Fruit production team leader to horticulture production manager
A fruit production team leader already meets 73% of what the horticulture production manager role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
44.1/ 100
1 How much of what a horticulture production manager is expected to do is already part of a fruit production team leader’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 manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A horticulture production manager role treats 32 of its required skills as things a fruit production team leader already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- budgetary principles
- coordinate greenhouse environment
- create soil and plant improvement programmes
- crop production principles
- develop agricultural production plans
- ensure soil fertility
What stands in the way is 10 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 58 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A horticulture production manager role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a fruit production team leader background worth leading with.
- already held coordinate greenhouse environment management skills
- already held develop agricultural production plans management skills
- already held operate horticulture equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held implement landscaping projects communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held greenhouse types agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held pick orders of agricultural products handling and moving
All 58 carried skills, including the 32 the horticulture production manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 24 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 maintain plant health required
- still to learn maintain plant soil nutrition required
- still to learn manage crop production required
- still to learn propagate plants required
- still to learn prune plants required
- still to learn store crops required
- still to learn plant propagation required
- still to learn pruning techniques required
- still to learn pruning types required
- optional, not held e-agriculture optional
- still to learn plant species required
- optional, not held advise on plant fertilizer optional
- optional, not held create flower arrangements 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
- optional, not held direct the preparation of food optional
- optional, not held customer relationship management optional
3 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a horticulture production manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 maintain plant health practise this
- 02 maintain plant soil nutrition 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 58 skills that carry over
- already held budgetary principles knowledge
- already held coordinate greenhouse environment skill
- already held create soil and plant improvement programmes skill
- already held crop production principles knowledge
- already held develop agricultural production plans skill
- 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 greenhouse types knowledge
- already held grow plants skill
- already held harvest crop skill
- already held health and safety regulations knowledge
- already held horticulture principles knowledge
- already held leadership principles knowledge
- already held maintain storage facilities skill
- already held make independent operating decisions skill
- already held manage production enterprise skill
- already held monitor fields skill
- already held operate horticulture equipment 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 project management principles knowledge
- already held quality criteria for storage facilities 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 agricultural business management knowledge
- already held agritourism 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 food legislation knowledge
- already held food plant design skill
- already held food safety principles knowledge
- already held handle veterinary emergencies skill
- already held implement landscaping projects skill
- already held keep task records skill
- already held maintain technical equipment skill
- already held manage agricultural staff skill
- already held manage agritourism activities skill
- already held organic farming knowledge
- already held perform on-farm product processing skill
- already held pick orders of agricultural products skill
- already held prepare planting area skill
- already held present the farm facilities skill
- already held provide agri-touristic services skill
- already held recruit personnel skill
- already held select adequate packaging for food products skill
- already held use gardening equipment skill
The 3 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held ensure quality control in packaging optional
- optional, not held food safety standards optional
- optional, not held drive agricultural machines optional
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held advise on plant fertilizer optional
- optional, not held create flower arrangements optional
- optional, not held drive agricultural machines optional
- optional, not held e-agriculture optional
- optional, not held ensure quality control in packaging optional
- optional, not held food safety standards 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
- optional, not held customer relationship management optional
- optional, not held direct the preparation of food optional
14 held skills the horticulture production manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise customers on storage of fruits and vegetables skill
- not needed by the target role agroecology knowledge
- not needed by the target role carry out work related calculations in agriculture skill
- not needed by the target role check quality of fruits and vegetables skill
- not needed by the target role fruit and vegetable products knowledge
- not needed by the target role load picked fruits and vegetables skill
- not needed by the target role make decisions regarding plant propagation skill
- not needed by the target role manage contracts skill
- not needed by the target role nurse plants skill
- not needed by the target role pack vegetables or fruits skill
- not needed by the target role process fruits and vegetables skill
- not needed by the target role select fruits and vegetables skill
- not needed by the target role supervise fruit production teams skill
- not needed by the target role use fruit and vegetables processing machinery 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.
- still to learn plant propagation required
- still to learn plant species required
- still to learn pruning techniques required
- still to learn pruning types required
- optional, not held e-agriculture optional
- optional, not held food safety standards optional
- optional, not held customer relationship management optional
Other moves recorded from fruit production team leader
Common questions about this move
Can a fruit production team leader become a horticulture production manager?
Yes, and it is a moderate move. A fruit production team leader already covers 73% of what a horticulture production manager is expected to do: 58 skills carry over, 32 of which the horticulture production manager role treats as required.
What skills does a fruit production team leader need to become a horticulture production manager?
10 required skills are missing, plus 14 optional ones. They fall into 9 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is maintain plant health.
How hard is the move from fruit production team leader to horticulture production manager?
Its learning distance is 44.1 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.