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Some of the sectors, which have the potential for green jobs are as follows:

                      Sector                    Areas/ Field                                Green Jobs
                    Agriculture       • Organic farming                      • Water quality technician
                                      • Watershed management                 • Rain water harvesting professionals and technician
                                      • Rain water harvesting                • Solar pump technician
                                                                             • Greenhouse or polyhouse professionals and
                                                                             technicians
                   Construction       • Planning, design and manufacturing     • Green builders
                                     of energy efficient lighting appliances  • Green design professionals

                                     and equipment                           • Green workers
                                      • Increasing efficiency of existing
                                     buildings through energy audits
                                      • Planning, design, and construction of
                                     green buildings

                                      • Green plumbing, using sensor based
                                     equipment
                      Energy          • Research, construction, and          • Solar Cell Technicians and Engineers
                                     monitoring of power plant, including     • Wind energy professionals
                                     plant efficiency and carbon             • Wind energy workers
                                     sequestration measures.                 • Biofuel professionals
                                      • Increased power plant efficiency     • Wave energy producers

                     Forestry         • Reforestation and afforestation projects    • Natural scientists
                                      • Agroforestry and vertical farming for
                                     better utilisation of natural resources
                  Manufacturing • Pollution control                          • Recyclers

                                      • Energy efficiency
                                      • Recycling waste materials
                      Retail          • Greener products and specifically     • Green salesperson
                                     targeted green stores                   • Accountants
                                                                             • Cashiers
                                                                             • Sales associates
                   Automotive         • Research and design on more fuel     • Clean car engineers
                  and Transport      efficient vehicles and on public
                                     transport systems
                                      • Manufacture of alternatively fuelled
                                     vehicles
                   Tourism and        • Eco-friendly practices, such as      • Eco-tour guides
                    Hospitality      centralized lighting and air conditioning  • Green tour guides

                                     systems for saving electricity
                                      • Eco-tour guides

                    Education         • Research and development activities for  • Teachers teaching environmental education
                                     promoting green growth and economy      • Green scientist
                                      • Teaching environmental education     • Conservation biologists
                                      • Research and development in
                                     conservation of natural resources

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