Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an arboriculturist can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an arboriculturist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Arboriculturists carry out specialised tasks related to observation, health and maintenance of trees.

Also known as arborist, arboretum worker, arboriculture specialist, tree climber, climber, arboriculturists, tree doctor.

Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 34 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: tree surgeon, 81%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
tree surgeon 81% covered forest worker 41% covered forestry adviser 24% covered forester 20% covered forestry technician 19% covered arboriculturist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from arboriculturist, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an arboriculturist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

An arboriculturist needs 26 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • monitor grounds information skills
  • monitor tree health handling and moving
  • protect trees assisting and caring
  • carry out aerial tree rigging constructing
  • control tree diseases handling and moving
  • handle geospatial technologies working with computers
  • minimize risks in tree operations information skills
  • perform tree thinning handling and moving
  • safeguard biodiversity assisting and caring
  • tree preservation and conservation agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an arboriculturist does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Arboriculturist is filed under Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers, ISCO major group 6. The full index lists all ten groups.

Note

How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an arboriculturist’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.