curator of horticulturetobotanist
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.
This move: 76.9 of 100 · career change
1 Share of the botanist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the curator of horticulture 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 · 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 would need to learn
The 23 missing skills fall into 9 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.
- required, not held develop recreation programmes required
- required, not held manage recreational facility required
- required, not held schedule recreation facilities required
- required, not held establish daily priorities required
- required, not held manage logistics required
- required, not held manage staff required
- required, not held manage supplies required
- required, not held set organisational policies required
- required, not held supervise daily information operations required
- required, not held promote recreation activities required
- required, not held liaise with local authorities required
- required, not held represent the organisation required
- required, not held variety of botanicals required
- required, not held characteristics of plants required
- optional, not held aquatic ecology optional
- required, not held collect biological data required
- optional, not held conduct ecological surveys optional
- optional, not held employ habitat survey techniques optional
- required, not held follow company standards required
- required, not held 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 knowledge · sector specific
- 02 develop recreation programmes skill · sector specific
- 03 manage recreational facility skill · sector specific
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
- required, not held monitor grounds maintenance required
- required, not held recreation activities required
- required, not held 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.
- required, not held corporate social responsibility required
- required, not held variety of botanicals required
- required, not held characteristics of plants required
- required, not held evolution of economic forecasts required
- required, not held recreation activities required
- optional, not held aquatic ecology optional
Other moves recorded from curator of horticulture
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.