Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

forestry equipment operatortotimber trader

A forestry equipment operator already meets 19% of what the timber trader role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From forestry equipment operator
19%
Overlap1
To timber trader
7 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
77.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

19%

Learning distance A rebuild

77.9/ 100

1 Share of the timber trader 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 timber trader role treats 3 of its required skills as things a forestry equipment operator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on timber-based products
  • inspect timber
  • timber products

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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A timber trader 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 advise on timber-based products communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held comply with timber trade code of conduct assisting and caring
  • already held manage logs segregation and stacking handling and moving
  • already held inspect timber information skills
  • already held advise on timber harvest communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held operate forestry machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment

All 7 carried skills, including the 3 the timber trader role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 28 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 information skills 5 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held process returned timber products required
  • required, not held check quality of raw materials required
  • required, not held distinguish wood quality required
  • required, not held inspect trees required
  • required, not held study prices of wood products required
  • optional, not held conduct land surveys optional
  • optional, not held monitor forest health optional
  • optional, not held monitor forest productivity optional
  • optional, not held monitor logging operations optional
  • optional, not held process collected survey data optional
  • optional, not held read maps optional
  • optional, not held report the results of treatment optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held carry out purchasing operations in the timber business required
  • required, not held write technical reports related to trees required
  • required, not held negotiate price required
  • required, not held sell processed timber in a commercial environment required
  • optional, not held coordinate timber sales optional
  • optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
  • optional, not held work in a forestry team optional
  • optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
03 management skills 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held manage timber orders required
  • required, not held manage timber stocks required
  • required, not held manage budgets required
  • optional, not held manage forests optional
  • optional, not held identify market niches optional
04 handling and moving 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held handle timber required
  • optional, not held pack timber products optional
05 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held guarantee customer satisfaction optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a timber trader 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on timber-based products skill
  • already held inspect timber skill
  • already held timber products knowledge
  • already held advise on timber harvest skill
  • already held comply with timber trade code of conduct skill
  • already held manage logs segregation and stacking skill
  • already held operate forestry machinery skill
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held conduct land surveys optional
  • optional, not held coordinate timber sales optional
  • optional, not held guarantee customer satisfaction optional
  • optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
  • optional, not held manage forests optional
  • optional, not held monitor forest health optional
  • optional, not held monitor forest productivity optional
  • optional, not held monitor logging operations optional
  • optional, not held pack timber products optional
  • optional, not held work in a forestry team optional
  • optional, not held identify market niches optional
  • optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
  • optional, not held process collected survey data optional
  • optional, not held read maps optional
  • optional, not held report the results of treatment optional
39 held skills the timber trader role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • 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 de-limb trees 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 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 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 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 provide first aid skill
  • not needed by the target role reforestation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role report pollution incidents 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 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
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.