Where an agricultural policy officer can go next
5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an agricultural policy officer already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.
Agricultural policy officers analyse and identify agricultural policy issues and develop plans for improvement and new policy implementation. They write reports and presentations in order to communicate and acquire support for the policies from government officials and the public. They also communicate with professionals in agriculture for research and information purposes and perform administrative duties.
Also known as agronomist, agriculture policy officer, agriculture policy manager, policy manager agriculture, farming advisor, agricultural consultant, policy officer agriculture, agriculture policy coordinator, agriculture policy advisor.
Professionals 33 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: regional development policy officer, 52%
- 70% and above · short step
- 50 to 70% · real move
- Below 50% · substantial retraining
Table 1 · Within reach
- regional development policy officer 52% covered · difficulty 46.4
- competition policy officer 47% covered · difficulty 52.9
- employment programme coordinator 47% covered · difficulty 50.2
- recreation policy officer 43% covered · difficulty 52.2
- economic development coordinator 42% covered · difficulty 53.4
Table 2 · What the job itself asks for
An agricultural policy officer needs 13 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.
- promote agricultural policies communication, collaboration and creativity
- develop agricultural policies management skills
- ecological principles natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- legislation in agriculture business, administration and law
- environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry business, administration and law
- agronomy agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- maintain relations with local representatives communication, collaboration and creativity
- advise on legislative acts communication, collaboration and creativity
- manage government policy implementation management skills
- maintain relationships with government agencies communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3 · Jobs that lead here
The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an agricultural policy officer does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.
- competition policy officer 49% covered · difficulty 49.6
- regional development policy officer 46% covered · difficulty 52.6
- cultural policy officer 44% covered · difficulty 54
- economic development coordinator 44% covered · difficulty 54.4
- employment programme coordinator 39% covered · difficulty 58.5
- environmental policy officer 34% covered · difficulty 62.5
- fiscal affairs policy officer 25% covered · difficulty 69.1
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Agricultural policy officer is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.
How these figures were compiled
Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an agricultural policy officer’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.