Curator of horticulture to botanist
A curator of horticulture already meets 22% of what the botanist role asks for. The move turns on 20 required skills not yet in the profile.
76.9/ 100
1 How much of what a botanist is expected to do is already part of a curator of horticulture’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 this move works
A botanist role treats 5 of its required skills as things a curator of horticulture already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advise on acquisitions
- biology
- botany
- ecology
- manage budgets
What stands in the way is 20 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 8 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 a curator of horticulture background worth leading with.
- already held advise on acquisitions communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held educate the public about wildlife communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held educate people about nature communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held forest ecology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held botany natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held ecology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
All 8 carried skills, including the 5 the botanist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 23 missing skills fall into 9 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.
- still to learn develop recreation programmes required
- still to learn manage recreational facility required
- still to learn schedule recreation facilities required
- still to learn establish daily priorities required
- still to learn manage logistics required
- still to learn manage staff required
- still to learn manage supplies required
- still to learn set organisational policies required
- still to learn supervise daily information operations required
- still to learn promote recreation activities required
- still to learn liaise with local authorities required
- still to learn represent the organisation required
- still to learn variety of botanicals required
- still to learn characteristics of plants required
- optional, not held aquatic ecology optional
- still to learn collect biological data required
- optional, not held conduct ecological surveys optional
- optional, not held employ habitat survey techniques optional
- still to learn follow company standards required
- still to learn corporate social responsibility required
3 further areas in the appendix
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.
- 01 corporate social responsibility study this
- 02 develop recreation programmes practise this
- 03 manage recreational facility practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 8 skills that carry over
- already held advise on acquisitions skill
- already held biology knowledge
- already held botany knowledge
- already held ecology knowledge
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held educate people about nature skill
- already held educate the public about wildlife skill
- already held forest ecology knowledge
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn monitor grounds maintenance required
- still to learn recreation activities required
- still to learn evolution of economic forecasts required
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held conduct ecological surveys optional
- optional, not held employ habitat survey techniques optional
- optional, not held aquatic ecology optional
16 held skills the botanist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advertising techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role advise on tree issues skill
- not needed by the target role collection management knowledge
- not needed by the target role collection management software knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct workplace audits skill
- not needed by the target role educate public on fire safety skill
- not needed by the target role forest conservation knowledge
- not needed by the target role horticultural design knowledge
- not needed by the target role horticulture principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify plants characteristics skill
- not needed by the target role keep task records skill
- not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
- not needed by the target role manage database skill
- not needed by the target role manage ground maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role respond to enquiries skill
- not needed by the target role support volunteers skill
6 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn corporate social responsibility required
- still to learn variety of botanicals required
- still to learn characteristics of plants required
- still to learn evolution of economic forecasts required
- still to learn recreation activities required
- optional, not held aquatic ecology optional
Other moves recorded from curator of horticulture
Common questions about this move
Can a curator of horticulture become a botanist?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A curator of horticulture already covers 22% of what a botanist is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 5 of which the botanist role treats as required.
What skills does a curator of horticulture need to become a botanist?
20 required skills are missing, plus 3 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is corporate social responsibility.
How hard is the move from curator of horticulture to botanist?
Its learning distance is 76.9 out of 100, which is the career change band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.