Crop production worker to horticulture production team leader
A crop production worker already meets 45% of what the horticulture production team leader role asks for. The move turns on 20 required skills not yet in the profile.
69.4/ 100
1 How much of what a horticulture production team leader 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 horticulture production team leader role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A horticulture production team leader role treats 21 of its required skills as things a crop production worker already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- crop production principles
- execute disease and pest control activities
- fertilisation principles
- grow plants
- harvest crop
- maintain storage facilities
What stands in the way is 20 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 35 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A horticulture 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 worker background worth leading with.
- already held aeroponics agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held hydroponics agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held perform on-farm product processing working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held monitor fields handling and moving
- already held quality criteria for storage facilities business, administration and law
- already held store crops handling and moving
All 35 carried skills, including the 21 the horticulture production team leader role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 53 missing skills fall into 12 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 horticultural crews required
- still to learn coordinate greenhouse environment required
- still to learn create soil and plant improvement programmes required
- still to learn optimise production required
- still to learn make independent operating decisions required
- optional, not held develop agricultural production plans optional
- optional, not held manage agricultural staff optional
- optional, not held manage agritourism activities optional
- optional, not held manage production enterprise optional
- optional, not held recruit personnel optional
- still to learn ensure soil fertility required
- still to learn maintain the greenhouse required
- still to learn nurse plants required
- still to learn prune plants required
- optional, not held pick orders of agricultural products optional
- optional, not held prune hedges and trees 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 greenhouse types required
- still to learn horticulture principles required
- still to learn pruning techniques required
- still to learn pruning types required
- optional, not held e-agriculture optional
- optional, not held agronomical production principles optional
- still to learn environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry required
- still to learn project management principles required
- optional, not held agricultural business management optional
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
- optional, not held customer relationship management optional
- still to learn manage contracts required
- optional, not held advise on plant fertilizer optional
- optional, not held create flower arrangements optional
- optional, not held food plant design optional
- optional, not held implement landscaping projects optional
- optional, not held negotiate sales contracts optional
- optional, not held place orders for flower products optional
- optional, not held prepare flower arrangements optional
- optional, not held promote farm products optional
- optional, not held sell flowers optional
- optional, not held advise customers on types of flowers optional
- still to learn health and safety regulations required
- optional, not held food safety principles optional
- optional, not held agritourism optional
6 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a horticulture production team leader role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 supervise horticultural crews practise this
- 02 coordinate greenhouse environment practise this
- 03 create soil and plant improvement programmes 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 35 skills that carry over
- already held crop production principles 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 maintain storage facilities skill
- already held monitor fields skill
- already held pest control in plants knowledge
- already held plant disease control knowledge
- already held plant harvest methods knowledge
- already held plant propagation knowledge
- already held plant species knowledge
- already held prepare planting area skill
- already held propagate plants skill
- already held quality criteria for storage facilities knowledge
- already held soil structure knowledge
- already held store crops skill
- already held store products skill
- already held types of storage facilities knowledge
- already held use agricultural information systems and databases skill
- already held watering principles knowledge
- already held aeroponics knowledge
- already held agroecology knowledge
- already held agronomy knowledge
- already held apply sustainable tillage techniques skill
- already held assign duties to agriculture workers skill
- already held drive agricultural machines skill
- already held ecology knowledge
- already held execute fertilisation skill
- already held hydroponics knowledge
- already held maintain technical equipment 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 6 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings required
- optional, not held direct the preparation of food optional
- still to learn leadership principles required
- still to learn operate horticulture equipment required
- optional, not held carry out work related calculations in agriculture optional
- optional, not held ensure quality control in packaging optional
- optional, not held keep task records optional
- optional, not held maintain gardening equipment optional
- optional, not held food legislation optional
33 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise on plant fertilizer optional
- 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 create flower arrangements optional
- optional, not held develop agricultural production plans optional
- optional, not held e-agriculture optional
- optional, not held ensure quality control in packaging 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 manage agricultural staff optional
- optional, not held manage agritourism activities optional
- optional, not held negotiate sales contracts optional
- optional, not held pick orders of agricultural products optional
- optional, not held place orders for flower products optional
- optional, not held prepare flower arrangements optional
- optional, not held promote farm products optional
- optional, not held prune hedges and trees optional
- optional, not held select adequate packaging for food products optional
- optional, not held sell flowers optional
- optional, not held use gardening equipment optional
- optional, not held advise customers on types of flowers optional
- optional, not held agritourism optional
- optional, not held agronomical production principles optional
- optional, not held customer relationship management optional
- optional, not held direct the preparation of food optional
- optional, not held handle veterinary emergencies optional
- optional, not held keep task records optional
- optional, not held maintain gardening equipment optional
- optional, not held manage production enterprise optional
- optional, not held recruit personnel optional
12 held skills the horticulture 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 conservation agriculture knowledge
- not needed by the target role cultivate crops for biomass skill
- not needed by the target role integrated pest management knowledge
- not needed by the target role irrigate soil 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 prepare equipment for harvest skill
- not needed by the target role preserve crop skill
- not needed by the target role technical equipment for crop production knowledge
- not needed by the target role use pest detection sensors skill
16 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 greenhouse types required
- still to learn horticulture principles required
- still to learn pruning techniques required
- still to learn pruning types 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
- still to learn project management principles required
- optional, not held agricultural business management optional
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
- optional, not held e-agriculture optional
- optional, not held food legislation optional
- optional, not held food safety principles optional
- optional, not held agritourism optional
- optional, not held agronomical production principles optional
- optional, not held customer relationship management optional
Common questions about this move
Can a crop production worker become a horticulture production team leader?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A crop production worker already covers 45% of what a horticulture production team leader is expected to do: 35 skills carry over, 21 of which the horticulture production team leader role treats as required.
What skills does a crop production worker need to become a horticulture production team leader?
20 required skills are missing, plus 33 optional ones. They fall into 12 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is supervise horticultural crews.
How hard is the move from crop production worker to horticulture production team leader?
Its learning distance is 69.4 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.