Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where an agricultural technician can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role an agricultural technician already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Agricultural technicians collect and conduct experiments and tests on agriculture and aquaculture specimens. They provide support to scientists and farmers and also analyse and report on conditions in the collected specimens' environments.

Also known as agricultural research assistant, bacteriological testing coordinator, horticultural technician, aquaculture technician, biotechnician, assistant in agricultural research, viticulture technician, agricultural technologist.

Technicians and associate professionals 43 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: physics technician, 27%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
physics technician 27% covered soil surveying technician 25% covered biotechnical technician 25% covered agronomist 24% covered soil scientist 24% covered agricultural technician You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from agricultural technician, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role an agricultural technician already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

An agricultural technician needs 10 required skills and areas of knowledge. They say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • analyse scientific data information skills
  • conduct field work information skills
  • maintain laboratory equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • gather experimental data information skills
  • analyse environmental data information skills
  • apply safety procedures in laboratory assisting and caring
  • laboratory techniques natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
  • analyse test data information skills
  • execute analytical mathematical calculations information skills
  • write work-related reports communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what an agricultural technician does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Agricultural technician is filed under Technicians and associate professionals, ISCO major group 3. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of an agricultural technician’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.