crop production managertohop farmer
A crop production manager already meets 54% of what the hop farmer role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
54%
54.9/ 100
1 Share of the hop farmer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the crop production manager 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 this move works
A hop farmer role treats 11 of its required skills as things a crop production manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- execute fertilisation
- grow plants
- harvest crop
- maintain storage facilities
- manage crop production
- monitor fields
What stands in the way is 12 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 25 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A hop farmer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a crop production manager background worth leading with.
- already held manage crop rotation handling and moving
- already held monitor fields handling and moving
- already held store crops handling and moving
- already held maintain storage facilities handling and moving
- already held manage crop production handling and moving
- already held plant propagation agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
All 25 carried skills, including the 11 the hop farmer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 16 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.
- required, not held cultivate hops required
- required, not held monitor crops required
- required, not held nurse plants required
- required, not held operate hand pruning equipment required
- required, not held use gardening equipment required
- optional, not held pick orders of agricultural products optional
- required, not held advise on beer production required
- required, not held prevent crop disorders required
- required, not held hop cultivation required
- optional, not held horticulture principles optional
- required, not held ingredients for beer production required
- optional, not held variety of beers optional
- required, not held assess crop damage required
- optional, not held carry out work related calculations in agriculture optional
- required, not held create crop protection plans required
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a hop farmer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 cultivate hops skill · occupation specific
- 02 hop cultivation knowledge · occupation specific
- 03 advise on beer production skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 25 skills that carry over
- already held execute fertilisation skill
- already held grow plants skill
- already held harvest crop skill
- already held maintain storage facilities skill
- already held manage crop production skill
- already held monitor fields skill
- already held plant propagation knowledge
- already held prepare planting area skill
- already held propagate plants skill
- already held store crops skill
- already held supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings skill
- already held agritourism knowledge
- already held agronomy knowledge
- already held apply sustainable tillage techniques skill
- already held assign duties to agriculture workers skill
- already held crop production principles knowledge
- already held execute disease and pest control activities skill
- already held fertilisation principles knowledge
- already held manage crop rotation skill
- already held organic farming knowledge
- already held pest control in plants knowledge
- already held plant disease control knowledge
- already held plant harvest methods knowledge
- already held soil structure knowledge
- already held watering principles knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- required, not held maintain gardening equipment required
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held carry out work related calculations in agriculture optional
- optional, not held horticulture principles optional
- optional, not held pick orders of agricultural products optional
- optional, not held variety of beers optional
35 held skills the hop farmer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role agroecology knowledge
- not needed by the target role agroforestry knowledge
- not needed by the target role agronomical production principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply alternate wetting and drying techniques skill
- not needed by the target role bioeconomy knowledge
- not needed by the target role conservation agriculture knowledge
- not needed by the target role cultivate crops for biomass skill
- not needed by the target role e-agriculture knowledge
- not needed by the target role ecology knowledge
- not needed by the target role ensure soil fertility skill
- not needed by the target role environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry knowledge
- not needed by the target role health and safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role irrigate soil skill
- not needed by the target role irrigation systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role leadership principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain plant health skill
- not needed by the target role maintain plant soil nutrition skill
- not needed by the target role maintain technical equipment skill
- not needed by the target role manage agricultural staff skill
- not needed by the target role manage agritourism activities skill
- not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
- not needed by the target role manage production enterprise skill
- not needed by the target role operate agricultural machinery skill
- not needed by the target role optimise production skill
- not needed by the target role perform on-farm product processing skill
- not needed by the target role plant species knowledge
- not needed by the target role prepare equipment for harvest skill
- not needed by the target role present the farm facilities skill
- not needed by the target role project management principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote farm products skill
- not needed by the target role provide agri-touristic services skill
- not needed by the target role store products skill
- not needed by the target role technical equipment for crop production knowledge
- not needed by the target role types of storage facilities knowledge
- not needed by the target role use agricultural information systems and databases skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held hop cultivation required
- required, not held ingredients for beer production required
- optional, not held horticulture principles optional
- optional, not held variety of beers optional
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.