vineyard machinery operatortovineyard worker
A vineyard machinery operator already meets 47% of what the vineyard worker role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
47%
53.8/ 100
1 Share of the vineyard worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the vineyard 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.
Why this move works
A vineyard worker role treats 8 of its required skills as things a vineyard machinery operator already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- execute fertilisation
- harvest grapes
- manage canopy
- operate hand pruning equipment
- participate in vine maintenance
- perform trellis repairs
What stands in the way is 6 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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A vineyard worker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a vineyard machinery operator background worth leading with.
- already held manage canopy handling and moving
- already held participate in vine maintenance handling and moving
- already held perform trellis repairs constructing
- already held harvest grapes handling and moving
- already held plant vine yards handling and moving
- already held tend vines handling and moving
All 12 carried skills, including the 8 the vineyard worker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 19 missing skills fall into 9 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 produce sustainable products required
- optional, not held manage environmental impact optional
- optional, not held manage environmental impact of operations optional
- required, not held drive agricultural machines required
- optional, not held operate wine pumps optional
- optional, not held tend press operation optional
- required, not held viticulture required
- optional, not held integrated pest management optional
- required, not held sustainable manufacturing required
- required, not held manage data required
- required, not held personal protective equipment required
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a vineyard worker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 drive agricultural machines skill · sector specific
- 02 manage data skill · sector specific
- 03 viticulture knowledge · 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 12 skills that carry over
- already held execute fertilisation skill
- already held harvest grapes skill
- already held manage canopy skill
- already held operate hand pruning equipment skill
- already held participate in vine maintenance skill
- already held perform trellis repairs skill
- already held plant vine yards skill
- already held tend vines skill
- already held agronomy knowledge
- already held execute disease and pest control activities skill
- already held fertilisation principles knowledge
- already held organic farming knowledge
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held sanitise winery area optional
- optional, not held grow plants optional
- optional, not held maintain tanks for viticulture optional
- optional, not held propagate plants optional
- optional, not held assist bottling optional
- optional, not held present the farm facilities optional
- optional, not held provide agri-touristic services optional
- optional, not held assign duties to agriculture workers optional
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held operate wine pumps optional
- optional, not held sanitise winery area optional
- optional, not held assign duties to agriculture workers optional
- optional, not held grow plants optional
- optional, not held integrated pest management optional
- optional, not held maintain tanks for viticulture optional
- optional, not held present the farm facilities optional
- optional, not held propagate plants optional
- optional, not held provide agri-touristic services optional
- optional, not held tend press operation optional
- optional, not held assist bottling optional
- optional, not held manage environmental impact optional
- optional, not held manage environmental impact of operations optional
11 held skills the vineyard worker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role develop grape growing techniques skill
- not needed by the target role environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry knowledge
- not needed by the target role health and safety regulations knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain agricultural machinery skill
- not needed by the target role maintain irrigation systems skill
- not needed by the target role maintain vineyard machinery skill
- not needed by the target role manage nutrients skill
- not needed by the target role operate agricultural machinery skill
- not needed by the target role participate in vine preparation skill
- not needed by the target role pest control in plants knowledge
- not needed by the target role plant disease control knowledge
4 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 viticulture required
- required, not held personal protective equipment required
- required, not held sustainable manufacturing required
- optional, not held integrated pest management optional
Other moves recorded from vineyard machinery operator
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.