Pesticides sprayer to garden labourer
A pesticides sprayer already meets 17% of what the garden labourer role asks for. The move turns on 21 required skills not yet in the profile.
85.8/ 100
1 How much of what a garden labourer is expected to do is already part of a pesticides sprayer’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 garden labourer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A garden labourer role treats 4 of its required skills as things a pesticides sprayer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- handling chemical products for soil and plants
- maintain ground
- pest control in plants
- work in outdoor conditions
What stands in the way is 21 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 9 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 pesticides sprayer background worth leading with.
- already held herbicides sprayers natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held lawn care services
- already held maintain ground handling and moving
- already held handling chemical products for soil and plants handling and moving
- already held perform weed control operations handling and moving
- already held horticulture principles agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
All 9 carried skills, including the 4 the garden labourer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 41 missing skills fall into 7 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 grow plants required
- still to learn maintain plant health required
- still to learn maintain plant soil nutrition required
- still to learn maintain plants' growth required
- still to learn maintain turf and grass required
- still to learn nurse plants required
- still to learn operate hand pruning equipment required
- still to learn plant green plants required
- still to learn prepare planting area required
- still to learn prepare sites for planting of grass required
- still to learn prepare the ground required
- still to learn propagate plants required
- still to learn prune hedges and trees required
- still to learn prune plants required
- still to learn use gardening equipment required
- optional, not held assist in interior plant projects optional
- optional, not held create garden areas optional
- optional, not held de-limb trees optional
- optional, not held establish vertical gardens optional
- optional, not held maintain the greenhouse optional
- optional, not held nurse trees optional
- optional, not held provide lawn care optional
- optional, not held transport physical resources within the work area optional
- still to learn plant propagation required
- still to learn soil structure required
- still to learn watering principles required
- optional, not held greenhouse types optional
- optional, not held landscaping materials optional
- optional, not held pruning techniques optional
- optional, not held pruning types optional
- optional, not held turf management optional
- still to learn plant according to guidelines required
- optional, not held execute disease and pest control activities optional
- still to learn plant species required
- optional, not held ecology optional
- still to learn operate turf management equipment required
- optional, not held build fences optional
- optional, not held build garden masonry optional
- optional, not held maintain turf management equipment optional
- optional, not held maintain gardening equipment optional
1 further area in the appendix
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.
- 01 grow plants practise this
- 02 maintain plant health practise this
- 03 maintain plant soil nutrition 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 9 skills that carry over
- already held handling chemical products for soil and plants skill
- already held maintain ground skill
- already held pest control in plants knowledge
- already held work in outdoor conditions skill
- already held herbicides sprayers knowledge
- already held horticulture principles knowledge
- already held lawn care knowledge
- already held perform weed control operations skill
- already held plant disease control knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held establish green roof optional
20 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assist in interior plant projects optional
- optional, not held build fences optional
- optional, not held build garden masonry optional
- optional, not held create garden areas optional
- optional, not held de-limb trees optional
- optional, not held establish green roof optional
- optional, not held establish vertical gardens optional
- optional, not held execute disease and pest control activities optional
- optional, not held greenhouse types optional
- optional, not held landscaping materials optional
- optional, not held maintain the greenhouse optional
- optional, not held maintain turf management equipment optional
- optional, not held nurse trees optional
- optional, not held provide lawn care optional
- optional, not held pruning techniques optional
- optional, not held pruning types optional
- optional, not held transport physical resources within the work area optional
- optional, not held turf management optional
- optional, not held ecology optional
- optional, not held maintain gardening equipment optional
34 held skills the garden labourer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role European pesticide legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role act reliably skill
- not needed by the target role adapt to different weather conditions skill
- not needed by the target role agricultural chemicals knowledge
- not needed by the target role chemical products knowledge
- not needed by the target role clean equipment skill
- not needed by the target role complete report sheets of activity skill
- not needed by the target role cooperate with colleagues skill
- not needed by the target role drive vehicles skill
- not needed by the target role floriculture knowledge
- not needed by the target role health, safety and hygiene legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role herbicides knowledge
- not needed by the target role integrated pest management knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain inventory of pesticides skill
- not needed by the target role maintain professional administration skill
- not needed by the target role manage a small-to-medium business skill
- not needed by the target role manage pest and weed control skill
- not needed by the target role mix chemicals skill
- not needed by the target role perform pest control skill
- not needed by the target role perform safety inspections on spraying equipment skill
- not needed by the target role pesticides knowledge
- not needed by the target role pesticides sprayers knowledge
- not needed by the target role phytosanitary measures knowledge
- not needed by the target role plant care products knowledge
- not needed by the target role provide technical expertise skill
- not needed by the target role safe use of pesticides knowledge
- not needed by the target role select hazard control skill
- not needed by the target role spray pesticides skill
- not needed by the target role use hand tools for forestry work skill
- not needed by the target role use personal protection equipment skill
- not needed by the target role use pest detection sensors skill
- not needed by the target role vegetation control skill
- not needed by the target role work safely with chemicals skill
- not needed by the target role work with respect for own safety skill
10 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 plant propagation required
- still to learn plant species required
- still to learn soil structure required
- still to learn watering principles required
- optional, not held greenhouse types optional
- optional, not held landscaping materials optional
- optional, not held pruning techniques optional
- optional, not held pruning types optional
- optional, not held turf management optional
- optional, not held ecology optional
Other moves recorded from pesticides sprayer
Common questions about this move
Can a pesticides sprayer become a garden labourer?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A pesticides sprayer already covers 17% of what a garden labourer is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 4 of which the garden labourer role treats as required.
What skills does a pesticides sprayer need to become a garden labourer?
21 required skills are missing, plus 20 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is grow plants.
How hard is the move from pesticides sprayer to garden labourer?
Its learning distance is 85.8 out of 100, which is the career change 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.