Hop farmer to crop production manager
A hop farmer already meets 44% of what the crop production manager role asks for. The move turns on 16 required skills not yet in the profile.
66.1/ 100
1 How much of what a crop production manager 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 crop production manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A crop production manager role treats 14 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
- fertilisation principles
- maintain storage facilities
- manage crop production
What stands in the way is 16 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. A crop production manager 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 manage crop production handling and moving
- already held apply sustainable tillage techniques handling and moving
All 25 carried skills, including the 14 the crop production manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 35 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 agroforestry required
- still to learn technical equipment for crop production required
- still to learn agronomical production principles required
- optional, not held agroecology optional
- optional, not held conservation agriculture optional
- optional, not held e-agriculture optional
- optional, not held irrigation systems optional
- still to learn cultivate crops for biomass required
- still to learn ensure soil fertility required
- still to learn store products required
- optional, not held apply alternate wetting and drying techniques optional
- optional, not held irrigate soil optional
- optional, not held maintain plant health optional
- optional, not held maintain plant soil nutrition optional
- still to learn manage agricultural staff required
- still to learn manage production enterprise required
- optional, not held manage agritourism activities optional
- optional, not held optimise production optional
- still to learn plant species required
- still to learn ecology required
- optional, not held bioeconomy optional
- still to learn operate agricultural machinery required
- optional, not held perform on-farm product processing optional
- optional, not held prepare equipment for harvest 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 a crop production manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 agroforestry study this
- 02 cultivate crops for biomass practise this
- 03 ensure soil fertility 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 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 fertilisation principles knowledge
- already held maintain storage facilities skill
- already held manage crop production 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 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 execute fertilisation skill
- already held grow plants skill
- already held harvest crop skill
- already held organic farming knowledge
- already held plant propagation knowledge
- already held prepare planting area skill
- already held propagate plants skill
- 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 leadership principles required
- still to learn types of storage facilities required
- still to learn health and safety regulations required
- 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 manage contracts optional
19 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held agroecology optional
- optional, not held apply alternate wetting and drying techniques optional
- optional, not held conservation agriculture optional
- optional, not held e-agriculture optional
- optional, not held irrigate soil optional
- optional, not held irrigation systems optional
- optional, not held maintain plant health optional
- optional, not held maintain plant soil nutrition 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 prepare equipment for harvest 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 use agricultural information systems and databases optional
- optional, not held bioeconomy optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
16 held skills the crop production manager 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
15 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 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
- still to learn leadership principles required
- optional, not held agroecology optional
- optional, not held conservation agriculture optional
- optional, not held e-agriculture optional
- optional, not held irrigation systems optional
- optional, not held bioeconomy optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
Common questions about this move
Can a hop farmer become a crop production manager?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A hop farmer already covers 44% of what a crop production manager is expected to do: 25 skills carry over, 14 of which the crop production manager role treats as required.
What skills does a hop farmer need to become a crop production manager?
16 required skills are missing, plus 19 optional ones. They fall into 11 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary. The single most important is agroforestry.
How hard is the move from hop farmer to crop production manager?
Its learning distance is 66.1 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.