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

natural resources consultanttoenvironmental geologist

A natural resources consultant already meets 26% of what the environmental geologist role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From natural resources consultant
26%
Overlap1
To environmental geologist
5 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
67.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

26%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

67.2/ 100

1 Share of the environmental geologist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the natural resources consultant 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 environmental geologist role treats 3 of its required skills as things a natural resources consultant already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • conduct environmental site assessments
  • environmental legislation
  • manage environmental impact

What stands in the way is 9 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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A environmental geologist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a natural resources consultant background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held manage environmental impact assisting and caring
  • already held conduct environmental site assessments information skills
  • already held hydrology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held biology natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • already held environmental legislation business, administration and law

All 5 carried skills, including the 3 the environmental geologist role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 14 missing skills fall into 7 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 communication, collaboration and creativity 3 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held advise on mining environmental issues required
  • required, not held communicate on the environmental impact of mining required
  • required, not held address problems critically required
  • optional, not held communicate on minerals issues optional
  • optional, not held negotiate land access optional
02 information skills 2 required
  • required, not held examine geochemical samples required
  • required, not held study groundwater required
03 management skills 2 required
  • required, not held conduct sediment control required
  • required, not held develop site remediation strategies required
04 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held conduct erosion control required
05 working with computers 1 required
  • required, not held use technical drawing software required
06 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held chemistry optional
  • optional, not held geography optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a environmental geologist 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 5 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held conduct environmental site assessments skill
  • already held environmental legislation knowledge
  • already held manage environmental impact skill
  • already held biology knowledge
  • already held hydrology knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held archaeology optional
5 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held archaeology optional
  • optional, not held communicate on minerals issues optional
  • optional, not held negotiate land access optional
  • optional, not held chemistry optional
  • optional, not held geography optional
34 held skills the environmental geologist role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role administer treatments to fish skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on environmental remediation skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on nature conservation skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse ecological data skill
  • not needed by the target role analyse fish samples for diagnosis skill
  • not needed by the target role animal species knowledge
  • not needed by the target role assess environmental impact skill
  • not needed by the target role botany knowledge
  • not needed by the target role carry out environmental audits skill
  • not needed by the target role coastal management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role conduct ecological research skill
  • not needed by the target role conserve natural resources skill
  • not needed by the target role corporate social responsibility knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop environmental policy skill
  • not needed by the target role ecology knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ecosystem management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role educate people about nature skill
  • not needed by the target role ensure compliance with environmental legislation skill
  • not needed by the target role environmental engineering knowledge
  • not needed by the target role environmental policy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role fisheries management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role habitat restoration knowledge
  • not needed by the target role liaise with managers skill
  • not needed by the target role manage forests skill
  • not needed by the target role manage habitats skill
  • not needed by the target role manage land resources permits skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor manufacturing impact skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor nature conservation skill
  • not needed by the target role natural areas maintenance knowledge
  • not needed by the target role perform project management skill
  • not needed by the target role promote sustainability skill
  • not needed by the target role reforestation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use consulting techniques skill
  • not needed by the target role wildlife knowledge
3 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
  • optional, not held archaeology optional
  • optional, not held chemistry optional
  • optional, not held geography optional
Index
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.