interior landscapertolandscape gardener
A interior landscaper already meets 33% of what the landscape gardener role asks for. The move turns on 22 required skills not yet in the profile.
33%
75.2/ 100
1 Share of the landscape gardener 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 landscape gardener role treats 11 of its required skills as things a interior landscaper already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- design principles
- landscaping materials
- operate landscaping equipment
- perform pest control
- perform weed control operations
- pest control in plants
What stands in the way is 22 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 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A landscape gardener 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 work in a landscape team communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage time in landscaping management skills
- already held transport physical resources within the work area handling and moving
- already held assist in interior plant projects handling and moving
- already held build garden masonry constructing
- already held landscaping materials agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
All 18 carried skills, including the 11 the landscape gardener role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 36 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.
- required, not held de-limb trees required
- required, not held grow plants required
- required, not held maintain ground required
- required, not held nurse plants required
- required, not held nurse trees required
- required, not held plant green plants required
- required, not held prepare the ground required
- required, not held propagate plants required
- required, not held prune plants required
- required, not held put up signs required
- required, not held use gardening equipment required
- required, not held handling chemical products for soil and plants required
- required, not held maintain landscape site required
- optional, not held create garden areas optional
- optional, not held establish vertical gardens optional
- required, not held horticulture principles required
- required, not held pruning techniques required
- required, not held pruning types required
- optional, not held crop production principles optional
- optional, not held organic farming optional
- required, not held execute disease and pest control activities required
- required, not held work in outdoor conditions required
- required, not held build fences required
- optional, not held manage rainwater optional
- optional, not held prepare site for construction optional
- required, not held principles of landscape construction required
- optional, not held rainwater management optional
- required, not held ecology required
- optional, not held herbicides sprayers optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a landscape gardener role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 build fences skill · sector specific
- 02 de-limb trees skill · sector specific
- 03 execute disease and pest control activities 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 18 skills that carry over
- already held design principles knowledge
- already held landscaping materials knowledge
- already held operate landscaping equipment skill
- already held perform pest control skill
- already held perform weed control operations skill
- already held pest control in plants knowledge
- already held plant disease control knowledge
- already held plant species knowledge
- already held prepare planting area skill
- already held prune hedges and trees skill
- already held transport physical resources within the work area skill
- already held agronomy knowledge
- already held assist in interior plant projects skill
- already held build garden masonry skill
- already held develop architectural plans skill
- already held manage time in landscaping skill
- already held prepare flower arrangements skill
- already held work in a landscape team skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry required
- optional, not held supervise landscape projects optional
- optional, not held lead hard landscape projects optional
- optional, not held make decisions regarding landscaping optional
- optional, not held manage agricultural staff optional
- optional, not held manage landscape design projects optional
- optional, not held establish green roof optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held supervise landscape projects optional
- optional, not held create garden areas optional
- optional, not held crop production principles optional
- optional, not held establish green roof optional
- optional, not held establish vertical gardens optional
- optional, not held herbicides sprayers optional
- optional, not held lead hard landscape projects optional
- optional, not held make decisions regarding landscaping optional
- optional, not held manage agricultural staff optional
- optional, not held manage landscape design projects optional
- optional, not held manage rainwater optional
- optional, not held organic farming optional
- optional, not held prepare site for construction optional
- optional, not held rainwater management optional
11 held skills the landscape gardener role does not ask for
- 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 enhance landscapes skill
- not needed by the target role environmental indoor quality knowledge
- 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 specify landscape design components 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.
- required, not held horticulture principles required
- required, not held principles of landscape construction required
- required, not held pruning techniques required
- required, not held pruning types required
- required, not held ecology required
- required, not held environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry required
- optional, not held crop production principles optional
- optional, not held herbicides sprayers optional
- optional, not held organic farming optional
- optional, not held rainwater management 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.