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

countryside officertolandscape gardener

A countryside officer already meets 28% of what the landscape gardener role asks for. The move turns on 22 required skills not yet in the profile.

From countryside officer
28%
Overlap1
To landscape gardener
12 Skills carried over
22 Required, not held
79.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

28%

Learning distance A rebuild

79.1/ 100

1 Share of the landscape gardener 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.

Why

Why this move works

A landscape gardener role treats 11 of its required skills as things a countryside officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • build fences
  • de-limb trees
  • environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry
  • execute disease and pest control activities
  • perform pest control
  • perform weed control operations

What stands in the way is 22 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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A landscape gardener 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 fences constructing
  • already held build garden masonry constructing
  • already held plant green plants handling and moving
  • 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

All 12 carried skills, including the 11 the landscape gardener role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 42 missing skills fall into 10 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 handling and moving 13 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held grow plants required
  • required, not held maintain ground required
  • required, not held nurse plants required
  • required, not held nurse trees required
  • required, not held prepare the ground required
  • required, not held propagate plants required
  • required, not held prune hedges and trees required
  • required, not held prune plants required
  • required, not held put up signs required
  • required, not held transport physical resources within the work area required
  • required, not held use gardening equipment required
  • required, not held handling chemical products for soil and plants required
  • required, not held maintain landscape site required
  • optional, not held assist in interior plant projects optional
  • optional, not held create garden areas optional
  • optional, not held establish vertical gardens optional
02 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 4 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held horticulture principles required
  • required, not held landscaping materials required
  • required, not held pruning techniques required
  • required, not held pruning types required
  • optional, not held crop production principles optional
  • optional, not held organic farming optional
  • optional, not held agronomy optional
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held principles of landscape construction required
  • optional, not held rainwater management optional
04 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held ecology required
  • optional, not held herbicides sprayers optional
05 arts and humanities 1 required
  • required, not held design principles required
06 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held work in outdoor conditions required

4 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a landscape gardener 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 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held build fences skill
  • already held de-limb trees skill
  • already held environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry knowledge
  • already held execute disease and pest control activities skill
  • 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 green plants skill
  • already held plant species knowledge
  • already held prepare planting area skill
  • already held build garden masonry skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held operate landscaping equipment required
08 management skills 6 supplementary
  • optional, not held supervise landscape projects optional
  • optional, not held lead hard landscape projects optional
  • optional, not held make decisions regarding landscaping optional
  • optional, not held manage agricultural staff optional
  • optional, not held manage landscape design projects optional
  • optional, not held manage time in landscaping optional
09 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held develop architectural plans optional
  • optional, not held establish green roof optional
  • optional, not held prepare flower arrangements optional
  • optional, not held work in a landscape team optional
10 constructing 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage rainwater optional
  • optional, not held prepare site for construction optional
20 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held supervise landscape projects optional
  • optional, not held assist in interior plant projects optional
  • optional, not held create garden areas optional
  • optional, not held crop production principles optional
  • optional, not held develop architectural plans optional
  • optional, not held establish green roof optional
  • optional, not held establish vertical gardens optional
  • optional, not held herbicides sprayers optional
  • optional, not held lead hard landscape projects optional
  • optional, not held make decisions regarding landscaping optional
  • optional, not held manage agricultural staff optional
  • optional, not held manage landscape design projects optional
  • optional, not held manage rainwater optional
  • optional, not held manage time in landscaping optional
  • optional, not held organic farming optional
  • optional, not held prepare flower arrangements optional
  • optional, not held prepare site for construction optional
  • optional, not held rainwater management optional
  • optional, not held work in a landscape team optional
  • optional, not held agronomy optional
36 held skills the landscape gardener 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 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 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 estimate costs in farm 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 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
  • not needed by the target role waste management knowledge
12 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 horticulture principles required
  • required, not held landscaping materials required
  • required, not held principles of landscape construction required
  • required, not held pruning techniques required
  • required, not held pruning types required
  • required, not held design principles required
  • required, not held ecology required
  • optional, not held crop production principles optional
  • optional, not held herbicides sprayers optional
  • optional, not held organic farming optional
  • optional, not held rainwater management optional
  • optional, not held agronomy optional
Index

Other moves recorded from countryside officer

Full index of moves from countryside officer

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.