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

land-based machinery operatortocrop production worker

A land-based machinery operator already meets 20% of what the crop production worker role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.

From land-based machinery operator
20%
Overlap1
To crop production worker
8 Skills carried over
12 Required, not held
80.9 Difficulty2
adjacent 0–30
moderate 30–55
substantial 55–75
career change 75–100
this move, 80.9

This move: 80.9 of 100 · career change

1 Share of the crop production worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the land-based machinery operator 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 8 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A crop production worker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a land-based machinery operator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held prepare equipment for harvest working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held irrigate soil handling and moving
  • already held operate agricultural machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held drive agricultural machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • already held harvest crop handling and moving
  • already held fertilisation principles agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary

All 8 carried skills, including the 4 the crop production worker role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 39 missing skills fall into 10 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 9 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held cultivate crops for biomass required
  • required, not held grow plants required
  • required, not held manage crop rotation required
  • required, not held monitor fields required
  • required, not held prepare planting area required
  • required, not held propagate plants required
  • required, not held store crops required
  • required, not held store products required
  • required, not held maintain storage facilities required
  • optional, not held apply alternate wetting and drying techniques optional
  • optional, not held apply sustainable tillage techniques optional
  • optional, not held preserve crop optional
02 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 1 required, 13 supplementary
  • required, not held agroforestry required
  • optional, not held aeroponics optional
  • optional, not held agroecology optional
  • optional, not held conservation agriculture optional
  • optional, not held crop production principles optional
  • optional, not held hydroponics optional
  • optional, not held integrated pest management optional
  • optional, not held organic farming optional
  • optional, not held plant harvest methods optional
  • optional, not held plant propagation optional
  • optional, not held soil structure optional
  • optional, not held technical equipment for crop production optional
  • optional, not held watering principles optional
  • optional, not held pest control in plants optional
03 working with machinery and specialised equipment 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held execute fertilisation required
  • optional, not held perform on-farm product processing optional
  • optional, not held use pest detection sensors optional
04 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held execute disease and pest control activities required
05 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held present the farm facilities optional
  • optional, not held provide agri-touristic services optional
06 information skills 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held use agricultural information systems and databases optional
  • optional, not held maintain technical equipment optional

4 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a crop production worker 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 8 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held drive agricultural machines skill
  • already held harvest crop skill
  • already held operate agricultural machinery skill
  • already held prepare equipment for harvest skill
  • already held agronomy knowledge
  • already held fertilisation principles knowledge
  • already held irrigate soil skill
  • already held plant disease control knowledge
The 4 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held plant species optional
  • optional, not held ecology optional
08 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held quality criteria for storage facilities optional
09 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held types of storage facilities optional
10 management skills 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held assign duties to agriculture workers optional
27 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held aeroponics optional
  • optional, not held agroecology optional
  • optional, not held apply alternate wetting and drying techniques optional
  • optional, not held apply sustainable tillage techniques optional
  • optional, not held assign duties to agriculture workers optional
  • optional, not held conservation agriculture optional
  • optional, not held crop production principles optional
  • optional, not held hydroponics optional
  • optional, not held integrated pest management optional
  • optional, not held organic farming optional
  • optional, not held perform on-farm product processing optional
  • optional, not held plant harvest methods optional
  • optional, not held plant propagation optional
  • optional, not held plant species optional
  • optional, not held present the farm facilities optional
  • optional, not held preserve crop optional
  • optional, not held provide agri-touristic services optional
  • optional, not held quality criteria for storage facilities optional
  • optional, not held soil structure optional
  • optional, not held technical equipment for crop production optional
  • optional, not held types of storage facilities optional
  • optional, not held use agricultural information systems and databases optional
  • optional, not held use pest detection sensors optional
  • optional, not held watering principles optional
  • optional, not held ecology optional
  • optional, not held maintain technical equipment optional
  • optional, not held pest control in plants optional
25 held skills the crop production worker role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
  • not needed by the target role apply precision farming skill
  • not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
  • not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
  • not needed by the target role environmental policy knowledge
  • not needed by the target role fertiliser products knowledge
  • not needed by the target role follow written instructions skill
  • not needed by the target role handling chemical products for soil and plants skill
  • not needed by the target role herbicides knowledge
  • not needed by the target role identify plants characteristics skill
  • not needed by the target role load equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role maintain mechanical equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role make independent operating decisions skill
  • not needed by the target role mechanical tools knowledge
  • not needed by the target role operate GPS systems skill
  • not needed by the target role operate landscaping equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role perform loading and unloading operations skill
  • not needed by the target role pesticides knowledge
  • not needed by the target role road traffic laws knowledge
  • not needed by the target role spread fertiliser skill
  • not needed by the target role tow a tractor implement using the power take-off skill
  • not needed by the target role unload equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
  • not needed by the target role variety of botanicals knowledge
  • not needed by the target role work in a land-based team skill
18 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
  • optional, not held aeroponics optional
  • optional, not held agroecology optional
  • optional, not held conservation agriculture optional
  • optional, not held crop production principles optional
  • optional, not held hydroponics optional
  • optional, not held integrated pest management optional
  • optional, not held organic farming optional
  • optional, not held plant harvest methods optional
  • optional, not held plant propagation optional
  • optional, not held plant species optional
  • optional, not held quality criteria for storage facilities optional
  • optional, not held soil structure optional
  • optional, not held technical equipment for crop production optional
  • optional, not held types of storage facilities optional
  • optional, not held watering principles optional
  • optional, not held ecology optional
  • optional, not held pest control in plants optional
Index

Other moves recorded from land-based machinery operator

Full index of moves from land-based machinery operator

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.