Career Overlap Transition record
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Artistic director to botanist

An artistic director already meets 41% of what the botanist role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From artistic director
41 % overlap
Partial match
To botanist
11 You already bring
14 Still to learn
31 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

63.2/ 100

1 How much of what a botanist is expected to do is already part of an artistic director’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the botanist role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A botanist role treats 11 of its required skills as things an artistic director already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • corporate social responsibility
  • establish daily priorities
  • follow company standards
  • liaise with local authorities
  • manage budgets
  • manage logistics

What stands in the way is 14 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A botanist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an artistic director background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held supervise daily information operations management skills
  • already held establish daily priorities management skills
  • already held manage logistics management skills
  • already held represent the organisation communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held set organisational policies management skills
  • already held manage supplies management skills

All 11 carried skills, including the 11 the botanist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 20 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 5 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn botany required
  • still to learn variety of botanicals required
  • still to learn biology required
  • still to learn characteristics of plants required
  • still to learn ecology required
  • optional, not held aquatic ecology optional
  • optional, not held forest ecology optional
02 management skills 3 required
  • still to learn develop recreation programmes required
  • still to learn manage recreational facility required
  • still to learn schedule recreation facilities required
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn advise on acquisitions required
  • still to learn promote recreation activities required
  • optional, not held educate people about nature optional
  • optional, not held educate the public about wildlife optional
04 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn collect biological data required
  • optional, not held conduct ecological surveys optional
  • optional, not held employ habitat survey techniques optional
05 constructing 1 required
  • still to learn monitor grounds maintenance required
06 services 1 required
  • still to learn recreation activities required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a botanist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held corporate social responsibility knowledge
  • already held establish daily priorities skill
  • already held follow company standards skill
  • already held liaise with local authorities skill
  • already held manage budgets skill
  • already held manage logistics skill
  • already held manage staff skill
  • already held manage supplies skill
  • already held represent the organisation skill
  • already held set organisational policies skill
  • already held supervise daily information operations skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to pick up Tier
07 social sciences, journalism and information 1 required
  • still to learn evolution of economic forecasts required
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held conduct ecological surveys optional
  • optional, not held educate people about nature optional
  • optional, not held employ habitat survey techniques optional
  • optional, not held aquatic ecology optional
  • optional, not held educate the public about wildlife optional
  • optional, not held forest ecology optional
38 held skills the botanist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advertise an art collection skill
  • not needed by the target role apply strategic thinking skill
  • not needed by the target role approve reports for artistic project skill
  • not needed by the target role art history knowledge
  • not needed by the target role art-historical values knowledge
  • not needed by the target role contribute to the programmer's reflection process skill
  • not needed by the target role coordinate artistic production skill
  • not needed by the target role cope with challenging demands skill
  • not needed by the target role cultural projects knowledge
  • not needed by the target role define artistic approach skill
  • not needed by the target role define artistic vision skill
  • not needed by the target role describe artistic experience skill
  • not needed by the target role determine context to present the work skill
  • not needed by the target role develop an artistic framework skill
  • not needed by the target role develop drama production process skill
  • not needed by the target role develop professional network skill
  • not needed by the target role direct an artistic team skill
  • not needed by the target role find a replacement for stage manager skill
  • not needed by the target role help the programmer define an artistic vision skill
  • not needed by the target role identify artistic niche skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with cultural partners skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor artistic activities skill
  • not needed by the target role museum databases knowledge
  • not needed by the target role organise an exhibition skill
  • not needed by the target role organise cultural events skill
  • not needed by the target role participate in artistic mediation activities skill
  • not needed by the target role perform project management skill
  • not needed by the target role plan health and safety procedures skill
  • not needed by the target role plan resource allocation skill
  • not needed by the target role present exhibition skill
  • not needed by the target role promote cultural venue events skill
  • not needed by the target role promote inclusion skill
  • not needed by the target role provide project information on exhibitions skill
  • not needed by the target role represent artistic production skill
  • not needed by the target role represent company in exhibitions skill
  • not needed by the target role strive for company growth skill
  • not needed by the target role use intuition in booking projects skill
  • not needed by the target role work with cultural venue specialists skill
9 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to pick up Tier
  • still to learn botany required
  • still to learn variety of botanicals required
  • still to learn biology required
  • still to learn characteristics of plants required
  • still to learn ecology required
  • still to learn evolution of economic forecasts required
  • still to learn recreation activities required
  • optional, not held aquatic ecology optional
  • optional, not held forest ecology optional
Index

Other moves recorded from artistic director

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can an artistic director become a botanist?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. An artistic director already covers 41% of what a botanist is expected to do: 11 skills carry over, 11 of which the botanist role treats as required.

What skills does an artistic director need to become a botanist?

14 required skills are missing, plus 6 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by natural sciences, mathematics and statistics. The single most important is advise on acquisitions.

How hard is the move from artistic director to botanist?

Its learning distance is 63.2 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.