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What can landscaping and groundskeeping workers switch to?

13 jobs with similar skills where less of the shift is touched by AI or robots.

Time card for pressers, textile, garment, and related materials: 40m of an 8-hour shift touched by AI or robotsTime card: Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials →

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What can landscaping and groundskeeping workers switch to? AI or robots touch about 3h 41m of a typical 8-hour shift for landscaping and groundskeeping workers, nearly all of it on tasks AI or robots have done on their own somewhere. The jobs below use many of the same skills, and less of their day is touched today. The closest fit is pressers, textile, garment, and related materials: 40m touched, with median pay 10% lower.

Matches come from O*NET's ratings of the skills, knowledge and work activities each job uses. "To build up" lists the skills each option rates as clearly more important than landscaping and groundskeeping workers do today. "Touched" is time on tasks with documented AI use or robots working in real workplaces. Treat these as starting points: pay, openings and requirements differ by state.

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  1. Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related MaterialsClose skills · 40m touched (vs 3h 41m) · $35k · -15.7% by 2035 · little or no preparationShared skills: Operation and Control, Equipment Maintenance, Equipment SelectionNo big skill gaps
  2. Helpers for Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco MasonsClose skills · 26m touched (vs 3h 41m) · $40k · +1.5% by 2035 · little or no preparationShared skills: Repairing, Equipment Selection, Equipment MaintenanceNo big skill gaps
  3. Quarry Rock SplittersClose skills · 0m touched (vs 3h 41m) · $49k · +5.8% by 2035 · little or no preparationShared skills: Operation and Control, Repairing, Equipment MaintenanceNo big skill gaps
  4. Sewing Machine OperatorsClose skills · 19m touched (vs 3h 41m) · $37k · -15.1% by 2035 · little or no preparationShared skills: Operation and Control, Equipment Maintenance, Operations MonitoringTo build up: Monitoring
  5. FallersClose skills · 6m touched (vs 3h 41m) · $52k · -9.9% by 2035 · little or no preparationShared skills: Operation and Control, Repairing, Equipment SelectionTo build up: Monitoring, Operations Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making
  6. Laundry and Dry-Cleaning WorkersClose skills · 58m touched (vs 3h 41m) · $35k · +4.3% by 2035 · little or no preparationShared skills: Operation and Control, Operations Monitoring, TroubleshootingTo build up: Monitoring
  7. Hand SewersClose skills · 0m touched (vs 3h 41m) · $36k · -12% by 2035 · little or no preparationShared skills: Operation and ControlNo big skill gaps
  8. Maids and Housekeeping CleanersClose skills · 1h 51m touched (vs 3h 41m) · $36k · +0.6% by 2035 · little or no preparationShared skills: Troubleshooting, InstallationTo build up: Service Orientation

With more training

  1. Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and BrazersClose skills · 29m touched (vs 3h 41m) · $54k · +2.4% by 2035 · high school diploma, some trainingShared skills: Equipment Selection, Operation and Control, Operations MonitoringTo build up: Quality Control Analysis, Monitoring
  2. Refractory Materials RepairersClose skills · 20m touched (vs 3h 41m) · $61k · -13.7% by 2035 · high school diploma, some trainingShared skills: Operation and Control, Repairing, Equipment SelectionTo build up: Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, Operations Monitoring
  3. Helpers for Production WorkersClose skills · 2h 55m touched (vs 3h 41m) · $39k · -8.2% by 2035 · high school diploma, some trainingShared skills: Repairing, Equipment Maintenance, Operation and ControlNo big skill gaps
  4. Molders, Shapers, and CastersClose skills · 6m touched (vs 3h 41m) · $46k · +5.8% by 2035 · high school diploma, some trainingShared skills: Operation and Control, Equipment Selection, RepairingNo big skill gaps
  5. Slaughterers and Meat PackersClose skills · 1h 37m touched (vs 3h 41m) · $40k · +2% by 2035 · high school diploma, some trainingShared skills: TroubleshootingNo big skill gaps

Before you switch

See the full time card for landscaping and groundskeeping workers first: many tasks there still need a person, and learning AI tools for the rest can be its own way forward. For pay where you live, open any job above and pick your state.