Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a mixed farmer can go next

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

Mixed farmers are responsible for managing all aspects of livestock and crop production as a small enterprise or for self-sufficiency.

Also known as smallholder, crofter, working farm manager.

Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers 33 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: farm manager, 44%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
farm manager 44% covered livestock advisor 30% covered crop production manager 29% covered agronomic crop production tea… 24% covered vineyard manager 21% covered mixed farmer You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from mixed farmer, 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 mixed farmer 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 mixed farmer needs 18 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
  • cultivate crops for biomass handling and moving
  • livestock farming systems agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • manage farm supplies communication, collaboration and creativity
  • agricultural business management business, administration and law
  • manage crop production handling and moving
  • sustainable agricultural production principles agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • assign duties to agriculture workers management skills
  • manage livestock handling and moving
  • operate farm equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
  • livestock reproduction agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
Table 3

Table 3 · Jobs that lead here

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

Index

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Mixed farmer 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 mixed farmer’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.