Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

crop production workertocrop production manager

A crop production worker already meets 68% of what the crop production manager role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From crop production worker
68%
Overlap1
To crop production manager
40 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
42.9 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 42.9

This move: 42.9 of 100 · moderate

1 Share of the crop production manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the crop production worker 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.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 40 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A crop production manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a crop production worker background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held technical equipment for crop production agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • already held apply alternate wetting and drying techniques handling and moving
  • already held cultivate crops for biomass handling and moving
  • already held irrigate soil handling and moving
  • already held prepare equipment for harvest working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held manage crop rotation handling and moving

All 40 carried skills, including the 21 the crop production manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 20 missing skills fall into 9 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 handling and moving 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure soil fertility required
  • required, not held manage crop production required
  • optional, not held maintain plant health optional
  • optional, not held maintain plant soil nutrition optional
02 management skills 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held manage agricultural staff required
  • required, not held manage production enterprise required
  • optional, not held manage agritourism activities optional
  • optional, not held optimise production optional
03 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held agronomical production principles required
  • optional, not held e-agriculture optional
  • optional, not held irrigation systems optional
04 business, administration and law 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry required
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
05 services 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held health and safety regulations required
  • optional, not held agritourism optional
06 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings required

3 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a crop production manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 40 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held agroforestry knowledge
  • already held assign duties to agriculture workers skill
  • already held crop production principles knowledge
  • already held cultivate crops for biomass skill
  • already held ecology knowledge
  • already held execute disease and pest control activities skill
  • already held fertilisation principles knowledge
  • already held maintain storage facilities skill
  • already held maintain technical equipment skill
  • already held manage crop rotation skill
  • already held monitor fields skill
  • already held operate agricultural machinery skill
  • already held pest control in plants knowledge
  • already held plant disease control knowledge
  • already held plant harvest methods knowledge
  • already held plant species knowledge
  • already held soil structure knowledge
  • already held store crops skill
  • already held store products skill
  • already held technical equipment for crop production knowledge
  • already held types of storage facilities knowledge
  • already held agroecology knowledge
  • already held agronomy knowledge
  • already held apply alternate wetting and drying techniques skill
  • already held apply sustainable tillage techniques skill
  • already held conservation agriculture knowledge
  • already held execute fertilisation skill
  • already held grow plants skill
  • already held harvest crop skill
  • already held irrigate soil skill
  • already held organic farming knowledge
  • already held perform on-farm product processing skill
  • already held plant propagation knowledge
  • already held prepare equipment for harvest skill
  • already held prepare planting area skill
  • already held present the farm facilities skill
  • already held propagate plants skill
  • already held provide agri-touristic services skill
  • already held use agricultural information systems and databases skill
  • already held watering principles knowledge
The 3 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 generic programmes and qualifications 1 required
  • required, not held leadership principles required
08 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held promote farm products optional
  • optional, not held manage contracts optional
09 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held bioeconomy optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held e-agriculture optional
  • optional, not held irrigation systems optional
  • optional, not held maintain plant health optional
  • optional, not held maintain plant soil nutrition optional
  • optional, not held manage agritourism activities optional
  • optional, not held optimise production optional
  • optional, not held promote farm products optional
  • optional, not held agritourism optional
  • optional, not held bioeconomy optional
  • optional, not held manage contracts optional
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
7 held skills the crop production manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role aeroponics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role drive agricultural machines skill
  • not needed by the target role hydroponics knowledge
  • not needed by the target role integrated pest management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role preserve crop skill
  • not needed by the target role quality criteria for storage facilities knowledge
  • not needed by the target role use pest detection sensors skill
9 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held agronomical production principles required
  • required, not held environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry required
  • required, not held health and safety regulations required
  • required, not held leadership principles required
  • optional, not held e-agriculture optional
  • optional, not held irrigation systems optional
  • optional, not held agritourism optional
  • optional, not held bioeconomy optional
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
Index
Note

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.