countryside officertointerior landscaper
A countryside officer already meets 27% of what the interior landscaper role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.
27%
74.4/ 100
1 Share of the interior landscaper 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 this move works
A interior landscaper role treats 6 of its required skills as things a countryside officer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- perform pest control
- perform weed control operations
- pest control in plants
- plant disease control
- plant species
- prepare planting area
What stands in the way is 14 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A interior landscaper 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.
- already held build garden masonry constructing
- 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
- already held plant species natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held plant disease control agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
All 7 carried skills, including the 6 the interior landscaper role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 22 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.
- required, not held create plant displays required
- required, not held prepare artificial plant displays required
- required, not held develop architectural plans required
- required, not held prepare flower arrangements required
- required, not held specify landscape design components required
- required, not held communicate with customers required
- optional, not held create landscape designs optional
- optional, not held design landscape schemes optional
- optional, not held work in a landscape team optional
- optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
- required, not held assist in interior plant projects required
- required, not held prune hedges and trees required
- required, not held transport physical resources within the work area required
- optional, not held enhance landscapes optional
- required, not held plants contribution to indoor climate and health conditions required
- required, not held environmental indoor quality required
- required, not held landscaping materials required
- optional, not held agronomy optional
- required, not held design principles required
- required, not held assess risks and implications of a design required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a interior landscaper role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assess risks and implications of a design skill · occupation specific
- 02 create plant displays skill · occupation specific
- 03 plants contribution to indoor climate and health conditions knowledge · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 7 skills that carry over
- 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 prepare planting area skill
- already held build garden masonry skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held manage time in landscaping optional
- optional, not held operate landscaping equipment optional
8 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held enhance landscapes optional
- optional, not held create landscape designs optional
- optional, not held design landscape schemes optional
- optional, not held manage time in landscaping optional
- optional, not held operate landscaping equipment optional
- optional, not held work in a landscape team optional
- optional, not held agronomy optional
- optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
41 held skills the interior landscaper role does not ask for
- 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 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 environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry knowledge
- not needed by the target role estimate costs in farm skill
- not needed by the target role execute disease and pest control activities 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 plant green plants 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 soil structure knowledge
- not needed by the target role support volunteers skill
- not needed by the target role sustainable forest management knowledge
1 further entry not listed here
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held plants contribution to indoor climate and health conditions required
- required, not held environmental indoor quality required
- required, not held landscaping materials required
- required, not held design principles required
- optional, not held agronomy optional
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.