Curator of horticulture to environmental education officer
A curator of horticulture already meets 38% of what the environmental education officer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
60.8/ 100
1 How much of what an environmental education officer 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 environmental education officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An environmental education officer role treats 6 of its required skills as things a curator of horticulture already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- biology
- ecology
- educate people about nature
- educate public on fire safety
- educate the public about wildlife
- identify plants characteristics
What stands in the way is 8 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. An environmental education officer 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 educate the public about wildlife communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held identify plants characteristics handling and moving
- already held educate people about nature communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held educate public on fire safety communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held forest ecology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held botany natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
All 8 carried skills, including the 6 the environmental education officer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 5 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 advise on nature conservation required
- still to learn animate in the outdoors required
- still to learn monitor interventions in the outdoors required
- still to learn provide training in sustainable tourism development and management required
- optional, not held train staff to reduce food waste optional
- still to learn implement risk management for outdoors required
- still to learn manage outdoor resources required
- optional, not held conduct ecological surveys optional
- optional, not held analyse ecological data optional
- optional, not held conduct ecological research optional
- still to learn ecopedagogy required
- still to learn manage volunteers required
- optional, not held fish biology optional
- optional, not held animal biology optional
- optional, not held aquatic ecology optional
- optional, not held ecological principles optional
- optional, not held molecular biology optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an environmental education officer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 advise on nature conservation practise this
- 02 animate in the outdoors practise this
- 03 ecopedagogy study 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 biology knowledge
- already held ecology knowledge
- already held educate people about nature skill
- already held educate public on fire safety skill
- already held educate the public about wildlife skill
- already held identify plants characteristics skill
- already held botany knowledge
- already held forest ecology knowledge
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held conduct ecological surveys optional
- optional, not held fish biology optional
- optional, not held train staff to reduce food waste optional
- optional, not held analyse ecological data optional
- optional, not held animal biology optional
- optional, not held aquatic ecology optional
- optional, not held conduct ecological research optional
- optional, not held ecological principles optional
- optional, not held molecular biology optional
16 held skills the environmental education officer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advertising techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role advise on acquisitions skill
- 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 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 keep task records skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets 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 ecopedagogy required
- optional, not held fish biology optional
- optional, not held animal biology optional
- optional, not held aquatic ecology optional
- optional, not held ecological principles optional
- optional, not held molecular biology optional
Other moves recorded from curator of horticulture
Common questions about this move
Can a curator of horticulture become an environmental education officer?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A curator of horticulture already covers 38% of what an environmental education officer is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 6 of which the environmental education officer role treats as required.
What skills does a curator of horticulture need to become an environmental education officer?
8 required skills are missing, plus 9 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is advise on nature conservation.
How hard is the move from curator of horticulture to environmental education officer?
Its learning distance is 60.8 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.