groundsman/groundswomantolandscape gardener
A groundsman/groundswoman already meets 66% of what the landscape gardener role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
66%
46.7/ 100
1 Share of the landscape gardener role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the groundsman/groundswoman 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 this move works
A landscape gardener role treats 25 of its required skills as things a groundsman/groundswoman already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- ecology
- environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry
- execute disease and pest control activities
- grow plants
- handling chemical products for soil and plants
- horticulture principles
What stands in the way is 8 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 30 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 groundsman/groundswoman background worth leading with.
- already held maintain landscape site handling and moving
- already held prepare the ground handling and moving
- already held principles of landscape construction engineering, manufacturing and construction
- already held manage rainwater constructing
- already held manage time in landscaping management skills
- already held rainwater management engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 30 carried skills, including the 25 the landscape gardener role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 24 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 de-limb trees required
- required, not held maintain ground required
- required, not held put up signs required
- optional, not held assist in interior plant projects optional
- optional, not held create garden areas optional
- optional, not held establish vertical gardens optional
- required, not held landscaping materials required
- optional, not held organic farming optional
- optional, not held agronomy optional
- required, not held build fences required
- optional, not held build garden masonry optional
- required, not held design principles required
- required, not held work in outdoor conditions required
- required, not held operate landscaping equipment required
3 further areas in the appendix
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.
- 01 build fences skill · sector specific
- 02 de-limb trees skill · sector specific
- 03 landscaping materials knowledge · 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 30 skills that carry over
- already held ecology knowledge
- already held environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry 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 maintain landscape site skill
- already held nurse plants skill
- already held nurse trees skill
- already held perform pest control 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 principles of landscape construction knowledge
- 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 crop production principles knowledge
- already held manage rainwater skill
- already held manage time in landscaping skill
- already held prepare site for construction skill
- already held rainwater management knowledge
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- 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 develop architectural plans optional
- optional, not held establish green roof optional
- optional, not held prepare flower arrangements optional
- optional, not held work in a landscape team optional
- optional, not held herbicides sprayers optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held supervise landscape projects optional
- optional, not held assist in interior plant projects optional
- optional, not held build garden masonry optional
- optional, not held create garden areas optional
- optional, not held develop architectural plans optional
- optional, not held establish green roof optional
- optional, not held establish vertical gardens optional
- optional, not held herbicides sprayers 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 organic farming optional
- optional, not held prepare flower arrangements optional
- optional, not held work in a landscape team optional
- optional, not held agronomy optional
19 held skills the landscape gardener role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role construct greens and grounds skill
- not needed by the target role estimate consumption of water skill
- not needed by the target role implement plans for the management of sports turf areas skill
- not needed by the target role maintain irrigation systems 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 monitor water quality skill
- not needed by the target role operate turf management equipment skill
- not needed by the target role plan sports areas skill
- not needed by the target role prepare building site skill
- not needed by the target role prepare sites for planting of grass skill
- not needed by the target role report pollution incidents skill
- not needed by the target role soil structure knowledge
- not needed by the target role spray pesticides skill
- not needed by the target role turf management knowledge
- not needed by the target role use technical documentation skill
- not needed by the target role water chemistry analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role watering principles knowledge
5 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 landscaping materials required
- required, not held design principles required
- optional, not held herbicides sprayers optional
- optional, not held organic farming optional
- optional, not held agronomy 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.