environmental impacts.
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Methodology
This role's exposure score comes from Eloundou et al's 2023 GPT task labels, aggregated by O*NET importance within each O*NET-SOC code, then bridged to UK SOC 2020 via ISCO-08 (ONS Vol 2 coding index) and US SOC 2010 (BLS crosswalk). Employment and median pay come from ONS ASHE Table 14.7a, 2025 provisional. ASHE covers employees only, so self-employed workers are not counted.
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