forestry advisertoforester
A forestry adviser already meets 37% of what the forester role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
This move: 66.9 of 100 · substantial
1 Share of the forester role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the forestry adviser 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 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A forester role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a forestry adviser background worth leading with.
- already held interact with clients in forestry communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held write technical reports related to trees communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held apply forest legislation assisting and caring
- already held conserve forests assisting and caring
- already held monitor forest health information skills
- already held advise on timber harvest communication, collaboration and creativity
All 15 carried skills, including the 8 the forester role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 28 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 manage forests required
- required, not held supervise forestry workers required
- required, not held organise labour required
- optional, not held coordinate forestry research optional
- optional, not held organise harvests optional
- optional, not held develop natural areas works programmes optional
- optional, not held manage time in forestry optional
- optional, not held work independently in forestry services optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held manage production enterprise optional
- optional, not held manage staff optional
- required, not held plant disease control required
- required, not held pest control in plants required
- optional, not held animal hunting optional
- required, not held organise tree plantations required
- required, not held de-limb trees required
- optional, not held harvest timber optional
- required, not held promote environmental awareness required
- optional, not held coordinate timber sales optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held use communication techniques optional
- required, not held animal welfare legislation required
- optional, not held business management principles optional
- required, not held monitor forest productivity required
- optional, not held forecast timber production optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a forester role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 organise tree plantations skill · occupation specific
- 02 de-limb trees skill · sector specific
- 03 manage forests 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 15 skills that carry over
- already held agronomy knowledge
- already held conserve forests skill
- already held environmental legislation knowledge
- already held forestry regulations knowledge
- already held monitor forest health skill
- already held reforestation knowledge
- already held sustainable forest management knowledge
- already held write technical reports related to trees skill
- already held advise on timber harvest skill
- already held apply forest legislation skill
- already held estimate damage skill
- already held geographic information systems knowledge
- already held interact with clients in forestry skill
- already held perform project management skill
- already held report pollution incidents skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held environmental policy required
- required, not held health and safety regulations required
- optional, not held operate GPS systems optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held coordinate forestry research optional
- optional, not held organise harvests optional
- optional, not held animal hunting optional
- optional, not held coordinate timber sales optional
- optional, not held develop natural areas works programmes optional
- optional, not held forecast timber production optional
- optional, not held harvest timber optional
- optional, not held manage time in forestry optional
- optional, not held work independently in forestry services optional
- optional, not held business management principles optional
- optional, not held communicate with customers optional
- optional, not held manage budgets optional
- optional, not held manage production enterprise optional
- optional, not held manage staff optional
- optional, not held operate GPS systems optional
- optional, not held use communication techniques optional
22 held skills the forester role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on fertiliser and herbicide skill
- not needed by the target role agroforestry knowledge
- not needed by the target role assess harvesting impact on wildlife skill
- not needed by the target role assist tree identification skill
- not needed by the target role climate change impact knowledge
- not needed by the target role coordinate new sites preparation skill
- not needed by the target role develop forestry strategies skill
- not needed by the target role develop personal skills skill
- not needed by the target role ecosystems knowledge
- not needed by the target role forest ecology knowledge
- not needed by the target role habitat restoration knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect trees skill
- not needed by the target role lead a team in forestry services skill
- not needed by the target role make decisions regarding forestry management skill
- not needed by the target role monitor water quality skill
- not needed by the target role nurse trees skill
- not needed by the target role perform forest analysis skill
- not needed by the target role perform forest diseases control skill
- not needed by the target role read maps skill
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
- not needed by the target role wildlife knowledge
7 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 plant disease control required
- required, not held animal welfare legislation required
- required, not held environmental policy required
- required, not held health and safety regulations required
- required, not held pest control in plants required
- optional, not held animal hunting optional
- optional, not held business management principles optional
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.