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

interior landscapertolandscape designer

A interior landscaper already meets 29% of what the landscape designer role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.

From interior landscaper
29%
Overlap1
To landscape designer
10 Skills carried over
13 Required, not held
73.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

29%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

73.9/ 100

1 Share of the landscape designer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the interior landscaper 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 designer role treats 7 of its required skills as things a interior landscaper already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • create landscape designs
  • design principles
  • develop architectural plans
  • perform pest control
  • perform weed control operations
  • pest control in plants

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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A landscape designer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a interior landscaper background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held create landscape designs communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held landscaping materials agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • already held develop architectural plans communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held perform pest control assisting and caring
  • already held perform weed control operations handling and moving
  • already held plant species natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

All 10 carried skills, including the 7 the landscape designer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 31 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 engineering, manufacturing and construction 6 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held environmental design required
  • required, not held landscape architectural instruments required
  • required, not held landscape architecture required
  • required, not held surveying methods required
  • required, not held topography required
  • required, not held landscape analysis required
  • optional, not held green building practices optional
  • optional, not held green building standards optional
  • optional, not held principles of landscape construction optional
  • optional, not held rainwater management optional
  • optional, not held building codes optional
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held make drawings required
  • required, not held advise supervisors required
  • optional, not held work independently in landscaping optional
  • optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
03 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held perform studies and field investigation required
  • required, not held review construction plans authorisations required
  • optional, not held keep task records optional
04 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held ecology required
  • optional, not held botany optional
  • optional, not held characteristics of plants optional
  • optional, not held forest ecology optional
05 management skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held manage landscape design projects required
  • optional, not held lead hard landscape projects optional
  • optional, not held make decisions regarding landscaping optional
06 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held inspect project regulations required

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a landscape designer 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 10 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held create landscape designs skill
  • already held design principles knowledge
  • already held develop architectural plans 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 agronomy knowledge
  • already held landscaping materials knowledge
  • already held plant species knowledge
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held horticultural design optional
  • optional, not held horticulture principles optional
08 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held green logistics optional
09 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage rainwater optional
18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held work independently in landscaping optional
  • optional, not held botany optional
  • optional, not held green building practices optional
  • optional, not held green building standards optional
  • optional, not held horticultural design optional
  • optional, not held horticulture principles optional
  • optional, not held lead hard landscape projects optional
  • optional, not held make decisions regarding landscaping optional
  • optional, not held manage rainwater optional
  • optional, not held principles of landscape construction optional
  • optional, not held rainwater management optional
  • optional, not held building codes optional
  • optional, not held characteristics of plants optional
  • optional, not held conduct public presentations optional
  • optional, not held create solutions to problems optional
  • optional, not held forest ecology optional
  • optional, not held green logistics optional
  • optional, not held keep task records optional
19 held skills the landscape designer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assess risks and implications of a design skill
  • not needed by the target role assist in interior plant projects skill
  • not needed by the target role build garden masonry skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role create plant displays skill
  • not needed by the target role design landscape schemes skill
  • not needed by the target role enhance landscapes skill
  • not needed by the target role environmental indoor quality knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage time in landscaping skill
  • not needed by the target role operate landscaping equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role perform services in a flexible manner skill
  • not needed by the target role plants contribution to indoor climate and health conditions knowledge
  • not needed by the target role prepare artificial plant displays skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare flower arrangements skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare planting area skill
  • not needed by the target role prune hedges and trees skill
  • not needed by the target role specify landscape design components skill
  • not needed by the target role transport physical resources within the work area skill
  • not needed by the target role work in a landscape team skill
18 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 environmental design required
  • required, not held landscape architectural instruments required
  • required, not held landscape architecture required
  • required, not held surveying methods required
  • required, not held topography required
  • required, not held ecology required
  • required, not held landscape analysis required
  • optional, not held botany optional
  • optional, not held green building practices optional
  • optional, not held green building standards optional
  • optional, not held horticultural design optional
  • optional, not held horticulture principles optional
  • optional, not held principles of landscape construction optional
  • optional, not held rainwater management optional
  • optional, not held building codes optional
  • optional, not held characteristics of plants optional
  • optional, not held forest ecology optional
  • optional, not held green logistics optional
Index

Other moves recorded from interior landscaper

Full index of moves from interior landscaper

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.