Table 1Transition record

forestry equipment operatortoforester

A forestry equipment operator already meets 18% of what the forester role asks for. The move turns on 17 required skills not yet in the profile.

From forestry equipment operator

18%

Overlap1

To forester

9 Skills carried over

17 Required, not held

82 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

18%

Learning distance A rebuild

82/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the forester role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the forestry equipment operator 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 forester role treats 3 of its required skills as things a forestry equipment operator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

agronomy
de-limb trees
reforestation

What stands in the way is 17 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 9 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 equipment operator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held forecast timber production information skills
already held harvest timber handling and moving
already held work independently in forestry services management skills
already held advise on timber harvest communication, collaboration and creativity
already held reforestation agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
already held de-limb trees handling and moving

All 9 carried skills, including the 3 the forester role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 34 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.

Skill to acquire Tier

01 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 4 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held forestry regulations required
required, not held plant disease control required
required, not held sustainable forest management required
required, not held pest control in plants required

optional, not held animal hunting optional

02 management skills 3 required, 8 supplementary

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 manage budgets optional
optional, not held manage production enterprise optional
optional, not held manage staff optional
optional, not held perform project management optional

03 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 4 supplementary

required, not held write technical reports related to trees required
required, not held promote environmental awareness required

optional, not held coordinate timber sales optional
optional, not held interact with clients in forestry optional
optional, not held communicate with customers optional
optional, not held use communication techniques optional

04 business, administration and law 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held animal welfare legislation required
required, not held environmental legislation required

optional, not held business management principles optional

05 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held monitor forest health required
required, not held monitor forest productivity required

optional, not held estimate damage optional

06 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held conserve forests required

optional, not held apply forest legislation optional

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

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.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 9 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held agronomy knowledge
already held de-limb trees skill
already held reforestation knowledge
already held advise on timber harvest skill
already held forecast timber production skill
already held harvest timber skill
already held operate GPS systems skill
already held report pollution incidents skill
already held work independently in forestry services skill

The 3 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held environmental policy required

optional, not held geographic information systems optional

08 handling and moving 1 required

required, not held organise tree plantations required

09 services 1 required

required, not held health and safety regulations required

17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

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 estimate damage optional
optional, not held geographic information systems optional
optional, not held interact with clients in forestry optional
optional, not held manage time in forestry optional
optional, not held apply forest legislation 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 perform project management optional
optional, not held use communication techniques optional

37 held skills the forester role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role advise on timber-based products skill
not needed by the target role assess felled timber quality skill
not needed by the target role assess felled timber volume skill
not needed by the target role attach protective attachments to timber piles skill
not needed by the target role carry out routine maintenance of wood cutting machinery skill
not needed by the target role comply with timber trade code of conduct skill
not needed by the target role drive agricultural machines skill
not needed by the target role drive timber machine skill
not needed by the target role extract coppice skill
not needed by the target role fell trees skill
not needed by the target role forecast workload skill
not needed by the target role forest conservation knowledge
not needed by the target role forest ecology knowledge
not needed by the target role identify trees to fell skill
not needed by the target role improve timber stands skill
not needed by the target role inspect timber skill
not needed by the target role limit load to prevent damage skill
not needed by the target role load timber onto a skidder skill
not needed by the target role maintain edged hand tools skill
not needed by the target role maintain forest inventory skill
not needed by the target role maintain forestry equipment skill
not needed by the target role maintain the security of machinery skill
not needed by the target role manage logs segregation and stacking skill
not needed by the target role minimise environmental impact on the surrounding area skill
not needed by the target role minimize risks in tree operations skill
not needed by the target role operate forestry machinery skill
not needed by the target role prepare emergency treework operations skill
not needed by the target role process arisings from treework operations skill
not needed by the target role process timber using hand-fed machinery skill
not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
not needed by the target role report to the team leader skill
not needed by the target role select tree felling methods skill
not needed by the target role sharpen edged tools skill
not needed by the target role spray pesticides skill
not needed by the target role timber products knowledge
not needed by the target role use ICT systems skill
not needed by the target role use hand tools for forestry work skill

11 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 forestry regulations required
required, not held plant disease control required
required, not held sustainable forest management required
required, not held animal welfare legislation required
required, not held environmental 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 geographic information systems optional
optional, not held business management principles optional

Index

Other moves recorded from forestry equipment operator

Full index of moves from forestry equipment operator

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.