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From arboriculturist to tree surgeon

10 of the 11 essential skills of a tree surgeon are already essential for a arboriculturist — about 91% of the job, before you learn anything new.

These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.

10
skills carry over
1
would be new
91%
of the target job covered
11
essential skills of a tree surgeon

What a tree surgeon does

Tree surgeons maintain trees. They use heavy machinery to prune and cut trees. Tree surgeons are often required to climb the trees to perform maintenance.

What would be new

1 skills

Essential for a tree surgeon and not for a arboriculturist. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.

Other moves from arboriculturist

1 roles

arboriculturisttree surgeonThe other way round

Counted from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Occupations are compared on their essential skills only.

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How far are you from being a tree surgeon?

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.