Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

countryside officertointerior landscaper

A countryside officer already meets 27% of what the interior landscaper role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From countryside officer
27%
Overlap1
To interior landscaper
7 Skills carried over
14 Required, not held
74.4 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 74.4

This move: 74.4 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the interior landscaper role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the countryside officer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A interior landscaper role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a countryside officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held build garden masonry constructing
  • already held perform pest control assisting and caring
  • already held perform weed control operations handling and moving
  • already held prepare planting area handling and moving
  • already held plant species natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held plant disease control agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary

All 7 carried skills, including the 6 the interior landscaper role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 6 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held create plant displays required
  • required, not held prepare artificial plant displays required
  • required, not held develop architectural plans required
  • required, not held prepare flower arrangements required
  • required, not held specify landscape design components required
  • required, not held communicate with customers required
  • optional, not held create landscape designs optional
  • optional, not held design landscape schemes optional
  • optional, not held work in a landscape team optional
  • optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
02 handling and moving 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held assist in interior plant projects required
  • required, not held prune hedges and trees required
  • required, not held transport physical resources within the work area required
  • optional, not held enhance landscapes optional
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required
  • required, not held plants contribution to indoor climate and health conditions required
  • required, not held environmental indoor quality required
04 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held landscaping materials required
  • optional, not held agronomy optional
05 arts and humanities 1 required
  • required, not held design principles required
06 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held assess risks and implications of a design required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a interior landscaper 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held perform pest control skill
  • already held perform weed control operations skill
  • already held pest control in plants knowledge
  • already held plant disease control knowledge
  • already held plant species knowledge
  • already held prepare planting area skill
  • already held build garden masonry skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage time in landscaping optional
08 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held operate landscaping equipment optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held enhance landscapes optional
  • optional, not held create landscape designs optional
  • optional, not held design landscape schemes optional
  • optional, not held manage time in landscaping optional
  • optional, not held operate landscaping equipment optional
  • optional, not held work in a landscape team optional
  • optional, not held agronomy optional
  • optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
41 held skills the interior landscaper role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on fertiliser and herbicide skill
  • not needed by the target role animal species knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply forest legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role build fences skill
  • not needed by the target role characteristics of plants knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct land surveys skill
  • not needed by the target role conserve natural resources skill
  • not needed by the target role de-limb trees skill
  • not needed by the target role develop forestry strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role develop natural areas works programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety skill
  • not needed by the target role environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role estimate costs in farm skill
  • not needed by the target role execute disease and pest control activities skill
  • not needed by the target role fire-fighting systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role forest ecology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role harvest crop skill
  • not needed by the target role identify plants characteristics skill
  • not needed by the target role lead a team in forestry services skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain technical equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain turf and grass skill
  • not needed by the target role make independent operating decisions skill
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role manage crop production skill
  • not needed by the target role manage staff skill
  • not needed by the target role manage time in forestry skill
  • not needed by the target role manage waste skill
  • not needed by the target role manage waste rock skill
  • not needed by the target role minimize risks in tree operations skill
  • not needed by the target role natural areas maintenance knowledge
  • not needed by the target role operate horticulture equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate turf management equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role perform outdoor cleaning activities skill
  • not needed by the target role plant green plants skill
  • not needed by the target role plant harvest methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role read maps skill
  • not needed by the target role seed the ground skill
  • not needed by the target role soil structure knowledge
  • not needed by the target role support volunteers skill
  • not needed by the target role sustainable forest management knowledge

1 further entry not listed here

5 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 acquire Tier
  • required, not held plants contribution to indoor climate and health conditions required
  • required, not held environmental indoor quality required
  • required, not held landscaping materials required
  • required, not held design principles required
  • optional, not held agronomy optional
Index
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.