Lottery manager to botanist
A lottery manager already meets 44% of what the botanist role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
59.5/ 100
1 How much of what a botanist is expected to do is already part of a lottery manager’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 botanist role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A botanist role treats 12 of its required skills as things a lottery manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- corporate social responsibility
- follow company standards
- liaise with local authorities
- manage budgets
- manage logistics
- manage staff
What stands in the way is 13 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A botanist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a lottery manager background worth leading with.
- already held schedule recreation facilities management skills
- already held promote recreation activities communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held recreation activities services
- already held manage logistics management skills
- already held represent the organisation communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held set organisational policies management skills
All 12 carried skills, including the 12 the botanist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 19 missing skills fall into 6 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.
- still to learn botany required
- still to learn variety of botanicals required
- still to learn biology required
- still to learn characteristics of plants required
- still to learn ecology required
- optional, not held aquatic ecology optional
- optional, not held forest ecology optional
- still to learn develop recreation programmes required
- still to learn manage recreational facility required
- still to learn establish daily priorities required
- still to learn supervise daily information operations required
- still to learn advise on acquisitions required
- optional, not held educate people about nature optional
- optional, not held educate the public about wildlife optional
- still to learn collect biological data required
- optional, not held conduct ecological surveys optional
- optional, not held employ habitat survey techniques optional
- still to learn monitor grounds maintenance required
- still to learn evolution of economic forecasts required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a botanist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 advise on acquisitions practise this
- 02 botany study this
- 03 develop recreation programmes practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 12 skills that carry over
- already held corporate social responsibility knowledge
- already held follow company standards skill
- already held liaise with local authorities skill
- already held manage budgets skill
- already held manage logistics skill
- already held manage staff skill
- already held manage supplies skill
- already held promote recreation activities skill
- already held recreation activities knowledge
- already held represent the organisation skill
- already held schedule recreation facilities skill
- already held set organisational policies skill
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held conduct ecological surveys optional
- optional, not held educate people about nature optional
- optional, not held employ habitat survey techniques optional
- optional, not held aquatic ecology optional
- optional, not held educate the public about wildlife optional
- optional, not held forest ecology optional
26 held skills the botanist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role accounting knowledge
- not needed by the target role arrange audit skill
- not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role comply with legal regulations skill
- not needed by the target role customer service knowledge
- not needed by the target role financial capability knowledge
- not needed by the target role financial management knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle customer complaints skill
- not needed by the target role involve volunteers skill
- not needed by the target role keep task records skill
- not needed by the target role lead process optimisation skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with financiers skill
- not needed by the target role lottery company policies knowledge
- not needed by the target role lottery equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain customer service skill
- not needed by the target role maintain lottery equipment skill
- not needed by the target role manage database skill
- not needed by the target role manage fundraising activities skill
- not needed by the target role manage lottery operations skill
- not needed by the target role manage payroll skill
- not needed by the target role manage profitability skill
- not needed by the target role manage volunteers skill
- not needed by the target role perform fundraising activities skill
- not needed by the target role perform project management skill
- not needed by the target role promote company skill
- not needed by the target role sell tickets skill
8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn botany required
- still to learn variety of botanicals required
- still to learn biology required
- still to learn characteristics of plants required
- still to learn ecology required
- still to learn evolution of economic forecasts required
- optional, not held aquatic ecology optional
- optional, not held forest ecology optional
Common questions about this move
Can a lottery manager become a botanist?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A lottery manager already covers 44% of what a botanist is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 12 of which the botanist role treats as required.
What skills does a lottery manager need to become a botanist?
13 required skills are missing, plus 6 optional ones. They fall into 6 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by natural sciences, mathematics and statistics. The single most important is advise on acquisitions.
How hard is the move from lottery manager to botanist?
Its learning distance is 59.5 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
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.