Table 1Transition record

forestertoforestry adviser

A forester already meets 42% of what the forestry adviser role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From forester

42%

Overlap1

To forestry adviser

15 Skills carried over

13 Required, not held

63.4 Difficulty2

Career overlap Partial match

42%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

63.4/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the forestry adviser role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the forester 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 forestry adviser role treats 10 of its required skills as things a forester already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

advise on timber harvest
agronomy
apply forest legislation
conserve forests
environmental legislation
estimate damage

What stands in the way is 13 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 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A forestry adviser role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a forester background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held interact with clients in forestry communication, collaboration and creativity
already held apply forest legislation assisting and caring
already held write technical reports related to trees communication, collaboration and creativity
already held advise on timber harvest communication, collaboration and creativity
already held conserve forests assisting and caring
already held monitor forest health information skills

All 15 carried skills, including the 10 the forestry adviser role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 missing skills fall into 6 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 information skills 4 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held assess harvesting impact on wildlife required
required, not held perform forest analysis required
required, not held inspect trees required
required, not held monitor water quality required

optional, not held read maps optional

02 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 4 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held habitat restoration required
required, not held wildlife required
required, not held ecosystems required
required, not held forest ecology required

optional, not held climate change impact optional

03 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held perform forest diseases control required
required, not held advise on fertiliser and herbicide required
required, not held use different communication channels required

optional, not held develop personal skills optional
optional, not held train employees optional

04 management skills 2 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held coordinate new sites preparation required
required, not held make decisions regarding forestry management required

optional, not held develop forestry strategies optional
optional, not held lead a team in forestry services optional

05 handling and moving 2 supplementary

optional, not held assist tree identification optional
optional, not held nurse trees optional

06 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 1 supplementary

optional, not held agroforestry optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a forestry adviser 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 15 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held advise on timber harvest skill
already held agronomy knowledge
already held apply forest legislation skill
already held conserve forests skill
already held environmental legislation knowledge
already held estimate damage skill
already held forestry regulations knowledge
already held monitor forest health skill
already held perform project management skill
already held reforestation knowledge
already held geographic information systems knowledge
already held interact with clients in forestry skill
already held report pollution incidents skill
already held sustainable forest management knowledge
already held write technical reports related to trees skill

9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held agroforestry optional
optional, not held assist tree identification optional
optional, not held develop forestry strategies optional
optional, not held develop personal skills optional
optional, not held lead a team in forestry services optional
optional, not held nurse trees optional
optional, not held climate change impact optional
optional, not held read maps optional
optional, not held train employees optional

28 held skills the forestry adviser role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role animal hunting knowledge
not needed by the target role animal welfare legislation knowledge
not needed by the target role business management principles knowledge
not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
not needed by the target role coordinate forestry research skill
not needed by the target role coordinate timber sales skill
not needed by the target role de-limb trees skill
not needed by the target role develop natural areas works programmes skill
not needed by the target role environmental policy knowledge
not needed by the target role forecast timber production skill
not needed by the target role harvest timber skill
not needed by the target role health and safety regulations knowledge
not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
not needed by the target role manage forests skill
not needed by the target role manage production enterprise 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 monitor forest productivity skill
not needed by the target role operate GPS systems skill
not needed by the target role organise harvests skill
not needed by the target role organise labour skill
not needed by the target role organise tree plantations skill
not needed by the target role pest control in plants knowledge
not needed by the target role plant disease control knowledge
not needed by the target role promote environmental awareness skill
not needed by the target role supervise forestry workers skill
not needed by the target role use communication techniques skill
not needed by the target role work independently in forestry services 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.

Skill to acquire Tier

required, not held habitat restoration required
required, not held wildlife required
required, not held ecosystems required
required, not held forest ecology required
optional, not held agroforestry optional
optional, not held climate change impact optional

Index

Other moves recorded from forester

Full index of moves from forester

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.