Landscape designer to interior landscaper
A landscape designer already meets 38% of what the interior landscaper role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
66.7/ 100
1 How much of what an interior landscaper is expected to do is already part of a landscape designer’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 interior landscaper role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An interior landscaper role treats 8 of its required skills as things a landscape designer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- design principles
- develop architectural plans
- landscaping materials
- perform pest control
- perform weed control operations
- pest control in plants
What stands in the way is 12 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An interior landscaper role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a landscape designer background worth leading with.
- 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 8 the interior landscaper role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 19 missing skills fall into 7 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.
- still to learn create plant displays required
- still to learn prepare artificial plant displays required
- still to learn prepare flower arrangements required
- still to learn specify landscape design components required
- still to learn communicate with customers required
- optional, not held design landscape schemes optional
- optional, not held work in a landscape team optional
- optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
- still to learn assist in interior plant projects required
- still to learn prepare planting area required
- still to learn prune hedges and trees required
- still to learn transport physical resources within the work area required
- optional, not held enhance landscapes optional
- still to learn plants contribution to indoor climate and health conditions required
- still to learn environmental indoor quality required
- still to learn assess risks and implications of a design required
- optional, not held build garden masonry optional
- optional, not held manage time in landscaping optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an interior landscaper role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assess risks and implications of a design practise this
- 02 create plant displays practise this
- 03 plants contribution to indoor climate and health conditions study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 10 skills that carry over
- already held design principles knowledge
- already held develop architectural plans skill
- already held landscaping materials knowledge
- 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 species knowledge
- already held agronomy knowledge
- already held create landscape designs skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held operate landscaping equipment optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held enhance landscapes optional
- optional, not held build garden masonry optional
- optional, not held design landscape schemes optional
- optional, not held manage time in landscaping optional
- optional, not held operate landscaping equipment optional
- optional, not held work in a landscape team optional
- optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
31 held skills the interior landscaper role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise supervisors skill
- not needed by the target role botany knowledge
- not needed by the target role building codes knowledge
- not needed by the target role characteristics of plants knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct public presentations skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role ecology knowledge
- not needed by the target role environmental design knowledge
- not needed by the target role forest ecology knowledge
- not needed by the target role green building practices knowledge
- not needed by the target role green building standards knowledge
- not needed by the target role green logistics knowledge
- not needed by the target role horticultural design knowledge
- not needed by the target role horticulture principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role inspect project regulations skill
- not needed by the target role keep task records skill
- not needed by the target role landscape analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role landscape architectural instruments knowledge
- not needed by the target role landscape architecture knowledge
- not needed by the target role lead hard landscape projects skill
- not needed by the target role make decisions regarding landscaping skill
- not needed by the target role make drawings skill
- not needed by the target role manage landscape design projects skill
- not needed by the target role manage rainwater skill
- not needed by the target role perform studies and field investigation skill
- not needed by the target role principles of landscape construction knowledge
- not needed by the target role rainwater management knowledge
- not needed by the target role review construction plans authorisations skill
- not needed by the target role surveying methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role topography knowledge
- not needed by the target role work independently in landscaping skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn plants contribution to indoor climate and health conditions required
- still to learn environmental indoor quality required
Common questions about this move
Can a landscape designer become an interior landscaper?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A landscape designer already covers 38% of what an interior landscaper is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 8 of which the interior landscaper role treats as required.
What skills does a landscape designer need to become an interior landscaper?
12 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is assess risks and implications of a design.
How hard is the move from landscape designer to interior landscaper?
Its learning distance is 66.7 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.