AI exposure: Range Managers
Research or study range land management practices to provide sustained production of forage, livestock, and wildlife.
Reading this score
computed30.3% of this occupation's weighted task load is exposed, which puts Range Managers at the 54th percentile of 923 occupations. The capability is largely there. Its average task scores 2.2 out of 4 on what a current system can produce, and the frictions that hold other jobs in place are comparatively weak here.
What holds the line here is context. Across this occupation's 18 tasks it averages 1.94 out of 3, the highest of the five friction dimensions. In plain terms, the work depends on knowledge the model cannot hold. Much of this job runs on things that were never written down: what this particular organisation does, what happened last week, what the person across the table actually meant. That context is the barrier, and it erodes as systems are given more access.
The most exposed thing this job does is Develop technical standards and specifications used to manage, protect, and improve the natural..., at 50.0%. The least is Apply herbicide to eliminate harmful plants, at 0.0%. A gap of 50.0% between two parts of the same job is the reason this index publishes at task level. An occupation-wide number would have hidden both.
Within life, physical and social science occupations, this one is less exposed than the median of 36.3% across the group's 60 roles, with 39 scoring higher. Being in an exposed family does not make a particular job exposed, and the reverse holds too.
What would move this score. Of 18 tasks, 10 are currently banded exposed, 5 assisted and 3 untouched. For that distribution to shift materially would take cheaper ways to verify output, since the cost of checking is currently doing more to hold this work in place than the cost of producing it. The score is re-computed every quarter against a fresh capability reference, and the change is published rather than quietly applied.
Task by task
18 tasks, O*NET 31.0| Task | Exposed | Assisted | Untouched | Importance | Band |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Develop technical standards and specifications used to manage, protect, and improve the natural resources of range lands and related grazing lands. | 50.0% | 25.0% | 25.0% | 3.55 | exposed |
| Study grazing patterns to determine number and kind of livestock that can be most profitably grazed and to determine the best grazing seasons. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 4.30 | exposed |
| Study rangeland management practices and research range problems to provide sustained production of forage, livestock, and wildlife. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 4.17 | exposed |
| Offer advice to rangeland users on water management, forage production methods, and control of brush. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 4.13 | exposed |
| Coordinate with federal land managers and other agencies and organizations to manage and protect rangelands. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 4.05 | exposed |
| Study forage plants and their growth requirements to determine varieties best suited to particular range. | 45.0% | 30.0% | 25.0% | 3.55 | exposed |
| Manage private livestock operations. | 33.3% | 29.2% | 37.5% | 3.82 | exposed |
| Regulate grazing, such as by issuing permits and checking for compliance with standards, and help ranchers plan and organize grazing systems to manage, improve, protect, and maximize the use of rangelands. | 27.2% | 31.1% | 41.7% | 3.74 | assisted |
| Tailor conservation plans to landowners' goals, such as livestock support, wildlife, or recreation. | 26.7% | 23.3% | 50.0% | 4.35 | exposed |
| Maintain soil stability and vegetation for non-grazing uses, such as wildlife habitats and outdoor recreation. | 26.7% | 23.3% | 50.0% | 4.24 | exposed |
| Manage forage resources through fire, herbicide use, or revegetation to maintain a sustainable yield from the land. | 26.7% | 23.3% | 50.0% | 4.23 | exposed |
| Plan and implement revegetation of disturbed sites. | 25.0% | 25.0% | 50.0% | 3.85 | assisted |
| Plan and direct construction and maintenance of range improvements, such as fencing, corrals, stock-watering reservoirs, and soil-erosion control structures. | 23.3% | 26.7% | 50.0% | 3.81 | assisted |
| Develop new and improved instruments and techniques for activities, such as range reseeding. | 23.3% | 26.7% | 50.0% | 3.18 | assisted |
| Develop methods for protecting range from fire and rodent damage and for controlling poisonous plants. | 23.3% | 26.7% | 50.0% | 3.00 | assisted |
| Measure and assess vegetation resources for biological assessment companies, environmental impact statements, and rangeland monitoring programs. | 13.3% | 11.7% | 75.0% | 4.00 | untouched |
| Mediate agreements among rangeland users and preservationists as to appropriate land use and management. | 6.7% | 18.3% | 75.0% | 4.20 | untouched |
| Apply herbicide to eliminate harmful plants. | 0.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 2.86 | untouched |
Task text and importance ratings sourced from O*NET 31.0. Shares computed. The occupation score is the importance-weighted mean.
Where the score comes from
judgedEvery task is scored through the standardised work activities it maps to. These are this occupation’s averages on the six rubric dimensions. Capability is what AI can do; the other five are what stands in the way.
| Dimension | Mean | Scale |
|---|---|---|
| Capability | 2.16 | 0-4 |
| Embodiment | 1.17 | 0-3 |
| Presence | 0.82 | 0-3 |
| Accountability | 1.29 | 0-3 |
| Context | 1.94 | 0-3 |
| Verification cost | 1.89 | 0-3 |
What this means in practice
Where most of a role's weighted task load is exposed, the work that survives is usually the part of the job nobody wrote into the job description: deciding what should be produced rather than producing it, and being answerable for the result. The tasks lowest on this page are a better guide to where to spend your time than any general advice about the future of work.
Occupations either side of this one
The four closest scores in the same occupational family, then the four closest anywhere in the index.
Read this carefully. Exposure is not displacement. A high score means current AI systems can produce this work, not that anyone will stop paying a person to do it. Adoption depends on economics, regulation and inertia that this index deliberately does not model. How the score is built.