Green Careers

The future is green, the future is exciting.

As the world transitions to a more sustainable way of living, there are so many new and evolving career opportunities for the young and older to get involved in.  These careers can be interesting, engaging and rewarding, and they position you for the future.

All of these careers can have a sustainability and green angle, if they don’t appear to on the surface, they certainly do when you dig into what they involve.

• Agricultural contractor
• Agricultural technician
• Agronomist
• Arboriculture officer
• Architect 
• Automation engineer/designer
• Battery design engineer 
• Biologist
• Building controls officer
• Building controls technician
• Business efficiency manager
• Business performance scientist
• Carbon accounting practitioner
• Climate scientist
• Construction plant technologist
• Consumer scientist
• Control systems engineer 
• Corporate social responsibility practitioner
• Countryside officer
• Countryside ranger
• Crime prevention
• Cycling repair technician
• Data scientist
• Eco materials scientist
• Eco/sustainable tourism
• Ecologist
• Education technician
• Electrical engineer
• Electrical vehicle designer/engineer
• Electricity distribution worker
• Electricity generation worker
• Electronic engineer
• Energy assessor 
• Energy engineer
• Energy surveyor
• Energy storage engineer
• Environmental consultant
• Environmental heath practitioner
• Environmental surveyor
• Farm worker
• Farmer
• Food manufacturing 
• Food scientist
• Forestry worker
• Gardener
• Geospatial technician
• Graphic designer
• Grounds person
• Habitat surveyor
• Heat pump engineer
• Heating ventilation & controls technician/engineer
• Home retrofit installer
• Horticultural manager
• Horticultural therapist
• Horticultural worker
• Hydrogen and synthetic fuels engineer and designer
• Hydrologist
• Insulation installer
• Laboratory technician
• Landscape architect
• Landscaper
• Lighting technician
• Management consultant (focused on efficiency & sustainability & green technologies)
• Marine energy engineer/technician
• Market researcher (focused on new markets)
• Materials engineer 
• Materials technician
• Meteorologist
• Microbiologist
• Nuclear energy engineer
• Oceanographer 
• Patent attorney
• Psychologist
• Recycled metals worker
• Recycling engagement officer
• Refrigeration and air conditioning installer 
• Renewable energy engineer or technician
• Research scientist
• Robotics engineer
• Rural surveyor
• Signalling technician
• Smart home installer
• Smart meter installer
• Solar panel installer
• Sustainability consultant
• Sustainable supply chain advisor 
• Sustainable transport planner
• Telecoms engineer
• Thermal insulation engineer
• Tree surgeon
• Utility (water, energy, electricity, telecoms) engineer or technician
• Waste management engineer
• Waste management operative
• Waste management technician
• Water network operative
• Water treatment worker
• Wind turbine technician
• Zoologist
• Administrative roles in above sectors
• Business & finance roles in above
• Computing & digital roles in above
• Cyber-security roles in above
• Constructive and trades in above
• Creative & arts services in above
• Central and local government roles in above
• Local government officer for sustainability and climate change
• Hospitality and food (eg.  Healthy, dietary, and local food)
• Finance & investment in above sectors
• Law and legal services in above 
• Managerial roles in above
• Manufacturing roles in above
• Science and research roles in above
• Educational and training roles in above
• Retail and sales roles in above
• Marketing roles in above

This is not an exhaustive list. The list can be expanded by your imagination. Think to the future. There are so many opportunities.  Idea: Use LinkedIn to find people already in these industries and ask for their advice on how to break into the industry.

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Careers you may want to avoid include: fossil fuels industry, offshore exploration, gas boiler service technician, diesel/petrol combustion vehicle repair technician, cigarette/vape industry, fast fashion industry, gambling industry, financing of these industries.