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

countryside officertoforest worker

A countryside officer already meets 25% of what the forest worker role asks for. The move turns on 19 required skills not yet in the profile.

From countryside officer
25%
Overlap1
To forest worker
8 Skills carried over
19 Required, not held
79 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

25%

Learning distance A rebuild

79/ 100

1 Share of the forest worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the countryside officer 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 forest worker role treats 7 of its required skills as things a countryside officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • build fences
  • de-limb trees
  • execute disease and pest control activities
  • perform pest control
  • perform weed control operations
  • plant green 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A forest worker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a countryside officer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held build fences constructing
  • already held develop forestry strategies management skills
  • already held plant green plants handling and moving
  • already held sustainable forest management agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • already held perform pest control assisting and caring
  • already held perform weed control operations handling and moving

All 8 carried skills, including the 7 the forest worker role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 28 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 handling and moving 9 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held plant trees required
  • required, not held assist tree identification required
  • required, not held control tree diseases required
  • required, not held maintain the trails required
  • required, not held nurse trees required
  • required, not held perform tree thinning required
  • required, not held put up signs required
  • required, not held spray pesticides required
  • required, not held climb trees required
  • optional, not held handle forest products optional
02 assisting and caring 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held act with a high level of safety awareness required
  • required, not held safeguard biodiversity required
  • optional, not held pay attention to safety while performing forestry operations optional
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 2 required
  • required, not held maintain forestry equipment required
  • required, not held operate forestry equipment required
04 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held reforestation required
  • optional, not held agroforestry optional
  • optional, not held animal hunting optional
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held assist forest survey crew required
  • optional, not held adapt to changes in forestry optional
06 constructing 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held carry out aerial tree rigging required
  • optional, not held maintain camping facilities optional

4 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a forest worker 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 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held build fences skill
  • already held de-limb trees skill
  • already held execute disease and pest control activities skill
  • already held perform pest control skill
  • already held perform weed control operations skill
  • already held plant green plants skill
  • already held sustainable forest management knowledge
  • already held develop forestry strategies skill
The 4 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held manage forest fires required
  • optional, not held report pollution incidents optional
08 management skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held work independently in forestry services required
  • optional, not held make decisions regarding forestry management optional
09 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required
  • required, not held pollution prevention required
10 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held habitat restoration optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held adapt to changes in forestry optional
  • optional, not held handle forest products optional
  • optional, not held agroforestry optional
  • optional, not held animal hunting optional
  • optional, not held habitat restoration optional
  • optional, not held maintain camping facilities optional
  • optional, not held make decisions regarding forestry management optional
  • optional, not held pay attention to safety while performing forestry operations optional
  • optional, not held report pollution incidents optional
40 held skills the forest worker role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on fertiliser and herbicide skill
  • not needed by the target role animal species knowledge
  • not needed by the target role apply forest legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role build garden masonry skill
  • not needed by the target role characteristics of plants knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct land surveys skill
  • not needed by the target role conserve natural resources skill
  • not needed by the target role develop natural areas works programmes skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety skill
  • not needed by the target role environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry knowledge
  • not needed by the target role estimate costs in farm skill
  • not needed by the target role fire-fighting systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role forest ecology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role harvest crop skill
  • not needed by the target role identify plants characteristics skill
  • not needed by the target role lead a team in forestry services skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain technical equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain turf and grass skill
  • not needed by the target role make independent operating decisions skill
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role manage crop production skill
  • not needed by the target role manage staff skill
  • not needed by the target role manage time in forestry skill
  • not needed by the target role manage waste skill
  • not needed by the target role manage waste rock skill
  • not needed by the target role minimize risks in tree operations skill
  • not needed by the target role natural areas maintenance knowledge
  • not needed by the target role operate horticulture equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role operate turf management equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role perform outdoor cleaning activities skill
  • not needed by the target role pest control in plants knowledge
  • not needed by the target role plant disease control knowledge
  • not needed by the target role plant harvest methods knowledge
  • not needed by the target role plant species knowledge
  • not needed by the target role prepare planting area skill
  • not needed by the target role read maps skill
  • not needed by the target role seed the ground skill
  • not needed by the target role soil structure knowledge
  • not needed by the target role support volunteers skill
  • not needed by the target role waste management knowledge
5 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 reforestation required
  • required, not held pollution prevention required
  • optional, not held agroforestry optional
  • optional, not held animal hunting optional
  • optional, not held habitat restoration optional
Index

Other moves recorded from countryside officer

Full index of moves from countryside officer

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.