Farm manager to agronomic crop production team leader
A farm manager already meets 20% of what the agronomic crop production team leader role asks for. The move turns on 28 required skills not yet in the profile.
85.1/ 100
1 How much of what an agronomic crop production team leader is expected to do is already part of a farm 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 agronomic crop production team leader role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An agronomic crop production team leader role treats 8 of its required skills as things a farm manager already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- agronomical production principles
- assign duties to agriculture workers
- maintain plant health
- maintain plant soil nutrition
- manage crop rotation
- pest control in plants
What stands in the way is 28 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An agronomic crop production team leader role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a farm manager background worth leading with.
- already held manage crop rotation handling and moving
- already held maintain plant soil nutrition handling and moving
- already held maintain plant health handling and moving
- already held manage crop production handling and moving
- already held assign duties to agriculture workers management skills
- already held agronomical production principles agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
All 10 carried skills, including the 8 the agronomic crop production team leader role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 46 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 ensure soil fertility required
- still to learn grow plants required
- still to learn harvest crop required
- still to learn monitor fields required
- still to learn prepare planting area required
- still to learn propagate plants required
- still to learn store crops required
- still to learn store products required
- still to learn maintain storage facilities required
- optional, not held apply alternate wetting and drying techniques optional
- optional, not held apply sustainable tillage techniques optional
- optional, not held irrigate soil optional
- still to learn agroecology required
- still to learn agroforestry required
- still to learn crop production principles required
- still to learn plant harvest methods required
- still to learn plant propagation required
- still to learn soil structure required
- still to learn technical equipment for crop production required
- still to learn fertilisation principles required
- optional, not held conservation agriculture optional
- optional, not held irrigation systems optional
- optional, not held organic farming optional
- optional, not held watering principles optional
- optional, not held agronomy optional
- still to learn execute fertilisation required
- still to learn operate agricultural machinery required
- still to learn prepare equipment for harvest required
- optional, not held perform on-farm product processing optional
- still to learn plant species required
- still to learn ecology required
- still to learn manage agricultural staff required
- optional, not held manage agritourism activities optional
- optional, not held optimise production optional
- still to learn environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry required
- optional, not held project management principles optional
6 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an agronomic crop production team leader role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 10 skills that carry over
- already held agronomical production principles knowledge
- already held assign duties to agriculture workers skill
- already held maintain plant health skill
- already held maintain plant soil nutrition skill
- already held manage crop rotation skill
- already held pest control in plants knowledge
- already held plant disease control knowledge
- already held supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings skill
- already held manage crop production skill
- already held manage production enterprise skill
The 6 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn maintain technical equipment required
- optional, not held use agricultural information systems and databases optional
- still to learn health and safety regulations required
- optional, not held agritourism optional
- still to learn execute disease and pest control activities required
- still to learn types of storage facilities required
- optional, not held promote farm products optional
- optional, not held provide agri-touristic services optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- optional, not held leadership principles optional
18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply alternate wetting and drying techniques optional
- optional, not held apply sustainable tillage techniques optional
- optional, not held conservation agriculture optional
- optional, not held irrigate soil optional
- optional, not held irrigation systems optional
- optional, not held manage agritourism activities optional
- optional, not held optimise production optional
- optional, not held organic farming optional
- optional, not held perform on-farm product processing optional
- optional, not held promote farm products optional
- optional, not held provide agri-touristic services optional
- optional, not held use agricultural information systems and databases optional
- optional, not held watering principles optional
- optional, not held agritourism optional
- optional, not held agronomy optional
- optional, not held leadership principles optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
27 held skills the agronomic crop production team leader role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role agricultural business management knowledge
- not needed by the target role assess new farming technologies skill
- not needed by the target role create crop protection plans skill
- not needed by the target role create soil and plant improvement programmes skill
- not needed by the target role environmental policy knowledge
- not needed by the target role estimate harvest costs skill
- not needed by the target role handling chemical products for soil and plants skill
- not needed by the target role implement marketing strategies skill
- not needed by the target role implement sales strategies skill
- not needed by the target role livestock knowledge
- not needed by the target role livestock species knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain farm equipment skill
- not needed by the target role manage farm products skill
- not needed by the target role manage farm supplies skill
- not needed by the target role manage livestock skill
- not needed by the target role manage mechanically controlled livestock production environments skill
- not needed by the target role manage plans for the storage of organic by-products skill
- not needed by the target role manage plans for the utilisation of organic by-products skill
- not needed by the target role manage the health and welfare of livestock skill
- not needed by the target role market farm products skill
- not needed by the target role monitor forage grazing plans skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate loan agreements skill
- not needed by the target role operate farm equipment skill
- not needed by the target role pollution prevention knowledge
- not needed by the target role present the farm facilities skill
- not needed by the target role report pollution incidents skill
- not needed by the target role train employees skill
21 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 agroecology required
- still to learn agroforestry required
- still to learn crop production principles required
- still to learn plant harvest methods required
- still to learn plant propagation required
- still to learn plant species required
- still to learn soil structure required
- still to learn technical equipment for crop production required
- still to learn types of storage facilities required
- still to learn ecology required
- still to learn environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry required
- still to learn fertilisation principles required
- still to learn health and safety regulations required
- optional, not held conservation agriculture optional
- optional, not held irrigation systems optional
- optional, not held organic farming optional
- optional, not held watering principles optional
- optional, not held agritourism optional
- optional, not held agronomy optional
- optional, not held leadership principles optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
Common questions about this move
Can a farm manager become an agronomic crop production team leader?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A farm manager already covers 20% of what an agronomic crop production team leader is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 8 of which the agronomic crop production team leader role treats as required.
What skills does a farm manager need to become an agronomic crop production team leader?
28 required skills are missing, plus 18 optional ones. They fall into 12 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is agroecology.
How hard is the move from farm manager to agronomic crop production team leader?
Its learning distance is 85.1 out of 100, which is the career change 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.