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Where a land-based machinery operator can go next

2 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a land-based machinery operator already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Land-based machinery operators operate specialised equipment and machinery for agricultural production and maintenance of landscape.

Also known as land-based machinery operators, landbased machinery operator, farm equipment operator, forest tractor driver, agricultural machinery operator, agricultural equipment operator, tractor driver, forestry tractor driver, combined driver.

Plant and machine operators and assemblers 33 skills on file 2 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: land-based machinery supervisor, 24%

Fig. 2 · Career map 2 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1

70% and above · short step
50 to 70% · real move
Below 50% · substantial retraining

The 2 nearest destinations from land-based machinery operator, 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 land-based machinery operator already covers. All 2 are listed in the tables below.

Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step. Only 2 moves are listed. Few other occupations share enough of this job's skills for a fair comparison, and jobs that share almost all of them are left out as the same work under another name.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A land-based machinery operator needs 14 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

tow a tractor implement using the power take-off working with machinery and specialised equipment
spread fertiliser handling and moving
work in a land-based team communication, collaboration and creativity
herbicides natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
pesticides natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
identify plants characteristics handling and moving
handling chemical products for soil and plants handling and moving
operate agricultural machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
drive agricultural machines working with machinery and specialised equipment
harvest crop handling and moving

Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a land-based machinery operator does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

land-based machinery supervisor 31% covered · difficulty 68.2

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Land-based machinery operator is filed under Plant and machine operators and assemblers, ISCO major group 8. 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 land-based machinery operator’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.