Crop production worker to crop production manager
A crop production worker already meets 68% of what the crop production manager role asks for. The move turns on 9 required skills not yet in the profile.
42.9/ 100
1 How much of what a crop production manager is expected to do is already part of a crop production worker’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 crop production manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A crop production manager role treats 21 of its required skills as things a crop production worker already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- agroforestry
- assign duties to agriculture workers
- crop production principles
- cultivate crops for biomass
- ecology
- execute disease and pest control activities
What stands in the way is 9 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 crop production manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a crop production worker background worth leading with.
- already held technical equipment for crop production agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held apply alternate wetting and drying techniques handling and moving
- already held cultivate crops for biomass handling and moving
- already held irrigate soil handling and moving
- already held prepare equipment for harvest working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held manage crop rotation handling and moving
All 40 carried skills, including the 21 the crop production manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 20 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 ensure soil fertility required
- still to learn manage crop production required
- optional, not held maintain plant health optional
- optional, not held maintain plant soil nutrition optional
- still to learn manage agricultural staff required
- still to learn manage production enterprise required
- optional, not held manage agritourism activities optional
- optional, not held optimise production optional
- still to learn agronomical production principles required
- optional, not held e-agriculture optional
- optional, not held irrigation systems optional
- still to learn environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry required
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- still to learn health and safety regulations required
- optional, not held agritourism optional
- still to learn supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings required
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a crop production manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 ensure soil fertility practise this
- 02 manage agricultural staff practise this
- 03 manage crop production 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 agroforestry knowledge
- already held assign duties to agriculture workers skill
- already held crop production principles knowledge
- already held cultivate crops for biomass skill
- already held ecology knowledge
- already held execute disease and pest control activities skill
- already held fertilisation principles knowledge
- already held maintain storage facilities skill
- already held maintain technical equipment skill
- already held manage crop rotation skill
- already held monitor fields skill
- already held operate agricultural machinery skill
- already held pest control in plants knowledge
- already held plant disease control knowledge
- already held plant harvest methods knowledge
- already held plant species knowledge
- already held soil structure knowledge
- already held store crops skill
- already held store products skill
- already held technical equipment for crop production knowledge
- already held types of storage facilities knowledge
- already held agroecology knowledge
- already held agronomy knowledge
- already held apply alternate wetting and drying techniques skill
- already held apply sustainable tillage techniques skill
- already held conservation agriculture knowledge
- already held execute fertilisation skill
- already held grow plants skill
- already held harvest crop skill
- already held irrigate soil skill
- already held organic farming knowledge
- already held perform on-farm product processing skill
- already held plant propagation knowledge
- already held prepare equipment for harvest skill
- already held prepare planting area skill
- already held present the farm facilities skill
- already held propagate plants skill
- already held provide agri-touristic services skill
- already held use agricultural information systems and databases skill
- already held watering principles knowledge
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn leadership principles required
- optional, not held promote farm products optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- optional, not held bioeconomy optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held e-agriculture optional
- optional, not held irrigation systems optional
- optional, not held maintain plant health optional
- optional, not held maintain plant soil nutrition optional
- optional, not held manage agritourism activities optional
- optional, not held optimise production optional
- optional, not held promote farm products optional
- optional, not held agritourism optional
- optional, not held bioeconomy optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
7 held skills the crop production manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role aeroponics knowledge
- not needed by the target role drive agricultural machines skill
- not needed by the target role hydroponics knowledge
- not needed by the target role integrated pest management knowledge
- not needed by the target role preserve crop skill
- not needed by the target role quality criteria for storage facilities knowledge
- not needed by the target role use pest detection sensors skill
9 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 agronomical production principles required
- still to learn environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry required
- still to learn health and safety regulations required
- still to learn leadership principles required
- optional, not held e-agriculture optional
- optional, not held irrigation systems optional
- optional, not held agritourism optional
- optional, not held bioeconomy optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
Common questions about this move
Can a crop production worker become a crop production manager?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A crop production worker already covers 68% of what a crop production manager is expected to do: 40 skills carry over, 21 of which the crop production manager role treats as required.
What skills does a crop production worker need to become a crop production manager?
9 required skills are missing, plus 11 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is ensure soil fertility.
How hard is the move from crop production worker to crop production manager?
Its learning distance is 42.9 out of 100, which is the moderate 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.