viticulture advisertovineyard manager
A viticulture adviser already meets 21% of what the vineyard manager role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.
21%
78.7/ 100
1 Share of the vineyard manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the viticulture adviser 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 4 of its required skills as things a viticulture adviser already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- control grape quality
- control wine quality
- monitor winemaking process
- pest control in plants
What stands in the way is 18 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 8 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 viticulture adviser background worth leading with.
- already held control wine quality information skills
- already held develop grape growing techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held control grape quality information skills
- already held monitor winemaking process information skills
- already held e-agriculture agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held organic farming agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
All 8 carried skills, including the 4 the vineyard manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 24 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.
- required, not held manage technical aspects of vineyard production required
- required, not held manage agricultural staff required
- required, not held manage wine production required
- 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 agricultural business management required
- required, not held environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry required
- optional, not held business management principles optional
- required, not held viticulture required
- required, not held fertilisation principles required
- required, not held wine related sciences required
- required, not held winery production process required
- required, not held evaluate vineyard problems required
- required, not held manage chemical testing procedures required
- required, not held supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings required
4 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 manage technical aspects of vineyard production skill · occupation specific
- 02 agricultural business management knowledge · sector specific
- 03 evaluate vineyard problems 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 8 skills that carry over
- already held control grape quality skill
- already held control wine quality skill
- already held monitor winemaking process skill
- already held pest control in plants knowledge
- already held agronomy knowledge
- already held develop grape growing techniques skill
- already held e-agriculture knowledge
- already held organic farming knowledge
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held monitor grounds maintenance required
- required, not held oversee vineyard floor activities required
- required, not held health and safety regulations required
- 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
6 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 business management principles optional
- optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
21 held skills the vineyard manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on fertiliser and herbicide skill
- not needed by the target role advise on grape quality improvement skill
- not needed by the target role advise on irrigation projects skill
- not needed by the target role advise on nitrate pollution skill
- not needed by the target role advise on plant mineral nutrition skill
- not needed by the target role advise on wine quality improvement skill
- not needed by the target role agroecology knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct public presentations skill
- not needed by the target role develop dried-on-vine raisin production systems skill
- not needed by the target role develop irrigation strategies skill
- not needed by the target role develop personal skills skill
- not needed by the target role horticulture principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role irrigation systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage nutrients skill
- not needed by the target role monitor water quality skill
- not needed by the target role plant disease control knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote sustainability skill
- not needed by the target role provide tourism related information skill
- not needed by the target role raisin grapes knowledge
- not needed by the target role table grapes manipulation knowledge
- not needed by the target role types of wine knowledge
8 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 viticulture required
- required, not held wine related sciences required
- required, not held winery production process 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
- optional, not held business management principles optional
Other moves recorded from viticulture adviser
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.