mixed farmertoagronomic crop production team leader
A mixed farmer already meets 24% of what the agronomic crop production team leader role asks for. The move turns on 27 required skills not yet in the profile.
24%
82.4/ 100
1 Share of the agronomic crop production team leader role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the mixed 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 this move works
A agronomic crop production team leader role treats 9 of its required skills as things a mixed farmer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- agroecology
- agronomical production principles
- assign duties to agriculture workers
- crop production principles
- environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry
- harvest crop
What stands in the way is 27 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 13 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A agronomic crop production team leader role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a mixed farmer background worth leading with.
- already held apply sustainable tillage techniques handling and moving
- already held manage crop production handling and moving
- already held agroecology agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held assign duties to agriculture workers management skills
- already held agronomical production principles agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held agritourism services
All 13 carried skills, including the 9 the agronomic crop production team leader role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 43 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.
- required, not held ensure soil fertility required
- required, not held grow plants required
- required, not held maintain plant health required
- required, not held maintain plant soil nutrition 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 irrigate soil optional
- required, not held agroforestry required
- required, not held plant disease control required
- required, not held plant harvest methods required
- required, not held plant propagation required
- required, not held soil structure required
- required, not held technical equipment for crop production required
- required, not held fertilisation principles required
- required, not held pest control in plants required
- optional, not held conservation agriculture optional
- optional, not held irrigation systems optional
- optional, not held organic farming optional
- optional, not held watering principles optional
- optional, not held agronomy optional
- required, not held execute fertilisation required
- required, not held prepare equipment for harvest required
- optional, not held perform on-farm product processing optional
- required, not held plant species required
- required, not held ecology required
- required, not held manage agricultural staff required
- optional, not held manage agritourism activities optional
- optional, not held optimise production optional
- required, not held maintain technical equipment required
- optional, not held use agricultural information systems and databases optional
5 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a agronomic crop production team leader role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 agroforestry knowledge · sector specific
- 02 ensure soil fertility skill · sector specific
- 03 execute disease and pest control activities skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 13 skills that carry over
- already held agroecology knowledge
- already held agronomical production principles knowledge
- already held assign duties to agriculture workers skill
- already held crop production principles knowledge
- already held environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry knowledge
- already held harvest crop skill
- already held health and safety regulations knowledge
- already held operate agricultural machinery skill
- already held supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings skill
- already held agritourism knowledge
- already held apply sustainable tillage techniques skill
- already held manage crop production skill
- already held manage production enterprise skill
The 5 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held execute disease and pest control activities required
- required, not held types of storage facilities required
- optional, not held promote farm products optional
- optional, not held provide agri-touristic services optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held leadership principles optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply alternate wetting and drying techniques optional
- optional, not held conservation agriculture optional
- optional, not held irrigate soil optional
- optional, not held irrigation systems 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 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 watering principles optional
- optional, not held agronomy optional
- optional, not held leadership principles optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
20 held skills the agronomic crop production team leader role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role agricultural business management knowledge
- not needed by the target role comply with farm regulations skill
- not needed by the target role cultivate crops for biomass skill
- not needed by the target role dairy animal production knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop agricultural policies skill
- not needed by the target role drive agricultural machines skill
- not needed by the target role e-agriculture knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle poultry skill
- not needed by the target role liaise with crop growers skill
- not needed by the target role livestock farming systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role livestock reproduction knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage farm products skill
- not needed by the target role manage farm supplies skill
- not needed by the target role manage livestock skill
- not needed by the target role manage the health and welfare of livestock skill
- not needed by the target role market farm products skill
- not needed by the target role move animals skill
- not needed by the target role operate farm equipment skill
- not needed by the target role recycle livestock manure skill
- not needed by the target role sustainable agricultural production principles knowledge
18 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held agroforestry required
- required, not held plant disease control required
- required, not held plant harvest methods required
- required, not held plant propagation required
- required, not held plant species required
- required, not held soil structure required
- required, not held technical equipment for crop production required
- required, not held types of storage facilities required
- required, not held ecology required
- required, not held fertilisation principles required
- required, not held pest control in plants required
- optional, not held conservation agriculture optional
- optional, not held irrigation systems optional
- optional, not held organic farming optional
- optional, not held watering principles optional
- optional, not held agronomy optional
- optional, not held leadership principles optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
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.