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

landscape designertointerior 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.

From landscape designer
38%
Overlap1
To interior landscaper
10 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
66.7 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

38%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

66.7/ 100

1 Share of the interior landscaper role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the landscape designer 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 interior landscaper role treats 8 of its required skills as things a landscape designer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • 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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A 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.

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 8 the interior landscaper role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 19 missing skills fall into 7 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 5 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held create plant displays required
  • required, not held prepare artificial plant displays required
  • required, not held prepare flower arrangements required
  • required, not held specify landscape design components required
  • required, not held 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
02 handling and moving 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held assist in interior plant projects required
  • required, not held prepare planting area required
  • required, not held prune hedges and trees required
  • required, not held transport physical resources within the work area required
  • optional, not held enhance landscapes optional
03 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required
  • required, not held plants contribution to indoor climate and health conditions required
  • required, not held environmental indoor quality required
04 information skills 1 required
  • required, not held assess risks and implications of a design required
05 constructing 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held build garden masonry optional
06 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage time in landscaping optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a interior landscaper 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 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
Skill to acquire Tier
07 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held operate landscaping equipment optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • 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
Skill Type
  • 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held plants contribution to indoor climate and health conditions required
  • required, not held environmental indoor quality required
Index
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.