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

landscape gardenertocountryside officer

A landscape gardener already meets 32% of what the countryside officer role asks for. The move turns on 19 required skills not yet in the profile.

From landscape gardener
32%
Overlap1
To countryside officer
12 Skills carried over
19 Required, not held
74.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

32%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

74.2/ 100

1 Share of the countryside officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the landscape gardener 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 countryside officer role treats 12 of its required skills as things a landscape gardener already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • build fences
  • build garden masonry
  • de-limb trees
  • environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry
  • execute disease and pest control activities
  • perform pest control

What stands in the way is 19 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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A countryside officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a landscape gardener background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held build fences constructing
  • already held build garden masonry constructing
  • already held plant green plants handling and moving
  • already held perform pest control assisting and caring
  • already held perform weed control operations handling and moving
  • already held prepare planting area handling and moving

All 12 carried skills, including the 12 the countryside officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 36 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 management skills 4 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held develop natural areas works programmes required
  • required, not held lead a team in forestry services required
  • required, not held manage budgets required
  • required, not held manage staff required
  • optional, not held develop forestry strategies optional
  • optional, not held manage time in forestry optional
  • optional, not held make independent operating decisions optional
02 information skills 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held estimate costs in farm required
  • required, not held minimize risks in tree operations required
  • required, not held maintain technical equipment required
  • required, not held read maps required
  • optional, not held conduct land surveys optional
03 handling and moving 3 required, 5 supplementary
  • required, not held identify plants characteristics required
  • required, not held manage crop production required
  • required, not held manage waste rock required
  • optional, not held seed the ground optional
  • optional, not held harvest crop optional
  • optional, not held maintain turf and grass optional
  • optional, not held manage waste optional
  • optional, not held perform outdoor cleaning activities optional
04 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held natural areas maintenance required
  • required, not held animal species required
  • required, not held characteristics of plants required
  • optional, not held forest ecology optional
05 assisting and caring 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held conserve natural resources required
  • required, not held ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety required
  • optional, not held apply forest legislation optional
06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required
  • required, not held operate horticulture equipment required
  • required, not held operate turf management equipment required

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a countryside officer 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 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held build fences skill
  • already held build garden masonry skill
  • already held de-limb trees skill
  • already held environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry knowledge
  • already held execute disease and pest control activities 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
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on fertiliser and herbicide required
  • optional, not held support volunteers optional
08 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held plant harvest methods optional
  • optional, not held soil structure optional
  • optional, not held sustainable forest management optional
09 services 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held fire-fighting systems optional
  • optional, not held waste management optional
17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held seed the ground optional
  • optional, not held conduct land surveys optional
  • optional, not held develop forestry strategies optional
  • optional, not held harvest crop optional
  • optional, not held maintain turf and grass optional
  • optional, not held manage time in forestry optional
  • optional, not held plant harvest methods optional
  • optional, not held soil structure optional
  • optional, not held sustainable forest management optional
  • optional, not held apply forest legislation optional
  • optional, not held fire-fighting systems optional
  • optional, not held forest ecology optional
  • optional, not held make independent operating decisions optional
  • optional, not held manage waste optional
  • optional, not held perform outdoor cleaning activities optional
  • optional, not held support volunteers optional
  • optional, not held waste management optional
42 held skills the countryside officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role agronomy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role assist in interior plant projects skill
  • not needed by the target role create garden areas skill
  • not needed by the target role crop production principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role design principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop architectural plans skill
  • not needed by the target role ecology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role establish green roof skill
  • not needed by the target role establish vertical gardens skill
  • not needed by the target role grow plants skill
  • not needed by the target role handling chemical products for soil and plants skill
  • not needed by the target role herbicides sprayers knowledge
  • not needed by the target role horticulture principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role landscaping materials knowledge
  • not needed by the target role lead hard landscape projects skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain ground skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain landscape site skill
  • not needed by the target role make decisions regarding landscaping skill
  • not needed by the target role manage agricultural staff 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 manage time in landscaping skill
  • not needed by the target role nurse plants skill
  • not needed by the target role nurse trees skill
  • not needed by the target role operate landscaping equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role organic farming knowledge
  • not needed by the target role prepare flower arrangements skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare site for construction skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare the ground skill
  • not needed by the target role principles of landscape construction knowledge
  • not needed by the target role propagate plants skill
  • not needed by the target role prune hedges and trees skill
  • not needed by the target role prune plants skill
  • not needed by the target role pruning techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role pruning types knowledge
  • not needed by the target role put up signs skill
  • not needed by the target role rainwater management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role supervise landscape projects skill
  • not needed by the target role transport physical resources within the work area skill
  • not needed by the target role use gardening equipment skill

2 further entries not listed here

9 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 natural areas maintenance required
  • required, not held animal species required
  • required, not held characteristics of plants required
  • optional, not held plant harvest methods optional
  • optional, not held soil structure optional
  • optional, not held sustainable forest management optional
  • optional, not held fire-fighting systems optional
  • optional, not held forest ecology optional
  • optional, not held waste management optional
Index

Other moves recorded from landscape gardener

Full index of moves from landscape gardener

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.