As a Countryside Officer, you will need to master following:

• advise on fertiliser and herbicide
• build fences
• build garden masonry
• conserve natural resources
• develop natural areas works programmes
• estimate costs in farm
• execute disease and pest control activities
• identify plants characteristics
• lead a team in forestry services
• manage waste rock
• minimize risks in tree operations
• natural areas maintenance
• operate horticulture equipment
• operate landscaping equipment
• operate turf management equipment
• perform pest control
• perform weed control operations
• plant disease control
• plant green plants
• plant species
• prepare planting area
• supervise crop production

More generally, a countryside officer is also versed in:

• animal species
• characteristics of plants
• ensure aquaculture personnel health and safety
• environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry
• maintain technical equipment
• manage budgets
• manage staff
• pest control in plants
• read maps

It also helps to know the following:

• conduct land surveys
• develop forestry strategies
• harvest crop
• maintain turf and grass
• manage time in forestry
• manage waste
• plant harvest methods
• seed the ground
• soil structure
• sustainable forest management
• apply forest legislation
• fire-fighting systems
• forest ecology
• make independent operating decisions
• perform outdoor cleaning activities
• support volunteers
• think analytically
• waste management