From countryside officer to landscape gardener
11 of the 33 essential skills of a landscape gardener are already essential for a countryside officer — about 33% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from countryside officer in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 11
- skills carry over
- 22
- would be new
- 33%
- of the target job covered
- 33
- essential skills of a landscape gardener
What a landscape gardener does
Landscape gardeners plan, construct, renovate and maintain parks, gardens and public green spaces.
What carries over
11 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
What would be new
22 skillsEssential for a landscape gardener and not for a countryside officer. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- design principles
- ecology
- grow plants
- handling chemical products for soil and plants
- horticulture principles
- landscaping materials
- maintain ground
- maintain landscape site
- nurse plants
- nurse trees
- operate landscaping equipment
- prepare the ground
- principles of landscape construction
- propagate plants
- prune hedges and trees
- prune plants
- pruning techniques
- pruning types
- put up signs
- transport physical resources within the work area
- use gardening equipment
- work in outdoor conditions
← countryside officerlandscape gardener →The other way round
No account needed to start
How far are you from being a landscape gardener?
MyNodes reads your CV once, maps it to this same taxonomy, and shows you which roles you are already closest to and the few skills that would open the most doors. The file is deleted as soon as it has been read.