Crop production worker to horticulture worker
A crop production worker already meets 56% of what the horticulture worker role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
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1 How much of what a horticulture worker 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 worker role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A horticulture worker role treats 10 of its required skills as things a crop production worker already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- drive agricultural machines
- execute fertilisation
- grow plants
- harvest crop
- maintain storage facilities
- monitor fields
What stands in the way is 6 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 33 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A horticulture worker 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 apply alternate wetting and drying techniques handling and moving
- already held aeroponics agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held hydroponics agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held integrated pest management 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
All 33 carried skills, including the 10 the horticulture worker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 29 missing skills fall into 10 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 maintain the greenhouse required
- still to learn nurse plants required
- still to learn prune plants required
- still to learn use gardening equipment required
- optional, not held pick orders of agricultural products optional
- optional, not held select adequate packaging for food products optional
- optional, not held handle veterinary emergencies optional
- still to learn supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings required
- optional, not held direct the preparation of food optional
- still to learn maintain gardening equipment required
- optional, not held advise on plant fertilizer optional
- optional, not held create flower arrangements optional
- optional, not held implement landscaping projects 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
- optional, not held greenhouse types optional
- optional, not held horticulture principles optional
- optional, not held pruning techniques optional
- optional, not held pruning types optional
- optional, not held carry out work related calculations in agriculture optional
- optional, not held keep task records optional
4 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a horticulture worker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 maintain the greenhouse practise this
- 02 nurse plants practise this
- 03 prune plants 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 33 skills that carry over
- already held drive agricultural machines skill
- already held execute fertilisation skill
- already held grow plants skill
- already held harvest crop skill
- already held maintain storage facilities skill
- already held monitor fields skill
- already held prepare planting area skill
- already held propagate plants skill
- already held store crops skill
- already held store products skill
- already held aeroponics knowledge
- already held agronomy knowledge
- already held apply alternate wetting and drying techniques skill
- already held apply sustainable tillage techniques skill
- already held crop production principles knowledge
- already held execute disease and pest control activities skill
- already held fertilisation principles knowledge
- already held hydroponics knowledge
- already held integrated pest management knowledge
- already held organic farming knowledge
- already held perform on-farm product processing 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 present the farm facilities skill
- already held provide agri-touristic services skill
- already held quality criteria for storage facilities knowledge
- already held soil structure knowledge
- already held types of storage facilities knowledge
- already held use agricultural information systems and databases skill
- already held watering principles knowledge
The 4 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held food safety principles optional
- optional, not held agritourism optional
- optional, not held customer relationship management optional
- optional, not held coordinate greenhouse environment optional
- optional, not held process flower bulbs optional
23 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held process flower bulbs optional
- optional, not held advise on plant fertilizer optional
- optional, not held carry out work related calculations in agriculture optional
- optional, not held coordinate greenhouse environment optional
- optional, not held create flower arrangements optional
- optional, not held food safety principles optional
- optional, not held greenhouse types optional
- optional, not held horticulture principles optional
- optional, not held implement landscaping projects 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 pruning techniques optional
- optional, not held pruning types optional
- optional, not held select adequate packaging for food products optional
- optional, not held sell flowers optional
- optional, not held advise customers on types of flowers optional
- optional, not held agritourism 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
14 held skills the horticulture worker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role agroecology knowledge
- not needed by the target role agroforestry knowledge
- not needed by the target role assign duties to agriculture workers 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 ecology knowledge
- not needed by the target role irrigate soil skill
- not needed by the target role maintain technical equipment 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
7 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held food safety principles optional
- optional, not held greenhouse types optional
- optional, not held horticulture principles optional
- optional, not held pruning techniques optional
- optional, not held pruning types optional
- optional, not held agritourism optional
- optional, not held customer relationship management optional
Other moves recorded from crop production worker
Common questions about this move
Can a crop production worker become a horticulture worker?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A crop production worker already covers 56% of what a horticulture worker is expected to do: 33 skills carry over, 10 of which the horticulture worker role treats as required.
What skills does a crop production worker need to become a horticulture worker?
6 required skills are missing, plus 23 optional ones. They fall into 10 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is maintain the greenhouse.
How hard is the move from crop production worker to horticulture worker?
Its learning distance is 53 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.