RecordMove

Forestry equipment operator to forestry machinery technician

A forestry equipment operator already meets 29% of what the forestry machinery technician role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional

From forestry equipment operator

Distant match

To forestry machinery technician

8 You already bring

13 Still to learn

27 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance Substantial retraining

69/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what a forestry machinery technician is expected to do is already part of a forestry equipment operator’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 forestry machinery technician role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A forestry machinery technician role treats 5 of its required skills as things a forestry equipment operator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

de-limb trees
drive timber machine
maintain forestry equipment
operate forestry machinery
report to the team leader

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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A forestry machinery technician 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 drive timber machine working with machinery and specialised equipment
already held operate forestry machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
already held maintain forestry equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
already held maintain edged hand tools handling and moving
already held report to the team leader information skills
already held de-limb trees handling and moving

All 8 carried skills, including the 5 the forestry machinery technician role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 19 missing skills fall into 11 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.

Skill to pick up Tier

01 working with computers 3 required

still to learn analyse ICT system required
still to learn debug software required
still to learn solve ICT system problems required

02 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 required

still to learn repair ICT devices required
still to learn manoeuvre heavy trucks required
still to learn repair equipment on site required

03 constructing 2 required

still to learn maintain mechanical equipment required
still to learn operate soldering equipment required

04 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary

still to learn use technical documentation required

optional, not held carry out forestry related measurements optional
optional, not held carry out work related calculations in agriculture optional

05 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn apply health and safety standards required

optional, not held pay attention to safety while performing forestry operations optional

06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required

still to learn mechanical components of vehicles required

5 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a forestry machinery technician 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 8 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held de-limb trees skill
already held drive timber machine skill
already held maintain forestry equipment skill
already held operate forestry machinery skill
already held report to the team leader skill
already held maintain edged hand tools skill
already held provide first aid skill
already held report pollution incidents skill

The 5 learning areas not shown above

Skill to pick up Tier

07 handling and moving 1 required

still to learn use power tools required

08 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required

still to learn industrial software required

09 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 1 supplementary

optional, not held forestry regulations optional

10 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary

optional, not held work in a forestry team optional

11 management skills 1 supplementary

optional, not held manage time in forestry optional

6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to pick up Tier

optional, not held carry out forestry related measurements optional
optional, not held carry out work related calculations in agriculture optional
optional, not held forestry regulations optional
optional, not held manage time in forestry optional
optional, not held pay attention to safety while performing forestry operations optional
optional, not held work in a forestry team optional

38 held skills the forestry machinery technician role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role advise on timber harvest skill
not needed by the target role advise on timber-based products skill
not needed by the target role agronomy knowledge
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 extract coppice skill
not needed by the target role fell trees skill
not needed by the target role forecast timber production 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 harvest timber skill
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 forest inventory 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 GPS systems 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 reforestation knowledge
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
not needed by the target role work independently in forestry services skill

3 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 pick up Tier

still to learn mechanical components of vehicles required
still to learn industrial software required
optional, not held forestry regulations optional

Index

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FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a forestry equipment operator become a forestry machinery technician?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A forestry equipment operator already covers 29% of what a forestry machinery technician is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 5 of which the forestry machinery technician role treats as required.

What skills does a forestry equipment operator need to become a forestry machinery technician?

13 required skills are missing, plus 6 optional ones. They fall into 11 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by working with computers. The single most important is analyse ICT system.

How hard is the move from forestry equipment operator to forestry machinery technician?

Its learning distance is 69 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.