RecordMove

Landscape gardener to countryside 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.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional

From landscape gardener

Distant match

To countryside officer

12 You already bring

19 Still to learn

48 Skills in the target role2

Learning distance Substantial retraining

74.2/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 How much of what a countryside officer is expected to do is already part of a landscape gardener’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 countryside officer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A countryside officer role treats 12 of its required skills as things a landscape gardener already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

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 may need to learn

The 36 missing skills fall into 9 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.

Skill to pick up Tier

01 management skills 4 required, 3 supplementary

still to learn develop natural areas works programmes required
still to learn lead a team in forestry services required
still to learn manage budgets required
still to learn 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

still to learn estimate costs in farm required
still to learn minimize risks in tree operations required
still to learn maintain technical equipment required
still to learn read maps required

optional, not held conduct land surveys optional

03 handling and moving 3 required, 5 supplementary

still to learn identify plants characteristics required
still to learn manage crop production required
still to learn 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

still to learn natural areas maintenance required
still to learn animal species required
still to learn characteristics of plants required

optional, not held forest ecology optional

05 assisting and caring 2 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn conserve natural resources required
still to learn ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety required

optional, not held apply forest legislation optional

06 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required

still to learn operate horticulture equipment required
still to learn 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 pick up Tier

07 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary

still to learn 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 pick up 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 pick up Tier

still to learn natural areas maintenance required
still to learn animal species required
still to learn 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

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a landscape gardener become a countryside officer?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A landscape gardener already covers 32% of what a countryside officer is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 12 of which the countryside officer role treats as required.

What skills does a landscape gardener need to become a countryside officer?

19 required skills are missing, plus 17 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is advise on fertiliser and herbicide.

How hard is the move from landscape gardener to countryside officer?

Its learning distance is 74.2 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

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.