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

landscape designertolandscape gardener

A landscape designer already meets 31% of what the landscape gardener role asks for. The move turns on 23 required skills not yet in the profile.

From landscape designer
31%
Overlap1
To landscape gardener
17 Skills carried over
23 Required, not held
77.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

31%

Learning distance A rebuild

77.2/ 100

1 Share of the landscape gardener 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 landscape gardener role treats 10 of its required skills as things a landscape designer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • design principles
  • ecology
  • horticulture principles
  • landscaping materials
  • perform pest control
  • perform weed control operations

What stands in the way is 23 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 17 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 landscape designer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held make decisions regarding landscaping management skills
  • already held principles of landscape construction engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held lead hard landscape projects management skills
  • already held manage landscape design projects management skills
  • already held manage rainwater constructing
  • already held rainwater management engineering, manufacturing and construction

All 17 carried skills, including the 10 the landscape gardener role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 37 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 handling and moving 16 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held de-limb trees required
  • required, not held grow plants required
  • required, not held maintain ground required
  • required, not held nurse plants required
  • required, not held nurse trees required
  • required, not held plant green plants required
  • required, not held prepare planting area required
  • required, not held prepare the ground required
  • required, not held propagate plants required
  • required, not held prune hedges and trees required
  • required, not held prune plants required
  • required, not held put up signs required
  • required, not held transport physical resources within the work area required
  • required, not held use gardening equipment required
  • required, not held handling chemical products for soil and plants required
  • required, not held maintain landscape site required
  • optional, not held assist in interior plant projects optional
  • optional, not held create garden areas optional
  • optional, not held establish vertical gardens optional
02 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held pruning techniques required
  • required, not held pruning types required
  • optional, not held crop production principles optional
  • optional, not held organic farming optional
03 assisting and caring 2 required
  • required, not held execute disease and pest control activities required
  • required, not held work in outdoor conditions required
04 constructing 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held build fences required
  • optional, not held build garden masonry optional
  • optional, not held prepare site for construction optional
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

3 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 17 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held design principles knowledge
  • already held ecology knowledge
  • already held horticulture principles knowledge
  • 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 principles of landscape construction knowledge
  • already held agronomy knowledge
  • already held develop architectural plans skill
  • already held lead hard landscape projects skill
  • already held make decisions regarding landscaping skill
  • already held manage landscape design projects skill
  • already held manage rainwater skill
  • already held rainwater management knowledge
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held establish green roof optional
  • optional, not held prepare flower arrangements optional
  • optional, not held work in a landscape team optional
08 management skills 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held supervise landscape projects optional
  • optional, not held manage agricultural staff optional
  • optional, not held manage time in landscaping optional
09 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held herbicides sprayers optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • 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 crop production principles optional
  • optional, not held establish green roof optional
  • optional, not held establish vertical gardens optional
  • optional, not held herbicides sprayers optional
  • optional, not held manage agricultural staff 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 work in a landscape team optional
24 held skills the landscape gardener 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 landscape designs skill
  • not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
  • 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 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 make drawings skill
  • not needed by the target role perform studies and field investigation skill
  • 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
6 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 pruning techniques required
  • required, not held pruning types required
  • required, not held environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry required
  • optional, not held crop production principles optional
  • optional, not held herbicides sprayers optional
  • optional, not held organic farming optional
Index

Other moves recorded from landscape designer

Full index of moves from landscape designer

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.