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

fertiliser mixertopesticide mixer

A fertiliser mixer already meets 25% of what the pesticide mixer role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.

From fertiliser mixer
25%
Overlap1
To pesticide mixer
7 Skills carried over
9 Required, not held
69.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

25%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

69.2/ 100

1 Share of the pesticide mixer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the fertiliser mixer 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

Why this move works

A pesticide mixer role treats 3 of its required skills as things a fertiliser mixer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • mix treating materials
  • monitor valves
  • synthetic fertilisers

What stands in the way is 9 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A pesticide mixer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a fertiliser mixer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held synthetic fertilisers engineering, manufacturing and construction
  • already held feed fertilizer mixer working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held tend fertiliser mixer working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held monitor powdered ingredients handling and moving
  • already held mix treating materials handling and moving
  • already held clean mixer handling and moving

All 7 carried skills, including the 3 the pesticide mixer role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 missing skills fall into 11 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 information skills 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held prepare chemical ingredients required
  • required, not held examine production samples required
  • optional, not held perform mathematical calculations in pest management optional
  • optional, not held maintain inventory of pesticides optional
  • optional, not held write batch record documentation optional
02 engineering, manufacturing and construction 2 required
  • required, not held handling of dangerous goods required
  • required, not held laboratory-based sciences required
03 handling and moving 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held mix chemicals required
  • optional, not held handle chemicals optional
  • optional, not held prepare chemical samples optional
04 health and welfare 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held sterilization techniques required
  • optional, not held pests and diseases optional
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held fill the mixing tank required
  • optional, not held tend insecticide mixer optional
06 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held quality criteria for storage facilities required

5 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a pesticide mixer 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 7 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held mix treating materials skill
  • already held monitor valves skill
  • already held synthetic fertilisers knowledge
  • already held clean mixer skill
  • already held feed fertilizer mixer skill
  • already held monitor powdered ingredients skill
  • already held tend fertiliser mixer skill
The 5 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 services 1 required
  • required, not held hazardous waste types required
08 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held fertigation optional
  • optional, not held agronomy optional
09 assisting and caring 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held wear cleanroom suit optional
10 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held supervise laboratory operations optional
11 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held laboratory equipment optional
12 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held fertigation optional
  • optional, not held perform mathematical calculations in pest management optional
  • optional, not held laboratory equipment optional
  • optional, not held maintain inventory of pesticides optional
  • optional, not held pests and diseases optional
  • optional, not held tend insecticide mixer optional
  • optional, not held agronomy optional
  • optional, not held handle chemicals optional
  • optional, not held prepare chemical samples optional
  • optional, not held supervise laboratory operations optional
  • optional, not held wear cleanroom suit optional
  • optional, not held write batch record documentation optional
10 held skills the pesticide mixer role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on fertiliser and herbicide skill
  • not needed by the target role advise on nitrate pollution skill
  • not needed by the target role deliver fertiliser skill
  • not needed by the target role dump batches skill
  • not needed by the target role fertiliser catalysts knowledge
  • not needed by the target role handle delivery of raw materials skill
  • not needed by the target role natural fertilisers knowledge
  • not needed by the target role package purchases in bags skill
  • not needed by the target role pollution legislation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role spread fertiliser 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 quality criteria for storage facilities required
  • required, not held handling of dangerous goods required
  • required, not held hazardous waste types required
  • required, not held laboratory-based sciences required
  • required, not held sterilization techniques required
  • optional, not held fertigation optional
  • optional, not held laboratory equipment optional
  • optional, not held pests and diseases optional
  • optional, not held agronomy optional
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.