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

timber tradertoforester

A timber trader already meets 18% of what the forester role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.

From timber trader
18%
Overlap1
To forester
7 Skills carried over
16 Required, not held
81.9 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 81.9

This move: 81.9 of 100 · career change

1 Share of the forester role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the timber trader 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A forester role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a timber trader background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held coordinate timber sales communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held manage forests management skills
  • already held monitor forest productivity information skills
  • already held write technical reports related to trees communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held monitor forest health information skills
  • already held advise on timber harvest communication, collaboration and creativity

All 7 carried skills, including the 4 the forester role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 36 missing skills fall into 10 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 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 6 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held forestry regulations required
  • required, not held plant disease control required
  • required, not held reforestation required
  • required, not held sustainable forest management required
  • required, not held agronomy required
  • required, not held pest control in plants required
  • optional, not held animal hunting optional
02 management skills 2 required, 8 supplementary
  • required, not held supervise forestry workers required
  • required, not held organise labour required
  • optional, not held coordinate forestry research optional
  • optional, not held organise harvests optional
  • optional, not held develop natural areas works programmes optional
  • optional, not held manage time in forestry optional
  • optional, not held work independently in forestry services optional
  • optional, not held manage production enterprise optional
  • optional, not held manage staff optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
03 business, administration and law 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held animal welfare legislation required
  • required, not held environmental legislation required
  • optional, not held business management principles optional
04 handling and moving 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held organise tree plantations required
  • required, not held de-limb trees required
  • optional, not held harvest timber optional
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held promote environmental awareness required
  • optional, not held interact with clients in forestry optional
  • optional, not held communicate with customers optional
  • optional, not held use communication techniques optional
06 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held conserve forests required
  • optional, not held apply forest legislation optional

4 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a forester 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held manage forests skill
  • already held monitor forest health skill
  • already held monitor forest productivity skill
  • already held write technical reports related to trees skill
  • already held advise on timber harvest skill
  • already held coordinate timber sales skill
  • already held manage budgets skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held environmental policy required
  • optional, not held geographic information systems optional
08 services 1 required
  • required, not held health and safety regulations required
09 information skills 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held estimate damage optional
  • optional, not held forecast timber production optional
  • optional, not held report pollution incidents optional
10 working with computers 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held operate GPS systems optional
20 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held coordinate forestry research optional
  • optional, not held organise harvests optional
  • optional, not held animal hunting optional
  • optional, not held develop natural areas works programmes optional
  • optional, not held estimate damage optional
  • optional, not held forecast timber production optional
  • optional, not held geographic information systems optional
  • optional, not held harvest timber optional
  • optional, not held interact with clients in forestry optional
  • optional, not held manage time in forestry optional
  • optional, not held report pollution incidents optional
  • optional, not held work independently in forestry services optional
  • optional, not held apply forest legislation optional
  • optional, not held business management principles optional
  • optional, not held communicate with customers optional
  • optional, not held manage production enterprise optional
  • optional, not held manage staff optional
  • optional, not held operate GPS systems optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
  • optional, not held use communication techniques optional
28 held skills the forester role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on timber-based products skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out purchasing operations in the timber business skill
  • not needed by the target role check quality of raw materials skill
  • not needed by the target role comply with timber trade code of conduct skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct land surveys skill
  • not needed by the target role distinguish wood quality skill
  • not needed by the target role guarantee customer satisfaction skill
  • not needed by the target role handle timber skill
  • not needed by the target role identify market niches skill
  • not needed by the target role implement marketing strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role implement sales strategies skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect timber skill
  • not needed by the target role inspect trees skill
  • not needed by the target role manage logs segregation and stacking skill
  • not needed by the target role manage timber orders skill
  • not needed by the target role manage timber stocks skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor logging operations skill
  • not needed by the target role negotiate price skill
  • not needed by the target role operate forestry machinery skill
  • not needed by the target role pack timber products skill
  • not needed by the target role process collected survey data skill
  • not needed by the target role process returned timber products skill
  • not needed by the target role read maps skill
  • not needed by the target role report the results of treatment skill
  • not needed by the target role sell processed timber in a commercial environment skill
  • not needed by the target role study prices of wood products skill
  • not needed by the target role timber products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role work in a forestry team skill
13 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 forestry regulations required
  • required, not held plant disease control required
  • required, not held reforestation required
  • required, not held sustainable forest management required
  • required, not held agronomy required
  • required, not held animal welfare legislation required
  • required, not held environmental legislation required
  • required, not held environmental policy required
  • required, not held health and safety regulations required
  • required, not held pest control in plants required
  • optional, not held animal hunting optional
  • optional, not held geographic information systems optional
  • optional, not held business management principles optional
Index

Other moves recorded from timber trader

Full index of moves from timber trader

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.