landscape architecttointerior landscaper
A landscape architect already meets 22% of what the interior landscaper role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.
22%
78.5/ 100
1 Share of the interior landscaper role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the landscape architect 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 interior landscaper role treats 4 of its required skills as things a landscape architect already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- develop architectural plans
- landscaping materials
- plant species
- specify landscape design components
What stands in the way is 16 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A interior landscaper role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a landscape architect background worth leading with.
- already held specify landscape design components communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held design landscape schemes communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held create landscape designs communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held landscaping materials agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held operate landscaping equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held develop architectural plans communication, collaboration and creativity
All 7 carried skills, including the 4 the interior landscaper role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 22 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 assist in interior plant projects required
- required, not held perform weed control operations required
- required, not held prepare planting area required
- required, not held prune hedges and trees required
- required, not held transport physical resources within the work area required
- optional, not held enhance landscapes optional
- required, not held create plant displays required
- required, not held prepare artificial plant displays required
- required, not held prepare flower arrangements required
- required, not held communicate with customers required
- optional, not held work in a landscape team optional
- optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
- required, not held plant disease control required
- required, not held pest control in plants required
- optional, not held agronomy optional
- required, not held plants contribution to indoor climate and health conditions required
- required, not held environmental indoor quality required
- required, not held design principles required
- required, not held perform pest control required
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a interior landscaper role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assess risks and implications of a design skill · occupation specific
- 02 create plant displays skill · occupation specific
- 03 plants contribution to indoor climate and health conditions knowledge · occupation specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 7 skills that carry over
- already held develop architectural plans skill
- already held landscaping materials knowledge
- already held plant species knowledge
- already held specify landscape design components skill
- already held create landscape designs skill
- already held design landscape schemes skill
- already held operate landscaping equipment skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held assess risks and implications of a design required
- optional, not held build garden masonry optional
- optional, not held manage time in landscaping optional
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held enhance landscapes optional
- optional, not held build garden masonry optional
- optional, not held manage time in landscaping optional
- optional, not held work in a landscape team optional
- optional, not held agronomy optional
- optional, not held perform services in a flexible manner optional
45 held skills the interior landscaper role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on landscapes skill
- not needed by the target role advise on soil and water protection skill
- not needed by the target role aesthetics knowledge
- not needed by the target role architecture regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role assess environmental impact skill
- not needed by the target role build a product's physical model skill
- not needed by the target role carry out tendering skill
- not needed by the target role characteristics of plants knowledge
- not needed by the target role civil engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate with local residents skill
- not needed by the target role conduct land surveys skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate construction activities skill
- not needed by the target role create GIS reports skill
- not needed by the target role create thematic maps skill
- not needed by the target role design spatial layout of outdoor areas skill
- not needed by the target role ecology knowledge
- not needed by the target role energy efficiency knowledge
- not needed by the target role energy performance of buildings knowledge
- not needed by the target role finish project within budget skill
- not needed by the target role flower and plant products knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow work schedule skill
- not needed by the target role forest conservation knowledge
- not needed by the target role green building practices knowledge
- not needed by the target role green space strategies knowledge
- not needed by the target role historic architecture knowledge
- not needed by the target role horticulture principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify customer's needs skill
- not needed by the target role integrate measures in architectural designs skill
- not needed by the target role landscape analysis knowledge
- not needed by the target role landscape architecture knowledge
- not needed by the target role landscape design knowledge
- not needed by the target role lead hard landscape projects skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with local authorities skill
- not needed by the target role manage landscape design projects skill
- not needed by the target role promote sustainability skill
- not needed by the target role provide cost benefit analysis reports skill
- not needed by the target role provide technical expertise skill
- not needed by the target role soil structure knowledge
- not needed by the target role urban planning knowledge
- not needed by the target role use CAD software skill
5 further entries not listed here
6 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 plants contribution to indoor climate and health conditions required
- required, not held environmental indoor quality required
- required, not held plant disease control required
- required, not held design principles required
- required, not held pest control in plants required
- optional, not held agronomy 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.