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

countryside officertogroundsman/groundswoman

A countryside officer already meets 29% of what the groundsman/groundswoman role asks for. The move turns on 21 required skills not yet in the profile.

From countryside officer
29%
Overlap1
To groundsman/groundswoman
12 Skills carried over
21 Required, not held
78.4 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

29%

Learning distance A rebuild

78.4/ 100

1 Share of the groundsman/groundswoman 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 groundsman/groundswoman role treats 10 of its required skills as things a countryside officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry
  • execute disease and pest control activities
  • maintain turf and grass
  • operate turf management equipment
  • perform pest control
  • perform weed control operations

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A groundsman/groundswoman 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 operate turf management equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held maintain turf and grass handling and moving
  • already held plant green plants handling and moving
  • already held perform pest control assisting and caring
  • already held perform weed control operations handling and moving
  • already held prepare planting area handling and moving

All 12 carried skills, including the 10 the groundsman/groundswoman role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 37 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 7 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held prepare sites for planting of grass required
  • required, not held prepare the ground required
  • required, not held spray pesticides required
  • required, not held transport physical resources within the work area required
  • required, not held use gardening equipment required
  • required, not held handling chemical products for soil and plants required
  • required, not held maintain landscape site required
  • optional, not held grow plants optional
  • optional, not held nurse plants optional
  • optional, not held nurse trees optional
  • optional, not held propagate plants optional
  • optional, not held prune hedges and trees optional
  • optional, not held prune plants optional
02 constructing 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held construct greens and grounds required
  • required, not held maintain turf management equipment required
  • required, not held prepare site for construction required
  • required, not held maintain irrigation systems required
  • optional, not held manage rainwater optional
03 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 3 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held horticulture principles required
  • required, not held turf management required
  • required, not held watering principles required
  • optional, not held crop production principles optional
  • optional, not held pruning techniques optional
  • optional, not held pruning types optional
04 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held plan sports areas required
  • required, not held prepare building site required
  • optional, not held implement plans for the management of sports turf areas optional
  • optional, not held communicate with customers optional
05 information skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held estimate consumption of water required
  • required, not held monitor water quality required
  • optional, not held report pollution incidents optional
  • optional, not held use technical documentation optional
06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 required
  • required, not held water chemistry analysis required
  • required, not held ecology required

2 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a groundsman/groundswoman 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 12 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry knowledge
  • already held execute disease and pest control activities skill
  • already held maintain turf and grass skill
  • already held operate turf management equipment skill
  • already held perform pest control skill
  • already held perform weed control operations skill
  • already held pest control in plants knowledge
  • already held plant disease control knowledge
  • already held plant species knowledge
  • already held soil structure knowledge
  • already held plant green plants skill
  • already held prepare planting area skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held principles of landscape construction required
  • optional, not held rainwater management optional
08 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held manage time in landscaping optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held implement plans for the management of sports turf areas optional
  • optional, not held crop production principles optional
  • optional, not held grow plants optional
  • optional, not held manage rainwater optional
  • optional, not held manage time in landscaping optional
  • optional, not held nurse plants optional
  • optional, not held nurse trees optional
  • optional, not held propagate plants optional
  • optional, not held prune hedges and trees optional
  • optional, not held prune plants optional
  • optional, not held pruning techniques optional
  • optional, not held pruning types optional
  • optional, not held rainwater management optional
  • optional, not held report pollution incidents optional
  • optional, not held communicate with customers optional
  • optional, not held use technical documentation optional
36 held skills the groundsman/groundswoman 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 fences 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 de-limb trees skill
  • not needed by the target role develop forestry strategies 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 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 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 perform outdoor cleaning activities skill
  • not needed by the target role plant harvest methods knowledge
  • 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 support volunteers skill
  • not needed by the target role sustainable forest management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role waste management 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 horticulture principles required
  • required, not held principles of landscape construction required
  • required, not held turf management required
  • required, not held water chemistry analysis required
  • required, not held watering principles required
  • required, not held ecology required
  • optional, not held crop production principles optional
  • optional, not held pruning techniques optional
  • optional, not held pruning types optional
  • optional, not held rainwater management 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.