Reskilling
Reskilling for the AI era: courses by job family (2026)
For each of the 22 occupational families in the index, the course areas that match the work AI cannot finish on its own. Read it with the index’s main caveat in mind: exposure is not displacement. A high score says what current tools can produce, not that anyone will lose a job.
How the course areas were chosen
- From the index, not from a sales list. Every occupation page matches its own assisted and untouched tasks, and the activities they map to, against a fixed set of course areas. The family rows below pool those matches across the family.
- Searches, not picks. Each link opens a search on the provider’s own catalogue. We have not taken these courses, so we do not rate or rank them, and there are no star ratings on this page.
- Providers with open catalogues. The providers linked here publish their catalogue and let you see a syllabus before paying. Most of them pay this site a commission through an affiliate programme. That is why they are linked; it is not why anything is ordered, because nothing here is ordered by who pays.
- Credentials are honest about their limits. Trades, healthcare, law and public safety work needs a licence or registration from a state or national body. A course prepares you; it does not license you.
Every course and tool link below is a partner link: if you pay after following one, this site may earn a commission at no cost to you. That never touches a score. How the money works.
Course areas by job family
computedFamilies in index order, highest median exposed share first. The third column is the friction that most often keeps a person in the loop in that family.
| Family | Median exposed | What holds the line | Course areas |
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| Computer and mathematical | 57.2% | knowing things a model cannot hold |
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| Office and administrative support | 55.4% | knowing things a model cannot hold |
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| Sales | 49.7% | knowing things a model cannot hold |
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| Business and financial operations | 47.3% | knowing things a model cannot hold |
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| Educational instruction and library | 42.2% | knowing things a model cannot hold |
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| Management | 41.3% | knowing things a model cannot hold |
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| Architecture and engineering | 37.5% | knowing things a model cannot hold |
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| Arts, design, entertainment, sports and media | 37.5% | knowing things a model cannot hold |
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| Life, physical and social science | 36.0% | knowing things a model cannot hold |
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| Community and social service | 24.9% | knowing things a model cannot hold |
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| Transportation and material moving | 24.3% | a body in a place |
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| Personal care and service | 23.8% | a body in a place |
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| Legal | 22.0% | a name on the line |
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| Protective service | 18.6% | knowing things a model cannot hold |
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| Healthcare practitioner and technical | 18.5% | checking costing more than doing |
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| Food preparation and serving | 17.1% | a body in a place |
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| Production | 16.2% | a body in a place |
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| Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance | 15.4% | a body in a place |
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| Installation, maintenance and repair | 13.3% | a body in a place |
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| Healthcare support | 11.9% | a body in a place |
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| Farming, fishing and forestry | 9.9% | a body in a place |
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| Construction and extraction | 5.1% | a body in a place |
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The providers
partner links- Coursera Partner link Courses and professional certificates from universities and companies, including the Google Career Certificates. Many courses can be audited free.
- edX Partner link University courses, many with a free audit track and a paid verified certificate.
- Udemy Partner link A very large marketplace of single courses by independent instructors, strongest on practical and software skills. Quality varies by instructor, so read the reviews and the preview lessons.
- DataCamp Partner link Browser based practice in data analysis, Python, SQL and AI.
- Codecademy Partner link Interactive programming courses from first steps upward.
- LinkedIn Learning Partner link Short video courses on business, software and creative skills.
- Domestika Partner link Creative courses: design, illustration, photography, video.
- Skillshare Partner link Short creative and business classes on one subscription.
- Pluralsight Partner link Technology skills for developers and IT staff.
- 365 Data Science Partner link A structured data science curriculum.
- Brilliant Partner link Interactive maths, logic and computer science practice.
Prices, free trials and audit options change often. Check them on the provider’s page before you pay.
When you are ready to apply
partner links- Kickresume Partner link CV and cover letter builder.
- Zety Partner link Resume builder.
- Resume.io Partner link Resume and cover letter templates.
- TopResume Partner link Professional resume writing and a free review.
- FlexJobs Partner link Vetted remote and flexible job listings.
Start with your own job. The full rankings lead to a page for each of 923 occupations, with every task scored and a “Skills to build next” section matched to that job. How the scores are built is in the methodology.