vineyard supervisortovineyard manager
A vineyard supervisor already meets 55% of what the vineyard manager role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
55%
49.5/ 100
1 Share of the vineyard manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the vineyard 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 this move works
A vineyard manager role treats 13 of its required skills as things a vineyard supervisor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- control grape quality
- environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry
- evaluate vineyard problems
- fertilisation principles
- manage agricultural staff
- manage technical aspects of vineyard production
What stands in the way is 9 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 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A vineyard manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a vineyard supervisor background worth leading with.
- already held manage technical aspects of vineyard production management skills
- already held oversee vineyard floor activities handling and moving
- already held evaluate vineyard problems information skills
- already held manage wine production management skills
- already held viticulture agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held winery production process engineering, manufacturing and construction
All 16 carried skills, including the 13 the vineyard manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 16 missing skills fall into 8 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 supervise pest and disease control required
- required, not held manage budgets required
- required, not held manage production enterprise required
- optional, not held manage agritourism activities optional
- required, not held control wine quality required
- required, not held manage chemical testing procedures required
- required, not held agricultural business management required
- optional, not held business management principles optional
- required, not held monitor grounds maintenance required
- required, not held wine related sciences required
- required, not held health and safety regulations required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a vineyard manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 agricultural business management knowledge · sector specific
- 02 control wine quality skill · sector specific
- 03 monitor grounds maintenance 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 16 skills that carry over
- already held control grape quality skill
- already held environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry knowledge
- already held evaluate vineyard problems skill
- already held fertilisation principles knowledge
- already held manage agricultural staff skill
- already held manage technical aspects of vineyard production skill
- already held manage wine production skill
- already held monitor winemaking process skill
- already held oversee vineyard floor activities skill
- already held pest control in plants knowledge
- already held supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings skill
- already held viticulture knowledge
- already held winery production process knowledge
- already held agronomy knowledge
- already held develop grape growing techniques skill
- already held e-agriculture knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
- optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
- optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- optional, not held organic farming optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
- optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
- optional, not held manage agritourism activities optional
- optional, not held organic farming optional
- optional, not held business management principles optional
- optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
34 held skills the vineyard manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on sustainability solutions skill
- not needed by the target role conduct field work skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate operational activities skill
- not needed by the target role drive agricultural machines skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate employees work skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate vineyard quality skill
- not needed by the target role execute disease and pest control activities skill
- not needed by the target role harvest grapes skill
- not needed by the target role leadership principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain a safe, hygienic and secure working environment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain ground skill
- not needed by the target role maintain vineyard machinery skill
- not needed by the target role manage cellar operations skill
- not needed by the target role manage data skill
- not needed by the target role manage grape harvest skill
- not needed by the target role manage pest and weed control skill
- not needed by the target role manage teamwork skill
- not needed by the target role monitor daily work skill
- not needed by the target role monitor grapes skill
- not needed by the target role operate agricultural machinery skill
- not needed by the target role organise wine cellar skill
- not needed by the target role participate in vine preparation skill
- not needed by the target role personal protective equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role plant disease control knowledge
- not needed by the target role plant harvest methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role plant vine yards skill
- not needed by the target role prepare equipment for harvest skill
- not needed by the target role recruit employees skill
- not needed by the target role supervise horticultural crews skill
- not needed by the target role sustainable manufacturing knowledge
- not needed by the target role tend vines skill
- not needed by the target role variety of grapes knowledge
- not needed by the target role wine characteristics knowledge
- not needed by the target role work in outdoor conditions skill
5 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 agricultural business management required
- required, not held wine related sciences required
- required, not held health and safety regulations required
- optional, not held organic farming optional
- optional, not held business 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.