Groundsman/groundswoman to horticulture production team leader

• already held crop production principles knowledge
• already held environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry knowledge
• already held execute disease and pest control activities skill
• already held grow plants skill
• already held horticulture principles knowledge
• already held nurse plants skill
• already held pest control in plants knowledge
• already held plant disease control knowledge
• already held plant species knowledge
• already held prepare planting area skill
• already held propagate plants skill
• already held prune plants skill
• already held pruning techniques knowledge
• already held pruning types knowledge
• already held soil structure knowledge
• already held watering principles knowledge
• already held ecology knowledge
• already held prune hedges and trees skill
• already held use gardening equipment skill

• optional, not held advise on plant fertilizer optional
• optional, not held aeroponics optional
• optional, not held agricultural business management optional
• optional, not held agroecology optional
• optional, not held apply sustainable tillage techniques optional
• optional, not held assign duties to agriculture workers 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 drive agricultural machines optional
• optional, not held e-agriculture optional
• optional, not held ensure quality control in packaging optional
• optional, not held execute fertilisation optional
• optional, not held food legislation optional
• optional, not held food plant design optional
• optional, not held food safety principles optional
• optional, not held hydroponics 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 organic farming optional
• optional, not held perform on-farm product processing 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 present the farm facilities optional
• optional, not held promote farm products optional
• optional, not held provide agri-touristic services 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 agronomical production principles optional
• optional, not held agronomy 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

4 further entries not listed here

• not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
• not needed by the target role construct greens and grounds skill
• not needed by the target role estimate consumption of water skill
• not needed by the target role handling chemical products for soil and plants skill
• not needed by the target role implement plans for the management of sports turf areas skill
• not needed by the target role maintain irrigation systems skill
• not needed by the target role maintain landscape site skill
• not needed by the target role maintain turf and grass skill
• not needed by the target role maintain turf management equipment skill
• not needed by the target role manage rainwater skill
• not needed by the target role manage time in landscaping skill
• not needed by the target role monitor water quality skill
• not needed by the target role nurse trees skill
• not needed by the target role operate turf management equipment skill
• not needed by the target role perform pest control skill
• not needed by the target role perform weed control operations skill
• not needed by the target role plan sports areas skill
• not needed by the target role plant green plants skill
• not needed by the target role prepare building site skill
• not needed by the target role prepare site for construction skill
• not needed by the target role prepare sites for planting of grass skill
• not needed by the target role prepare the ground skill
• not needed by the target role principles of landscape construction knowledge
• not needed by the target role rainwater management knowledge
• not needed by the target role report pollution incidents skill
• not needed by the target role spray pesticides skill
• not needed by the target role transport physical resources within the work area skill
• not needed by the target role turf management knowledge
• not needed by the target role use technical documentation skill
• not needed by the target role water chemistry analysis knowledge

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 plant harvest methods required
• still to learn plant propagation required
• still to learn quality criteria for storage facilities required
• still to learn types of storage facilities required
• still to learn fertilisation principles 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 aeroponics optional
• optional, not held agricultural business management optional
• optional, not held agroecology 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 hydroponics optional
• optional, not held organic farming optional
• optional, not held agritourism optional
• optional, not held agronomical production principles optional
• optional, not held agronomy optional
• optional, not held customer relationship management optional

Yes, and it is a career change move. A groundsman/groundswoman already covers 30% of what a horticulture production team leader is expected to do: 19 skills carry over, 16 of which the horticulture production team leader role treats as required.

25 required skills are missing, plus 44 optional ones. They fall into 13 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is supervise horticultural crews.

Its learning distance is 80.4 out of 100, which is the career change band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.