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School Bus Monitors

The short answer

This job is less likely to change much. Most of the work is the kind AI can't help with. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 6,003 openings expected each year.

Step 1

Where your job stands

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second least exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. Most of what it involves isn't the kind of work AI can take over.

How much AI could touch this job

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Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about a quarter of this job's tasks.

What this means

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second least exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.

Step 2

What AI can and can’t help with in this job

This job is in the second least exposed fifth of New York jobs for AI exposure. The tasks below show why: most of what it involves is work AI can't simply take over.

AI can help with or automate about 17% of the tasks in this job.

Tasks AI can help with or automate

  1. Announce routes or stops.

    AI could do much of this on its own

  2. Report delays, accidents, or other traffic and transportation situations to dispatchers or other bus drivers, using phones or mobile two-way radios.

    AI could do much of this on its own

  3. Write and submit reports that include data such as the number of passengers or trips, hours worked, mileage driven, or fuel consumed.

    AI could do much of this on its own

Tasks AI can't do much of

  1. Assist children with disabilities or children with psychological, emotional, or behavioral issues with boarding and exiting the school bus.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  2. Buckle seatbelts or fasten wheelchair tie-down straps to secure passengers for transportation.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  3. Clean school bus interiors by picking up waste, wiping down windows, or vacuuming.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  4. Direct students boarding and exiting the school bus.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  5. Direct students evacuating the bus during safety drills.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

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