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

garden labourertolandscape gardener

A garden labourer already meets 70% of what the landscape gardener role asks for. The move turns on 7 required skills not yet in the profile.

From garden labourer
70%
Overlap1
To landscape gardener
32 Skills carried over
7 Required, not held
42.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Strong match

70%

Learning distance Real move, short list to learn

42.7/ 100

1 Share of the landscape gardener role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the garden labourer 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 landscape gardener role treats 26 of its required skills as things a garden labourer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • build fences
  • de-limb trees
  • ecology
  • execute disease and pest control activities
  • grow plants
  • handling chemical products for soil and plants

What stands in the way is 7 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 32 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A landscape gardener role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a garden labourer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held create garden areas handling and moving
  • already held establish vertical gardens handling and moving
  • already held prepare the ground handling and moving
  • already held establish green roof communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held herbicides sprayers natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held build fences constructing

All 32 carried skills, including the 26 the landscape gardener role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 22 missing skills fall into 10 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 handling and moving 2 required
  • required, not held put up signs required
  • required, not held maintain landscape site required
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held principles of landscape construction required
  • optional, not held rainwater management optional
03 arts and humanities 1 required
  • required, not held design principles required
04 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held perform pest control required
05 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry required
06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held operate landscaping equipment required

4 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a landscape gardener 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 32 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held build fences skill
  • already held de-limb trees skill
  • already held ecology knowledge
  • already held execute disease and pest control activities skill
  • already held grow plants skill
  • already held handling chemical products for soil and plants skill
  • already held horticulture principles knowledge
  • already held landscaping materials knowledge
  • already held maintain ground skill
  • already held nurse plants skill
  • already held nurse trees skill
  • already held perform weed control operations skill
  • already held pest control in plants knowledge
  • already held plant disease control knowledge
  • already held plant green plants skill
  • already held plant species knowledge
  • already held prepare planting area skill
  • already held prepare the ground skill
  • already held propagate plants skill
  • already held prune hedges and trees skill
  • already held prune plants skill
  • already held pruning techniques knowledge
  • already held pruning types knowledge
  • already held transport physical resources within the work area skill
  • already held use gardening equipment skill
  • already held work in outdoor conditions skill
  • already held assist in interior plant projects skill
  • already held build garden masonry skill
  • already held create garden areas skill
  • already held establish green roof skill
  • already held establish vertical gardens skill
  • already held herbicides sprayers knowledge
The 4 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 management skills 6 supplementary
  • optional, not held supervise landscape projects optional
  • optional, not held lead hard landscape projects optional
  • optional, not held make decisions regarding landscaping optional
  • optional, not held manage agricultural staff optional
  • optional, not held manage landscape design projects optional
  • optional, not held manage time in landscaping optional
08 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held crop production principles optional
  • optional, not held organic farming optional
  • optional, not held agronomy optional
09 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held develop architectural plans optional
  • optional, not held prepare flower arrangements optional
  • optional, not held work in a landscape team optional
10 constructing 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage rainwater optional
  • optional, not held prepare site for construction optional
15 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held supervise landscape projects optional
  • optional, not held crop production principles optional
  • optional, not held develop architectural plans optional
  • optional, not held lead hard landscape projects optional
  • optional, not held make decisions regarding landscaping optional
  • optional, not held manage agricultural staff optional
  • optional, not held manage landscape design projects optional
  • optional, not held manage rainwater optional
  • optional, not held manage time in landscaping optional
  • optional, not held organic farming optional
  • optional, not held prepare flower arrangements optional
  • optional, not held prepare site for construction optional
  • optional, not held rainwater management optional
  • optional, not held work in a landscape team optional
  • optional, not held agronomy optional
18 held skills the landscape gardener role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role greenhouse types knowledge
  • not needed by the target role lawn care knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain gardening equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain plant health skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain plant soil nutrition skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain plants' growth skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain the greenhouse skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain turf and grass skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain turf management equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate hand pruning equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate turf management equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role plant according to guidelines skill
  • not needed by the target role plant propagation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role prepare sites for planting of grass skill
  • not needed by the target role provide lawn care skill
  • not needed by the target role soil structure knowledge
  • not needed by the target role turf management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role watering principles 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held principles of landscape construction required
  • required, not held design principles required
  • required, not held environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry required
  • optional, not held crop production principles optional
  • optional, not held organic farming optional
  • optional, not held rainwater management optional
  • optional, not held agronomy optional
Index

Other moves recorded from garden labourer

Full index of moves from garden labourer

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.