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

forestry techniciantotree surgeon

A forestry technician already meets 25% of what the tree surgeon role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.

From forestry technician
25%
Overlap1
To tree surgeon
6 Skills carried over
8 Required, not held
68.9 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

25%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

68.9/ 100

1 Share of the tree surgeon 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 tree surgeon role treats 3 of its required skills as things a forestry technician already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • advise on tree issues
  • de-limb trees
  • perform tree thinning

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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A tree surgeon 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 perform tree thinning handling and moving
  • already held operate forestry equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held advise on tree issues communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held maintain forestry equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held forest ecology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held de-limb trees handling and moving

All 6 carried skills, including the 3 the tree surgeon role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 missing skills fall into 6 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 assisting and caring 3 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held execute disease and pest control activities required
  • required, not held protect trees required
  • required, not held follow safety procedures when working at heights required
  • optional, not held conserve forests optional
02 handling and moving 2 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held climb trees required
  • required, not held operate chainsaw required
  • optional, not held assist tree identification optional
  • optional, not held control tree diseases optional
  • optional, not held monitor tree health optional
  • optional, not held nurse trees optional
  • optional, not held fell trees optional
  • optional, not held identify trees to fell optional
03 information skills 1 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held minimize risks in tree operations required
  • optional, not held analyse tree population optional
  • optional, not held estimate damage optional
  • optional, not held inspect trees optional
  • optional, not held measure trees optional
04 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 1 required
  • required, not held tree preservation and conservation required
05 constructing 1 required
  • required, not held carry out aerial tree rigging required
06 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held select tree felling methods optional
Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a tree surgeon 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 6 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held advise on tree issues skill
  • already held de-limb trees skill
  • already held perform tree thinning skill
  • already held forest ecology knowledge
  • already held maintain forestry equipment skill
  • already held operate forestry equipment skill
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held analyse tree population optional
  • optional, not held assist tree identification optional
  • optional, not held conserve forests optional
  • optional, not held control tree diseases optional
  • optional, not held estimate damage optional
  • optional, not held monitor tree health optional
  • optional, not held nurse trees optional
  • optional, not held select tree felling methods optional
  • optional, not held fell trees optional
  • optional, not held identify trees to fell optional
  • optional, not held inspect trees optional
  • optional, not held measure trees optional
32 held skills the tree surgeon 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 timber harvest skill
  • not needed by the target role advise supervisors skill
  • not needed by the target role apply forest legislation 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 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 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 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 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 reforestation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role report pollution incidents skill
  • not needed by the target role supervise forestry workers skill
  • not needed by the target role sustainable forest management knowledge
  • 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
1 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 tree preservation and conservation required
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.