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

environmental education officertocurator of horticulture

A environmental education officer already meets 29% of what the curator of horticulture role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From environmental education officer
29%
Overlap1
To curator of horticulture
8 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
67.1 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 67.1

This move: 67.1 of 100 · substantial

1 Share of the curator of horticulture role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the environmental education 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.

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 curator of horticulture role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a environmental education officer 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 4 the curator of horticulture role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 16 missing skills fall into 7 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 information skills 3 required
  • required, not held conduct workplace audits required
  • required, not held keep task records required
  • required, not held manage database required
02 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on acquisitions required
  • required, not held manage contracts required
  • optional, not held advise on tree issues optional
  • optional, not held support volunteers optional
03 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held horticultural design required
  • required, not held horticulture principles required
  • optional, not held forest conservation optional
04 management skills 2 required
  • required, not held manage ground maintenance required
  • required, not held manage budgets required
05 social sciences, journalism and information 2 required
  • required, not held collection management required
  • required, not held collection management software required
06 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held advertising techniques required

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a curator of horticulture 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 botany knowledge
  • already held ecology knowledge
  • already held identify plants characteristics skill
  • 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 forest ecology knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held advise on tree issues optional
  • optional, not held forest conservation optional
  • optional, not held respond to enquiries optional
  • optional, not held support volunteers optional
17 held skills the curator of horticulture role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on nature conservation skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse ecological data skill
  • not needed by the target role animal biology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role animate in the outdoors skill
  • not needed by the target role aquatic ecology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct ecological research skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct ecological surveys skill
  • not needed by the target role ecological principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ecopedagogy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role fish biology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role implement risk management for outdoors skill
  • not needed by the target role manage outdoor resources skill
  • not needed by the target role manage volunteers skill
  • not needed by the target role molecular biology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role monitor interventions in the outdoors skill
  • not needed by the target role provide training in sustainable tourism development and management skill
  • not needed by the target role train staff to reduce food waste 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 collection management required
  • required, not held collection management software required
  • required, not held horticultural design required
  • required, not held horticulture principles required
  • required, not held advertising techniques required
  • optional, not held forest conservation 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.