forest rangertoforest worker
A forest ranger already meets 34% of what the forest worker role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 72 of 100 · substantial
1 Share of the forest worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the forest ranger 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 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A forest worker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a forest ranger background worth leading with.
- already held maintain the trails handling and moving
- already held make decisions regarding forestry management management skills
- already held work independently in forestry services management skills
- already held animal hunting agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held assist tree identification handling and moving
- already held manage forest fires information skills
All 14 carried skills, including the 8 the forest worker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 22 missing skills fall into 5 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 plant trees required
- required, not held control tree diseases required
- required, not held nurse trees required
- required, not held perform tree thinning required
- required, not held perform weed control operations required
- required, not held plant green plants required
- required, not held put up signs required
- required, not held spray pesticides required
- required, not held climb trees required
- optional, not held handle forest products optional
- required, not held act with a high level of safety awareness required
- required, not held execute disease and pest control activities required
- required, not held perform pest control required
- required, not held safeguard biodiversity required
- optional, not held pay attention to safety while performing forestry operations optional
- required, not held build fences required
- required, not held carry out aerial tree rigging required
- optional, not held maintain camping facilities optional
- required, not held maintain forestry equipment required
- required, not held operate forestry equipment required
- required, not held assist forest survey crew required
- optional, not held adapt to changes in forestry optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a forest worker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assist forest survey crew skill · occupation specific
- 02 plant trees skill · occupation specific
- 03 act with a high level of safety awareness 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 14 skills that carry over
- already held assist tree identification skill
- already held de-limb trees skill
- already held maintain the trails skill
- already held manage forest fires skill
- already held pollution prevention knowledge
- already held reforestation knowledge
- already held sustainable forest management knowledge
- already held work independently in forestry services skill
- already held agroforestry knowledge
- already held animal hunting knowledge
- already held develop forestry strategies skill
- already held habitat restoration knowledge
- already held make decisions regarding forestry management skill
- already held report pollution incidents skill
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held adapt to changes in forestry optional
- optional, not held handle forest products optional
- optional, not held maintain camping facilities optional
- optional, not held pay attention to safety while performing forestry operations optional
27 held skills the forest worker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role analyse tree population skill
- not needed by the target role assist forest visitors skill
- not needed by the target role botany knowledge
- not needed by the target role build business relationships skill
- not needed by the target role business management principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role care for the wildlife skill
- not needed by the target role carry out routine maintenance of wood cutting machinery skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with others who are significant to service users skill
- not needed by the target role conserve forests skill
- not needed by the target role educate the public about wildlife skill
- not needed by the target role enforce park rules skill
- not needed by the target role environmental legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role forest conservation knowledge
- not needed by the target role health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain plant health skill
- not needed by the target role maintain plant soil nutrition skill
- not needed by the target role monitor forest health skill
- not needed by the target role oversee park land use skill
- not needed by the target role perform park safety inspections skill
- not needed by the target role perform search and rescue missions skill
- not needed by the target role promote environmental awareness skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
- not needed by the target role provide first aid to animals skill
- not needed by the target role speak different languages skill
- not needed by the target role tree preservation and conservation knowledge
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
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.