Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a tree surgeon can go next

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

Tree surgeons maintain trees. They use heavy machinery to prune and cut trees. Tree surgeons are often required to climb the trees to perform maintenance.

Also known as arboriculturist, arborist, tree surgeon and climber, tree surgeon & climber, tree surgeon/climber, pruner, tree pruner.

Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 26 skills on file 5 career moves 1 above 60% overlap Closest: arboriculturist, 62%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
arboriculturist 62% covered forest worker 34% covered forestry equipment operator 20% covered forestry technician 19% covered forestry adviser 17% covered tree surgeon You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from tree surgeon, 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 a tree surgeon 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

A tree surgeon needs 11 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
  • protect trees assisting and caring
  • carry out aerial tree rigging constructing
  • minimize risks in tree operations information skills
  • perform tree thinning handling and moving
  • tree preservation and conservation agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • advise on tree issues communication, collaboration and creativity
  • operate chainsaw handling and moving
  • climb trees handling and moving
  • de-limb trees handling and moving
  • execute disease and pest control activities assisting and caring
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Tree surgeon 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 a tree surgeon’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.