Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a farm manager can go next

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

Farm managers plan and organise the daily operations, resourcing and business management of animal and crops producing farms.

Also known as agricultural manager, agricultural operations manager, farming operations manager, farmer.

Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 37 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: mixed farmer, 40%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
mixed farmer 40% covered crop production manager 22% covered agronomic crop production tea… 20% covered vineyard manager 18% covered horticulture production manag… 17% covered farm manager You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from farm manager, 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 a farm manager 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

A farm manager needs 15 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • assess new farming technologies communication, collaboration and creativity
  • manage farm products management skills
  • market farm products communication, collaboration and creativity
  • manage crop rotation handling and moving
  • manage farm supplies communication, collaboration and creativity
  • negotiate loan agreements communication, collaboration and creativity
  • agricultural business management business, administration and law
  • assign duties to agriculture workers management skills
  • operate farm equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • present the farm facilities communication, collaboration and creativity
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a farm manager does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

Index

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Farm manager is filed under Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers, ISCO major group 6. 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 a farm manager’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.