forestry techniciantoforestry adviser
A forestry technician already meets 27% of what the forestry adviser role asks for. The move turns on 17 required skills not yet in the profile.
27%
76.1/ 100
1 Share of the forestry adviser 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 this move works
A forestry adviser role treats 6 of its required skills as things a forestry technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- advise on timber harvest
- apply forest legislation
- forest ecology
- habitat restoration
- reforestation
- use different communication channels
What stands in the way is 17 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A forestry adviser 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.
- already held lead a team in forestry services 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
- already held reforestation agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held forest ecology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
All 10 carried skills, including the 6 the forestry adviser role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 27 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 assess harvesting impact on wildlife required
- required, not held estimate damage required
- required, not held monitor forest health required
- required, not held perform forest analysis required
- required, not held inspect trees required
- required, not held monitor water quality required
- required, not held coordinate new sites preparation required
- required, not held make decisions regarding forestry management required
- required, not held perform project management required
- optional, not held develop forestry strategies optional
- required, not held perform forest diseases control required
- required, not held advise on fertiliser and herbicide required
- optional, not held develop personal skills optional
- optional, not held interact with clients in forestry optional
- optional, not held write technical reports related to trees optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- required, not held wildlife required
- required, not held ecosystems required
- optional, not held geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held climate change impact optional
- required, not held forestry regulations required
- required, not held agronomy required
- optional, not held agroforestry optional
- required, not held conserve forests required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a forestry adviser role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 coordinate new sites preparation skill · occupation specific
- 02 perform forest diseases control skill · occupation specific
- 03 advise on fertiliser and herbicide skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 10 skills that carry over
- already held advise on timber harvest skill
- already held apply forest legislation skill
- already held forest ecology knowledge
- already held habitat restoration knowledge
- already held reforestation knowledge
- already held use different communication channels skill
- already held lead a team in forestry services skill
- already held read maps skill
- already held report pollution incidents skill
- already held sustainable forest management knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held environmental legislation required
- optional, not held assist tree identification optional
- optional, not held nurse trees optional
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held agroforestry optional
- optional, not held assist tree identification optional
- optional, not held develop forestry strategies optional
- optional, not held develop personal skills optional
- optional, not held geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held interact with clients in forestry optional
- optional, not held nurse trees optional
- optional, not held write technical reports related to trees optional
- optional, not held climate change impact optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
28 held skills the forestry adviser role does not ask for
- 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 coordinate timber sales skill
- not needed by the target role de-limb trees skill
- not needed by the target role ecosystem management knowledge
- not needed by the target role environmental policy knowledge
- not needed by the target role fire-fighting systems knowledge
- 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 forest productivity 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 GPS systems 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 supervise forestry workers skill
- not needed by the target role vegetation control skill
- not needed by the target role work in a forestry team skill
8 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 forestry regulations required
- required, not held wildlife required
- required, not held agronomy required
- required, not held ecosystems required
- required, not held environmental legislation required
- optional, not held agroforestry optional
- optional, not held geographic information systems optional
- optional, not held climate change impact 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.