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

forestry techniciantoforester

A forestry technician already meets 28% of what the forester role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.

From forestry technician
28%
Overlap1
To forester
11 Skills carried over
14 Required, not held
74.6 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

28%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

74.6/ 100

1 Share of the forester role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the forestry technician 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 forester role treats 6 of its required skills as things a forestry technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • de-limb trees
  • environmental policy
  • monitor forest productivity
  • reforestation
  • supervise forestry workers
  • sustainable forest management

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 11 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A forester role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a forestry technician background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held coordinate timber sales communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held monitor forest productivity information skills
  • already held supervise forestry workers management skills
  • already held apply forest legislation assisting and caring
  • already held advise on timber harvest communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held sustainable forest management agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary

All 11 carried skills, including the 6 the forester role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 32 missing skills fall into 9 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 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 4 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held forestry regulations required
  • required, not held plant disease control required
  • required, not held agronomy required
  • required, not held pest control in plants required
  • optional, not held animal hunting optional
02 management skills 2 required, 9 supplementary
  • required, not held manage forests required
  • required, not held organise labour required
  • optional, not held coordinate forestry research optional
  • optional, not held organise harvests optional
  • optional, not held develop natural areas works programmes optional
  • optional, not held manage time in forestry optional
  • optional, not held work independently in forestry services optional
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
  • optional, not held manage production enterprise optional
  • optional, not held manage staff optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
03 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held write technical reports related to trees required
  • required, not held promote environmental awareness required
  • optional, not held interact with clients in forestry optional
  • optional, not held communicate with customers optional
  • optional, not held use communication techniques optional
04 business, administration and law 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held animal welfare legislation required
  • required, not held environmental legislation required
  • optional, not held business management principles optional
05 information skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held monitor forest health required
  • optional, not held estimate damage optional
  • optional, not held forecast timber production optional
06 handling and moving 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held organise tree plantations required
  • optional, not held harvest timber optional

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a forester 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 11 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held de-limb trees skill
  • already held environmental policy knowledge
  • already held monitor forest productivity skill
  • already held reforestation knowledge
  • already held supervise forestry workers skill
  • already held sustainable forest management knowledge
  • already held advise on timber harvest skill
  • already held apply forest legislation skill
  • already held coordinate timber sales skill
  • already held operate GPS systems skill
  • already held report pollution incidents skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held conserve forests required
08 services 1 required
  • required, not held health and safety regulations required
09 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held geographic information systems optional
18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held coordinate forestry research optional
  • optional, not held organise harvests optional
  • optional, not held animal hunting optional
  • optional, not held develop natural areas works programmes optional
  • optional, not held estimate damage optional
  • optional, not held forecast timber production optional
  • optional, not held geographic information systems optional
  • optional, not held harvest timber optional
  • optional, not held interact with clients in forestry optional
  • optional, not held manage time in forestry optional
  • optional, not held work independently in forestry services optional
  • optional, not held business management principles optional
  • optional, not held communicate with customers optional
  • optional, not held manage budgets optional
  • optional, not held manage production enterprise optional
  • optional, not held manage staff optional
  • optional, not held perform project management optional
  • optional, not held use communication techniques optional
27 held skills the forester role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise client on technical possibilities skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on tree issues skill
  • not needed by the target role advise supervisors skill
  • not needed by the target role apply prescribed herbicides skill
  • not needed by the target role conduct reforestation surveys skill
  • not needed by the target role ecosystem management knowledge
  • 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 habitat restoration knowledge
  • not needed by the target role lead a team in forestry services skill
  • not needed by the target role logging knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain forest roads skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain forestry equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role manage forest fires skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor drivers skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor equipment condition skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor logging operations skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor work site skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor workload skill
  • not needed by the target role operate forestry equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role perform tree thinning skill
  • not needed by the target role plant green plants skill
  • not needed by the target role provide first aid skill
  • not needed by the target role read maps skill
  • not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
  • not needed by the target role vegetation control skill
  • not needed by the target role work in a forestry team skill
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 forestry regulations required
  • required, not held plant disease control required
  • required, not held agronomy required
  • required, not held animal welfare legislation required
  • required, not held environmental legislation required
  • required, not held health and safety regulations required
  • required, not held pest control in plants required
  • optional, not held animal hunting optional
  • optional, not held geographic information systems optional
  • optional, not held business management principles optional
Index

Other moves recorded from forestry technician

Full index of moves from forestry technician

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.