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

hop farmertocrop production manager

A hop farmer already meets 44% of what the crop production manager role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.

From hop farmer
44%
Overlap1
To crop production manager
25 Skills carried over
16 Required, not held
66.1 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

44%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

66.1/ 100

1 Share of the crop production manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the hop farmer 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 crop production manager role treats 14 of its required skills as things a hop farmer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • assign duties to agriculture workers
  • crop production principles
  • execute disease and pest control activities
  • fertilisation principles
  • maintain storage facilities
  • manage crop production

What stands in the way is 16 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 25 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 hop farmer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • 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 apply sustainable tillage techniques handling and moving

All 25 carried skills, including the 14 the crop production manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 35 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 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held agroforestry required
  • required, not held technical equipment for crop production required
  • required, not held agronomical production principles required
  • optional, not held agroecology optional
  • optional, not held conservation agriculture optional
  • optional, not held e-agriculture optional
  • optional, not held irrigation systems optional
02 handling and moving 3 required, 4 supplementary
  • required, not held cultivate crops for biomass required
  • required, not held ensure soil fertility required
  • required, not held store products required
  • optional, not held apply alternate wetting and drying techniques optional
  • optional, not held irrigate soil optional
  • optional, not held maintain plant health optional
  • optional, not held maintain plant soil nutrition optional
03 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
04 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held plant species required
  • required, not held ecology required
  • optional, not held bioeconomy optional
05 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held operate agricultural machinery required
  • optional, not held perform on-farm product processing optional
  • optional, not held prepare equipment for harvest optional
06 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

5 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 25 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • 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 maintain storage facilities skill
  • already held manage crop production skill
  • already held manage crop rotation skill
  • already held monitor fields skill
  • 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 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 execute fertilisation skill
  • already held grow plants skill
  • already held harvest crop skill
  • already held organic farming knowledge
  • already held plant propagation knowledge
  • already held prepare planting area skill
  • already held propagate plants skill
  • already held watering principles knowledge
The 5 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held maintain technical equipment required
  • optional, not held use agricultural information systems and databases optional
08 generic programmes and qualifications 1 required
  • required, not held leadership principles required
09 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required
  • required, not held types of storage facilities required
10 services 1 required
  • required, not held health and safety regulations required
11 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held present the farm facilities optional
  • optional, not held promote farm products optional
  • optional, not held provide agri-touristic services optional
  • optional, not held manage contracts optional
19 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held agroecology optional
  • optional, not held apply alternate wetting and drying techniques optional
  • optional, not held conservation agriculture optional
  • optional, not held e-agriculture optional
  • optional, not held irrigate soil 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 perform on-farm product processing optional
  • optional, not held prepare equipment for harvest optional
  • optional, not held present the farm facilities optional
  • optional, not held promote farm products optional
  • optional, not held provide agri-touristic services optional
  • optional, not held use agricultural information systems and databases optional
  • optional, not held bioeconomy optional
  • optional, not held manage contracts optional
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
16 held skills the crop production manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role advise on beer production skill
  • not needed by the target role assess crop damage skill
  • not needed by the target role carry out work related calculations in agriculture skill
  • not needed by the target role create crop protection plans skill
  • not needed by the target role cultivate hops skill
  • not needed by the target role hop cultivation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role horticulture principles knowledge
  • not needed by the target role ingredients for beer production knowledge
  • not needed by the target role maintain gardening equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role monitor crops skill
  • not needed by the target role nurse plants skill
  • not needed by the target role operate hand pruning equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role pick orders of agricultural products skill
  • not needed by the target role prevent crop disorders skill
  • not needed by the target role use gardening equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role variety of beers knowledge
15 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 agroforestry required
  • required, not held plant species required
  • required, not held technical equipment for crop production required
  • required, not held types of storage facilities required
  • required, not held agronomical production principles required
  • required, not held ecology 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 agroecology optional
  • optional, not held conservation agriculture optional
  • optional, not held e-agriculture optional
  • optional, not held irrigation systems 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.