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

curator of horticulturetoenvironmental education officer

A curator of horticulture already meets 38% of what the environmental education officer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From curator of horticulture
38%
Overlap1
To environmental education officer
8 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
60.8 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

38%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

60.8/ 100

1 Share of the environmental education officer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the curator of horticulture 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 environmental education officer role treats 6 of its required skills as things a curator of horticulture already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • biology
  • ecology
  • educate people about nature
  • educate public on fire safety
  • educate the public about wildlife
  • identify plants characteristics

What stands in the way is 8 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 environmental education officer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a curator of horticulture background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held educate the public about wildlife communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held identify plants characteristics handling and moving
  • already held educate people about nature communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held educate public on fire safety communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held forest ecology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held botany natural sciences, mathematics and statistics

All 8 carried skills, including the 6 the environmental education officer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 17 missing skills fall into 5 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on nature conservation required
  • required, not held animate in the outdoors required
  • required, not held monitor interventions in the outdoors required
  • required, not held provide training in sustainable tourism development and management required
  • optional, not held train staff to reduce food waste optional
02 information skills 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held implement risk management for outdoors required
  • required, not held manage outdoor resources required
  • optional, not held conduct ecological surveys optional
  • optional, not held analyse ecological data optional
  • optional, not held conduct ecological research optional
03 education 1 required
  • required, not held ecopedagogy required
04 management skills 1 required
  • required, not held manage volunteers required
05 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 5 supplementary
  • optional, not held fish biology optional
  • optional, not held animal biology optional
  • optional, not held aquatic ecology optional
  • optional, not held ecological principles optional
  • optional, not held molecular biology optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a environmental education officer 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 biology knowledge
  • already held ecology knowledge
  • already held educate people about nature skill
  • already held educate public on fire safety skill
  • already held educate the public about wildlife skill
  • already held identify plants characteristics skill
  • already held botany knowledge
  • already held forest ecology knowledge
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held conduct ecological surveys optional
  • optional, not held fish biology optional
  • optional, not held train staff to reduce food waste optional
  • optional, not held analyse ecological data optional
  • optional, not held animal biology optional
  • optional, not held aquatic ecology optional
  • optional, not held conduct ecological research optional
  • optional, not held ecological principles optional
  • optional, not held molecular biology optional
16 held skills the environmental education officer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advertising techniques knowledge
  • not needed by the target role advise on acquisitions skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on tree issues skill
  • not needed by the target role collection management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role collection management software knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct workplace audits skill
  • not needed by the target role forest conservation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role horticultural design knowledge
  • not needed by the target role horticulture principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role keep task records skill
  • not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
  • not needed by the target role manage database skill
  • not needed by the target role manage ground maintenance skill
  • not needed by the target role respond to enquiries skill
  • not needed by the target role support volunteers skill
6 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 ecopedagogy required
  • optional, not held fish biology optional
  • optional, not held animal biology optional
  • optional, not held aquatic ecology optional
  • optional, not held ecological principles optional
  • optional, not held molecular biology optional
Index

Other moves recorded from curator of horticulture

Full index of moves from curator of horticulture

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.