countryside officer
Code 2133.4
Countryside officers are responsible for a range of activities that manage and maintain the natural environment and associated public access and recreation. They encourage visitors to open spaces/the countryside, promote awareness of the natural environment and protect and preserve the open space/countryside for future enjoyment.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- characteristics of plants
- plant disease control
- animal species
- plant species
- environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry
- natural areas maintenance
- pest control in plants
Skills and competences
- advise on fertiliser and herbicide
- estimate costs in farm
- conserve natural resources
- build fences
- perform pest control
- develop natural areas works programmes
- execute disease and pest control activities
- ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety
- manage waste rock
- identify plants characteristics
- read maps
- operate turf management equipment
- maintain technical equipment
- minimize risks in tree operations
- operate horticulture equipment
- operate landscaping equipment
- plant green plants
- prepare planting area
- build garden masonry
- perform weed control operations
- supervisar la producción de cultivos
Transversal competences
- lead a team in forestry services
- manage budgets
- manage staff
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This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission and the Mapha Taxonomy developed by OTIC SOFOFA (CC BY 4.0), in an adapted version. Group codes come from the ILO's ISCO-08. See sources and licences