Hop farmer to agronomic crop production team leader
A hop farmer already meets 49% of what the agronomic crop production team leader role asks for. The move turns on 17 required skills not yet in the profile.
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1 How much of what an agronomic crop production team leader is expected to do is already part of a hop farmer’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 19 of its required skills as things a hop farmer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assign duties to agriculture workers
- crop production principles
- execute disease and pest control activities
- execute fertilisation
- fertilisation principles
- grow plants
What stands in the way is 17 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 25 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 hop farmer background worth leading with.
- already held manage crop rotation handling and moving
- already held monitor fields handling and moving
- already held store crops handling and moving
- already held maintain storage facilities handling and moving
- already held plant propagation agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held apply sustainable tillage techniques handling and moving
All 25 carried skills, including the 19 the agronomic crop production team leader role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 31 missing skills fall into 11 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 agroecology required
- still to learn agroforestry required
- still to learn technical equipment for crop production required
- still to learn agronomical production principles required
- optional, not held conservation agriculture optional
- optional, not held irrigation systems optional
- still to learn ensure soil fertility required
- still to learn maintain plant health required
- still to learn maintain plant soil nutrition required
- still to learn store products required
- optional, not held apply alternate wetting and drying techniques optional
- optional, not held irrigate soil optional
- 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
- optional, not held manage production enterprise optional
- still to learn environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry required
- optional, not held project management principles optional
5 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 25 skills that carry over
- already held assign duties to agriculture workers skill
- already held crop production principles knowledge
- already held execute disease and pest control activities skill
- already held execute fertilisation skill
- already held fertilisation principles knowledge
- already held grow plants skill
- already held harvest crop skill
- already held maintain storage facilities skill
- already held manage crop rotation 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 prepare planting area skill
- already held propagate plants skill
- already held soil structure knowledge
- already held store crops skill
- already held supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings skill
- already held agritourism knowledge
- already held agronomy knowledge
- already held apply sustainable tillage techniques skill
- already held manage crop production skill
- already held organic farming knowledge
- already held watering principles knowledge
The 5 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 types of storage facilities required
- still to learn health and safety regulations 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
14 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held apply alternate wetting and drying 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 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 leadership principles optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- optional, not held manage production enterprise optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
16 held skills the agronomic crop production team leader role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on beer production skill
- not needed by the target role assess crop damage skill
- not needed by the target role carry out work related calculations in agriculture skill
- not needed by the target role create crop protection plans skill
- not needed by the target role cultivate hops skill
- not needed by the target role hop cultivation knowledge
- not needed by the target role horticulture principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role ingredients for beer production knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain gardening equipment skill
- not needed by the target role monitor crops skill
- not needed by the target role nurse plants skill
- not needed by the target role operate hand pruning equipment skill
- not needed by the target role pick orders of agricultural products skill
- not needed by the target role prevent crop disorders skill
- not needed by the target role use gardening equipment skill
- not needed by the target role variety of beers knowledge
13 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 plant species required
- still to learn technical equipment for crop production required
- still to learn types of storage facilities required
- still to learn agronomical production principles required
- still to learn ecology required
- still to learn environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry required
- still to learn health and safety regulations required
- optional, not held conservation agriculture optional
- optional, not held irrigation systems optional
- optional, not held leadership principles optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
Common questions about this move
Can a hop farmer become an agronomic crop production team leader?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A hop farmer already covers 49% of what an agronomic crop production team leader is expected to do: 25 skills carry over, 19 of which the agronomic crop production team leader role treats as required.
What skills does a hop farmer need to become an agronomic crop production team leader?
17 required skills are missing, plus 14 optional ones. They fall into 11 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary. The single most important is agroecology.
How hard is the move from hop farmer to agronomic crop production team leader?
Its learning distance is 63 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.