Table 1Transition record

land-based machinery supervisortocrop production manager

A land-based machinery supervisor already meets 17% of what the crop production manager role asks for. The move turns on 24 required skills not yet in the profile.

From land-based machinery supervisor

17%

Overlap1

To crop production manager

8 Skills carried over

24 Required, not held

87 Difficulty2

Career overlap Distant match

17%

Learning distance A rebuild

87/ 100

adjacentmoderatesubstantialcareer change

1 Share of the crop production manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the land-based machinery supervisor 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 6 of its required skills as things a land-based machinery supervisor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

assign duties to agriculture workers
crop production principles
maintain technical equipment
operate agricultural machinery
pest control in plants
soil structure

What stands in the way is 24 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 8 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 land-based machinery supervisor background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area

already held assign duties to agriculture workers management skills
already held maintain technical equipment information skills
already held operate agricultural machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
already held harvest crop handling and moving
already held soil structure agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
already held crop production principles agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary

All 8 carried skills, including the 6 the crop production manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 52 missing skills fall into 12 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 8 required, 8 supplementary

required, not held cultivate crops for biomass required
required, not held ensure soil fertility required
required, not held manage crop production required
required, not held manage crop rotation required
required, not held monitor fields 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 grow plants optional
optional, not held irrigate soil optional
optional, not held maintain plant health optional
optional, not held maintain plant soil nutrition optional
optional, not held prepare planting area optional
optional, not held propagate plants optional

02 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 6 required, 7 supplementary

required, not held agroforestry required
required, not held plant disease control required
required, not held plant harvest methods required
required, not held technical equipment for crop production required
required, not held agronomical production principles required
required, not held fertilisation 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 organic farming optional
optional, not held plant propagation optional
optional, not held watering principles 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 assisting and caring 2 required

required, not held execute disease and pest control activities required
required, not held supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings required

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

6 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 8 skills that carry over

Skill Type

already held assign duties to agriculture workers skill
already held crop production principles knowledge
already held maintain technical equipment skill
already held operate agricultural machinery skill
already held pest control in plants knowledge
already held soil structure knowledge
already held agronomy knowledge
already held harvest crop skill

The 6 learning areas not shown above

Skill to acquire Tier

07 services 1 required, 1 supplementary

required, not held health and safety regulations required

optional, not held agritourism 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 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

11 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 supplementary

optional, not held execute fertilisation optional
optional, not held perform on-farm product processing optional
optional, not held prepare equipment for harvest optional

12 information skills 1 supplementary

optional, not held use agricultural information systems and databases optional

28 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 apply sustainable tillage techniques optional
optional, not held conservation agriculture optional
optional, not held e-agriculture optional
optional, not held execute fertilisation optional
optional, not held grow plants 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 organic farming optional
optional, not held perform on-farm product processing optional
optional, not held plant propagation optional
optional, not held prepare equipment for harvest optional
optional, not held prepare planting area optional
optional, not held present the farm facilities optional
optional, not held promote farm products optional
optional, not held propagate plants optional
optional, not held provide agri-touristic services optional
optional, not held use agricultural information systems and databases optional
optional, not held watering principles optional
optional, not held agritourism optional
optional, not held bioeconomy optional
optional, not held manage contracts optional
optional, not held project management principles optional

22 held skills the crop production manager role does not ask for

Skill Type

not needed by the target role advise client on technical possibilities skill
not needed by the target role apply organisational techniques skill
not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
not needed by the target role create soil and plant improvement programmes skill
not needed by the target role evaluate employees work skill
not needed by the target role handling chemical products for soil and plants skill
not needed by the target role inspect agricultural fields skill
not needed by the target role monitor work site skill
not needed by the target role operate GPS systems skill
not needed by the target role operate forestry machinery skill
not needed by the target role operate landscaping equipment skill
not needed by the target role organise labour skill
not needed by the target role perform park safety inspections skill
not needed by the target role principles of mechanical engineering knowledge
not needed by the target role programme work according to incoming orders skill
not needed by the target role propose ICT solutions to business problems skill
not needed by the target role road traffic laws knowledge
not needed by the target role supervise equipment skill
not needed by the target role supervise staff skill
not needed by the target role variety of botanicals knowledge
not needed by the target role work in a land-based team skill
not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill

22 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 disease control required
required, not held plant harvest methods 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 fertilisation principles 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 organic farming optional
optional, not held plant propagation optional
optional, not held watering principles optional
optional, not held agritourism optional
optional, not held bioeconomy optional
optional, not held project management principles optional

Index

Other moves recorded from land-based machinery supervisor

Full index of moves from land-based machinery supervisor

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.