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

cemetery attendanttogarden labourer

A cemetery attendant already meets 18% of what the garden labourer role asks for. The move turns on 19 required skills not yet in the profile.

From cemetery attendant
18%
Overlap1
To garden labourer
6 Skills carried over
19 Required, not held
85 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

18%

Learning distance A rebuild

85/ 100

1 Share of the garden labourer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the cemetery attendant 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 garden labourer role treats 6 of its required skills as things a cemetery attendant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • maintain plant health
  • maintain plant soil nutrition
  • maintain turf and grass
  • plant according to guidelines
  • prepare planting area
  • prune plants

What stands in the way is 19 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 6 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 cemetery attendant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held plant according to guidelines assisting and caring
  • already held maintain turf and grass handling and moving
  • already held maintain plant soil nutrition handling and moving
  • already held prune plants handling and moving
  • already held maintain plant health handling and moving
  • already held prepare planting area handling and moving

All 6 carried skills, including the 6 the garden labourer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 44 missing skills fall into 8 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 12 required, 9 supplementary
  • required, not held grow plants required
  • required, not held maintain ground required
  • required, not held maintain plants' growth required
  • required, not held nurse plants required
  • required, not held operate hand pruning equipment required
  • required, not held plant green plants required
  • required, not held prepare sites for planting of grass required
  • required, not held prepare the ground required
  • required, not held propagate plants required
  • required, not held prune hedges and trees required
  • required, not held use gardening equipment required
  • required, not held handling chemical products for soil and plants 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 perform weed control operations optional
  • optional, not held provide lawn care optional
  • optional, not held transport physical resources within the work area optional
02 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 4 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held plant propagation required
  • required, not held soil structure required
  • required, not held watering principles required
  • required, not held pest control in plants required
  • optional, not held greenhouse types optional
  • optional, not held horticulture principles optional
  • optional, not held landscaping materials optional
  • optional, not held plant disease control optional
  • optional, not held pruning techniques optional
  • optional, not held pruning types optional
  • optional, not held turf management optional
03 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held plant species required
  • optional, not held herbicides sprayers optional
  • optional, not held ecology optional
04 assisting and caring 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held work in outdoor conditions required
  • optional, not held execute disease and pest control activities optional
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required
  • required, not held operate turf management equipment required
06 constructing 4 supplementary
  • 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

2 further areas in the appendix

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 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held maintain plant health skill
  • already held maintain plant soil nutrition skill
  • already held maintain turf and grass skill
  • already held plant according to guidelines skill
  • already held prepare planting area skill
  • already held prune plants skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held establish green roof optional
08 services 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held lawn care optional
25 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • 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 herbicides sprayers optional
  • optional, not held horticulture principles optional
  • optional, not held landscaping materials 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 nurse trees optional
  • optional, not held perform weed control operations optional
  • optional, not held plant disease control 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
20 held skills the garden labourer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role administer appointments skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on funeral services skill
  • not needed by the target role affix memorial plaques skill
  • not needed by the target role assist in the placement of gravestones skill
  • not needed by the target role cooperate with funeral directors skill
  • not needed by the target role cost management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role greet guests skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with local authorities skill
  • not needed by the target role lift heavy weights skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain burial records skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain inventory of tools skill
  • not needed by the target role operate excavator skill
  • not needed by the target role operate landscaping equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role oversee maintenance work skill
  • not needed by the target role prepare graves skill
  • not needed by the target role promote human rights skill
  • not needed by the target role provide visitor information skill
  • not needed by the target role relate empathetically skill
  • not needed by the target role train employees skill
  • not needed by the target role work ergonomically skill
15 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 plant species required
  • required, not held soil structure required
  • required, not held watering principles required
  • required, not held pest control in plants required
  • optional, not held greenhouse types optional
  • optional, not held herbicides sprayers optional
  • optional, not held horticulture principles optional
  • optional, not held landscaping materials optional
  • optional, not held lawn care optional
  • optional, not held plant disease control optional
  • optional, not held pruning techniques optional
  • optional, not held pruning types optional
  • optional, not held turf management optional
  • optional, not held ecology optional
Index
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.