Table 1Transition record

arboriculturisttoforester

A arboriculturist already meets 20% of what the forester role asks for. The move turns on 15 required skills not yet in the profile.

From arboriculturist

20%

Overlap1

To forester

7 Skills carried over

15 Required, not held

80.2 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

20%

Learning distance A rebuild

80.2/ 100

Easy adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change Hard

1 Share of the forester role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the arboriculturist 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.

Why

Why this move works

A forester role treats 5 of its required skills as things a arboriculturist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

conserve forests
de-limb trees
forestry regulations
health and safety regulations
write technical reports related to trees

What stands in the way is 15 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 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 arboriculturist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held write technical reports related to trees communication, collaboration and creativity
already held conserve forests assisting and caring
already held forestry regulations agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
already held de-limb trees handling and moving
already held estimate damage information skills
already held geographic information systems natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

All 7 carried skills, including the 5 the forester role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 36 missing skills fall into 9 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 5 required, 1 supplementary

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 3 required, 9 supplementary

required, not held manage forests required
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 budgets optional
optional, not held manage production enterprise optional
optional, not held manage staff optional
optional, not held perform project management optional

03 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary

required, not held monitor forest health required
required, not held monitor forest productivity required

optional, not held forecast timber production optional
optional, not held report pollution incidents optional

04 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

05 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 5 supplementary

required, not held promote environmental awareness required

optional, not held advise on timber harvest optional
optional, not held coordinate timber sales optional
optional, not held interact with clients in forestry optional
optional, not held communicate with customers optional
optional, not held use communication techniques optional

06 handling and moving 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held organise tree plantations required

optional, not held harvest timber optional

3 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 conserve forests skill
already held de-limb trees skill
already held forestry regulations knowledge
already held health and safety regulations knowledge
already held write technical reports related to trees skill
already held estimate damage skill
already held geographic information systems knowledge

The 3 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required

required, not held environmental policy required

08 assisting and caring 1 supplementary

optional, not held apply forest legislation optional

09 working with computers 1 supplementary

optional, not held operate GPS systems optional

21 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 advise on timber harvest optional
optional, not held animal hunting optional
optional, not held coordinate timber sales optional
optional, not held develop natural areas works programmes optional
optional, not held forecast timber production 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 budgets 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

27 held skills the forester role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role advise on tree issues skill
not needed by the target role assist tree identification skill
not needed by the target role carry out aerial tree rigging skill
not needed by the target role climate change impact knowledge
not needed by the target role climb trees skill
not needed by the target role control tree diseases skill
not needed by the target role drive agricultural machines skill
not needed by the target role execute disease and pest control activities skill
not needed by the target role execute fertilisation skill
not needed by the target role forest ecology knowledge
not needed by the target role handle geospatial technologies skill
not needed by the target role inspect trees skill
not needed by the target role maintain forestry equipment skill
not needed by the target role make independent operating decisions skill
not needed by the target role minimize risks in tree operations skill
not needed by the target role monitor grounds skill
not needed by the target role monitor tree health skill
not needed by the target role nurse trees skill
not needed by the target role operate chainsaw skill
not needed by the target role operate hand pruning equipment skill
not needed by the target role perform tree thinning skill
not needed by the target role plant green plants skill
not needed by the target role plant species knowledge
not needed by the target role protect trees skill
not needed by the target role safeguard biodiversity skill
not needed by the target role spray pesticides skill
not needed by the target role tree preservation and conservation knowledge

10 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 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 pest control in plants required
optional, not held animal hunting optional
optional, not held business management principles optional

Index

Other moves recorded from arboriculturist

Full index of moves from arboriculturist

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.