Table 1Transition record

landscape gardenertogarden labourer

A landscape gardener already meets 60% of what the garden labourer role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.

From landscape gardener

60%

Overlap1

To garden labourer

32 Skills carried over

11 Required, not held

50.8 Difficulty2

adjacent 0–30

moderate 30–55

substantial 55–75

career change 75–100

this move, 50.8

This move: 50.8 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the garden labourer 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 32 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A garden labourer 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 create garden areas handling and moving
already held establish vertical gardens handling and moving
already held prepare the ground handling and moving
already held establish green roof communication, collaboration and creativity
already held herbicides sprayers natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
already held assist in interior plant projects handling and moving

All 32 carried skills, including the 14 the garden labourer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 18 missing skills fall into 6 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 6 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held maintain plant health required
required, not held maintain plant soil nutrition required
required, not held maintain plants' growth required
required, not held maintain turf and grass required
required, not held operate hand pruning equipment required
required, not held prepare sites for planting of grass required

optional, not held maintain the greenhouse optional
optional, not held provide lawn care optional

02 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 3 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held plant propagation required
required, not held soil structure required
required, not held watering principles required

optional, not held greenhouse types optional
optional, not held turf management optional

03 assisting and caring 1 required

required, not held plant according to guidelines required

04 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required

required, not held operate turf management equipment required

05 constructing 2 supplementary

optional, not held maintain turf management equipment optional
optional, not held maintain gardening equipment optional

06 services 1 supplementary

optional, not held lawn care optional

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a garden labourer 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 32 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held grow plants skill
already held handling chemical products for soil and plants skill
already held maintain ground skill
already held nurse plants skill
already held pest control in plants knowledge
already held plant green plants skill
already held plant species knowledge
already held prepare planting area skill
already held prepare the ground skill
already held propagate plants skill
already held prune hedges and trees skill
already held prune plants skill
already held use gardening equipment skill
already held work in outdoor conditions skill
already held assist in interior plant projects skill
already held build fences skill
already held build garden masonry skill
already held create garden areas skill
already held de-limb trees skill
already held ecology knowledge
already held establish green roof skill
already held establish vertical gardens skill
already held execute disease and pest control activities skill
already held herbicides sprayers knowledge
already held horticulture principles knowledge
already held landscaping materials knowledge
already held nurse trees skill
already held perform weed control operations skill
already held plant disease control knowledge
already held pruning techniques knowledge
already held pruning types knowledge
already held transport physical resources within the work area skill

7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required

Skill to acquire Tier

optional, not held greenhouse types optional
optional, not held lawn care optional
optional, not held maintain the greenhouse optional
optional, not held maintain turf management equipment optional
optional, not held provide lawn care optional
optional, not held turf management optional
optional, not held maintain gardening equipment optional

22 held skills the garden labourer role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role agronomy knowledge
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 environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry knowledge
not needed by the target role lead hard landscape projects 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 operate landscaping equipment skill
not needed by the target role organic farming knowledge
not needed by the target role perform pest control skill
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 principles of landscape construction 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 work in a landscape team 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 plant propagation required
required, not held soil structure required
required, not held watering principles required
optional, not held greenhouse types optional
optional, not held lawn care optional
optional, not held turf 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.