interior landscapertogarden labourer
A interior landscaper already meets 18% of what the garden labourer role asks for. The move turns on 21 required skills not yet in the profile.
18%
84.9/ 100
1 Share of the garden labourer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the interior landscaper 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 garden labourer role treats 4 of its required skills as things a interior landscaper already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- pest control in plants
- plant species
- prepare planting area
- prune hedges and trees
What stands in the way is 21 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 garden labourer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a interior landscaper background worth leading with.
- already held assist in interior plant projects handling and moving
- already held build garden masonry constructing
- already held transport physical resources within the work area handling and moving
- already held landscaping materials agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held prune hedges and trees handling and moving
- already held perform weed control operations handling and moving
All 10 carried skills, including the 4 the garden labourer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 40 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 grow plants required
- required, not held maintain ground required
- required, not held maintain plant health required
- required, not held maintain plant soil nutrition required
- required, not held maintain plants' growth required
- required, not held maintain turf and grass required
- required, not held nurse plants required
- required, not held operate hand pruning equipment required
- required, not held plant green plants required
- required, not held prepare sites for planting of grass required
- required, not held prepare the ground required
- required, not held propagate plants required
- required, not held prune plants required
- required, not held use gardening equipment required
- required, not held handling chemical products for soil and plants required
- optional, not held create garden areas optional
- optional, not held de-limb trees optional
- optional, not held establish vertical gardens optional
- optional, not held maintain the greenhouse optional
- optional, not held nurse trees optional
- optional, not held provide lawn care optional
- required, not held plant propagation required
- required, not held soil structure required
- required, not held watering principles required
- optional, not held greenhouse types optional
- optional, not held horticulture principles optional
- optional, not held pruning techniques optional
- optional, not held pruning types optional
- optional, not held turf management optional
- required, not held plant according to guidelines required
- required, not held work in outdoor conditions required
- optional, not held execute disease and pest control activities optional
- required, not held operate turf management equipment required
- optional, not held build fences optional
- optional, not held maintain turf management equipment optional
- optional, not held maintain gardening equipment optional
- optional, not held herbicides sprayers optional
- optional, not held ecology optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a garden labourer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 grow plants skill · sector specific
- 02 maintain ground skill · sector specific
- 03 maintain plant health 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 pest control in plants knowledge
- already held plant species knowledge
- already held prepare planting area skill
- already held prune hedges and trees skill
- already held assist in interior plant projects skill
- already held build garden masonry skill
- already held landscaping materials knowledge
- already held perform weed control operations skill
- already held plant disease control knowledge
- already held transport physical resources within the work area skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held establish green roof optional
- optional, not held lawn care optional
19 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held build fences optional
- optional, not held create garden areas optional
- optional, not held de-limb trees optional
- optional, not held establish green roof optional
- optional, not held establish vertical gardens optional
- optional, not held execute disease and pest control activities optional
- optional, not held greenhouse types optional
- optional, not held herbicides sprayers optional
- optional, not held horticulture principles optional
- optional, not held lawn care optional
- optional, not held maintain the greenhouse optional
- optional, not held maintain turf management equipment optional
- optional, not held nurse trees optional
- optional, not held provide lawn care optional
- optional, not held pruning techniques optional
- optional, not held pruning types optional
- optional, not held turf management optional
- optional, not held ecology optional
- optional, not held maintain gardening equipment optional
19 held skills the garden labourer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role agronomy knowledge
- not needed by the target role assess risks and implications of a design skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role create landscape designs skill
- not needed by the target role create plant displays skill
- not needed by the target role design landscape schemes skill
- not needed by the target role design principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop architectural plans skill
- not needed by the target role enhance landscapes skill
- not needed by the target role environmental indoor quality knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage time in landscaping skill
- not needed by the target role operate landscaping equipment skill
- not needed by the target role perform pest control skill
- not needed by the target role perform services in a flexible manner skill
- not needed by the target role plants contribution to indoor climate and health conditions knowledge
- not needed by the target role prepare artificial plant displays skill
- not needed by the target role prepare flower arrangements skill
- not needed by the target role specify landscape design components skill
- not needed by the target role work in a landscape team skill
11 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 plant propagation required
- required, not held soil structure required
- required, not held watering principles required
- optional, not held greenhouse types optional
- optional, not held herbicides sprayers optional
- optional, not held horticulture principles optional
- optional, not held lawn care optional
- optional, not held pruning techniques optional
- optional, not held pruning types optional
- optional, not held turf management optional
- optional, not held ecology 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.