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maintain pastures

🔻 Declining ESCO reuse: sector-specific

Ensure that animals on pastures or grazing lands have enough feed. Employ pasture-conservation measures such as grazing in rotation.

maintain pastures — ensure that animals on pastures or grazing lands have enough feed. Employ pasture-conservation measures such as grazing in rotation. McKinsey's Skill Change Index places it in the declining band (SCI 50.68/100) — a skill likely to fall in demand as AI and automation cover more of its ground by 2030. ESCO classifies it as a sector-specific (rooted in one industry) skill within skills. It is currently listed by 3 occupations in our catalogue, including equine worker, livestock worker, and shepherd.

Category: skills › feeding and grooming animals SCI: 50.68/100 Also known as: animal grazing land maintaining, maintaining grazing land, maintaining pastures, maintaining animal pastures, maintaining animal grazing land, pastures maintaining

Occupations that require maintain pastures

Showing top 3 of 3 occupations · ranked by India employment volume, then AI-durability.

equine worker · 🤖 5.0/10
livestock worker · 🤖 5.0/10
shepherd · 🤖 5.0/10

Frequently asked questions

What is maintain pastures?

Ensure that animals on pastures or grazing lands have enough feed. Employ pasture-conservation measures such as grazing in rotation.

What category of skill is maintain pastures?

ESCO classifies maintain pastures under the skills category, specifically in the feeding and grooming animals subcategory.

Is maintain pastures an AI-durable skill?

McKinsey's Skill Change Index places it in the declining band (SCI 50.68/100) — a skill likely to fall in demand as AI and automation cover more of its ground by 2030. Prioritise this skill only when it directly enables paid work today — plan for AI to absorb more of it every year.

Which jobs require maintain pastures?

In our catalogue, 3 occupations list maintain pastures as a required or important skill. The top occupations by employment volume include equine worker, livestock worker, shepherd.

How transferable is maintain pastures between industries?

ESCO tags maintain pastures as a sector-specific (rooted in one industry) skill — a signal of how portable it is when you change field.

Is maintain pastures the same as animal grazing land maintaining?

Yes — maintain pastures is also known as animal grazing land maintaining, maintaining grazing land, maintaining pastures, maintaining animal pastures, maintaining animal grazing land, pastures maintaining, maintain animal pastures, or maintain grazing land. They refer to the same underlying capability in the ESCO taxonomy.

How can I learn maintain pastures?

The most reliable path is to pick a job or project that demands maintain pastures and learn through delivery. Complement that with role-specific roadmaps and short courses. Explore the occupations below to see where this skill is used in practice.

Data: ESCO v1.2.1 (CC-BY-4.0). Durability framework informed by McKinsey Global Institute (Nov 2025). See our methodology.