Crop production manager to fruit production team leader
A crop production manager already meets 58% of what the fruit production team leader role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.
58.6/ 100
1 How much of what a fruit production team leader is expected to do is already part of a crop production manager’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the fruit production team leader role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A fruit production team leader role treats 24 of its required skills as things a crop production manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- crop production principles
- ensure soil fertility
- environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry
- execute disease and pest control activities
- fertilisation principles
- grow plants
What stands in the way is 16 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 40 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A fruit production team leader role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a crop production manager background worth leading with.
- already held ensure soil fertility handling and moving
- already held manage agritourism activities management skills
- already held perform on-farm product processing working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held monitor fields handling and moving
- already held provide agri-touristic services communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held types of storage facilities information and communication technologies (icts)
All 40 carried skills, including the 24 the fruit production team leader role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 32 missing skills fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn supervise fruit production teams required
- still to learn coordinate greenhouse environment required
- still to learn create soil and plant improvement programmes required
- still to learn make decisions regarding plant propagation required
- still to learn make independent operating decisions required
- optional, not held develop agricultural production plans optional
- optional, not held recruit personnel optional
- still to learn load picked fruits and vegetables required
- still to learn nurse plants required
- still to learn select fruits and vegetables required
- optional, not held pack vegetables or fruits optional
- optional, not held pick orders of agricultural products optional
- optional, not held select adequate packaging for food products optional
- optional, not held use gardening equipment optional
- optional, not held handle veterinary emergencies optional
- still to learn fruit and vegetable products required
- still to learn greenhouse types required
- still to learn horticulture principles required
- still to learn operate horticulture equipment required
- still to learn process fruits and vegetables required
- optional, not held use fruit and vegetables processing machinery optional
- still to learn quality criteria for storage facilities required
- optional, not held agricultural business management optional
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
- still to learn advise customers on storage of fruits and vegetables required
- optional, not held food plant design optional
- optional, not held implement landscaping projects optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a fruit production team leader role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 supervise fruit production teams practise this
- 02 advise customers on storage of fruits and vegetables practise this
- 03 check quality of fruits and vegetables practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 40 skills that carry over
- already held crop production principles knowledge
- already held ensure soil fertility skill
- already held environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry knowledge
- already held execute disease and pest control activities skill
- already held fertilisation principles knowledge
- already held grow plants skill
- already held harvest crop skill
- already held health and safety regulations knowledge
- already held leadership principles knowledge
- already held maintain storage facilities skill
- already held manage contracts skill
- already held monitor fields skill
- already held optimise production skill
- already held pest control in plants knowledge
- already held plant disease control knowledge
- already held plant harvest methods knowledge
- already held prepare planting area skill
- already held project management principles knowledge
- already held soil structure knowledge
- already held store products skill
- already held supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings skill
- already held types of storage facilities knowledge
- already held use agricultural information systems and databases skill
- already held watering principles knowledge
- already held agritourism knowledge
- already held agroecology knowledge
- already held agronomical production principles knowledge
- already held agronomy knowledge
- already held apply sustainable tillage techniques skill
- already held assign duties to agriculture workers skill
- already held ecology knowledge
- already held execute fertilisation skill
- already held maintain technical equipment skill
- already held manage agricultural staff skill
- already held manage agritourism activities skill
- already held manage production enterprise skill
- already held organic farming knowledge
- already held perform on-farm product processing skill
- already held present the farm facilities skill
- already held provide agri-touristic services skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn check quality of fruits and vegetables required
- optional, not held carry out work related calculations in agriculture optional
- optional, not held keep task records optional
- optional, not held food legislation optional
- optional, not held food safety principles optional
16 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held agricultural business management optional
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
- optional, not held carry out work related calculations in agriculture optional
- optional, not held develop agricultural production plans optional
- optional, not held food legislation optional
- optional, not held food plant design optional
- optional, not held food safety principles optional
- optional, not held implement landscaping projects optional
- optional, not held pack vegetables or fruits optional
- optional, not held pick orders of agricultural products optional
- optional, not held select adequate packaging for food products optional
- optional, not held use fruit and vegetables processing machinery optional
- optional, not held use gardening equipment optional
- optional, not held handle veterinary emergencies optional
- optional, not held keep task records optional
- optional, not held recruit personnel optional
20 held skills the fruit production team leader role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role agroforestry knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply alternate wetting and drying techniques skill
- not needed by the target role bioeconomy knowledge
- not needed by the target role conservation agriculture knowledge
- not needed by the target role cultivate crops for biomass skill
- not needed by the target role e-agriculture knowledge
- not needed by the target role irrigate soil skill
- not needed by the target role irrigation systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain plant health skill
- not needed by the target role maintain plant soil nutrition skill
- not needed by the target role manage crop production skill
- not needed by the target role manage crop rotation skill
- not needed by the target role operate agricultural machinery skill
- not needed by the target role plant propagation knowledge
- not needed by the target role plant species knowledge
- not needed by the target role prepare equipment for harvest skill
- not needed by the target role promote farm products skill
- not needed by the target role propagate plants skill
- not needed by the target role store crops skill
- not needed by the target role technical equipment for crop production knowledge
8 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- still to learn fruit and vegetable products required
- still to learn greenhouse types required
- still to learn horticulture principles required
- still to learn quality criteria for storage facilities required
- optional, not held agricultural business management optional
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
- optional, not held food legislation optional
- optional, not held food safety principles optional
Common questions about this move
Can a crop production manager become a fruit production team leader?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A crop production manager already covers 58% of what a fruit production team leader is expected to do: 40 skills carry over, 24 of which the fruit production team leader role treats as required.
What skills does a crop production manager need to become a fruit production team leader?
16 required skills are missing, plus 16 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is supervise fruit production teams.
How hard is the move from crop production manager to fruit production team leader?
Its learning distance is 58.6 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.