Environment & Land

17 careers in Environment & Land, ranked safest first: the career with the lowest AI exposure score, meaning the smallest share of its day-to-day work AI can already do, is at the top. For 4 of them the moat, what structurally protects the job, has not been classified yet; their cards say so rather than guessing.

Environment & Land at a glance
MOAT CLASSIFIED13 of 17 total
NO MOAT3
HAS A MOAT10
MOAT NOT YET CLASSIFIED4
MEDIAN AI EXPOSURE15 /100

Life, Physical & Social Science4

Sustainability Consultant

15

Environment & Land

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO15%moving to55%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSC
REGULATORY MOATThe law requires human oversight. That human could be you.
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Arborist

15

Environment & Land

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO15%moving to55%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSC
REGULATORY MOATThe law requires human oversight. That human could be you.
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Countryside and Park Officers and Rangers

15

Environment & Land

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO15%moving to60%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSC
PHYSICAL MOATThe work is hands-on, in the real world. Software alone can't do it.
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Park Warden

15

Environment & Land

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO15%moving to60%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSC
PHYSICAL MOATThe work is hands-on, in the real world. Software alone can't do it.
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Business & Financial Operations3

Sustainability Consultant

15

Environment & Land

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO15%moving to60%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSD
NO MOATNo physical, legal or personal barrier protects this work from software.
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Sustainability Officer

15

Environment & Land

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO15%moving to60%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSD
NO MOATNo physical, legal or personal barrier protects this work from software.
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Sustainability Officer

15

Environment & Land

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO15%moving to60%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSD
NO MOATNo physical, legal or personal barrier protects this work from software.
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Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance2

Groundsmen and Greenkeepers

15

Environment & Land

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO15%moving to60%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSC
PHYSICAL MOATThe work is hands-on, in the real world. Software alone can't do it.
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Parks and Gardens Managers

19

Environment & Land

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO19%moving to64%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSC
PHYSICAL MOATThe work is hands-on, in the real world. Software alone can't do it.
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Transportation & Material Moving2

Recycling Operative

15

Environment & Land

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO15%moving to60%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSC
PHYSICAL MOATThe work is hands-on, in the real world. Software alone can't do it.
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Recycling Manager

30

Environment & Land

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO30%moving to72%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSD
REGULATORY MOATThe law requires human oversight. That human could be you.
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Farming, Fishing & Forestry1

Gamekeeper

15

Environment & Land

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO15%moving to55%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSC
PHYSICAL MOATThe work is hands-on, in the real world. Software alone can't do it.
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Architecture & Engineering1

Garden Designer

35

Environment & Land

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO35%moving to60%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSC
RELATIONAL MOATPeople want a real person for this. That preference is the protection.
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Uncategorised4

These careers have no record in our AI outlook register, so there is no O*NET occupation code to group them by. Listed here rather than guessed into a category.

Remote Sensing Specialist

15

Environment & Land

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO15%moving to60%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSD
MOAT NOT YET CLASSIFIEDA real score, but the moat is not yet classified. No claim either way.
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Groundskeeper

15

Environment & Land

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO15%moving to60%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSD
MOAT NOT YET CLASSIFIEDA real score, but the moat is not yet classified. No claim either way.
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Forestry and related workers

15

Environment & Land

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO15%moving to60%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSD
MOAT NOT YET CLASSIFIEDA real score, but the moat is not yet classified. No claim either way.
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Refuse and Salvage Occupations

15

Environment & Land

AI IMPACT
AI CAN DO15%moving to60%
THE DOOR, NOWB
THE DOOR, 20 YRSD
MOAT NOT YET CLASSIFIEDA real score, but the moat is not yet classified. No claim either way.
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AI EXPOSURE = the share of a job's day-to-day tasks AI can already do today, from the same exposure engine used across this site (Anthropic labour market research, 2026, observed real-world AI usage by occupation). Higher means more exposed. It is a measurement of now, not a prediction. THE DOOR = how hard the job is to get into, grade A (easy) to E (extremely hard), from each career's published forecast (OpenAI, "The AI Jobs Transition Framework", Richmond 2026, CC BY 4.0). A card marked MOAT NOT YET CLASSIFIED has a real exposure score but no entry yet in our moat register, so we make no claim about what structurally protects it. Scorecard grades and verdicts are Careermash editorial judgment: we show forecasts as forecasts and own our conclusions. Salary and pathway figures are each career's own published profile. Careermash is a service provided by What School Ltd.

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