hop farmertocrop production worker
A hop farmer already meets 53% of what the crop production worker role asks for. The move turns on 6 required skills not yet in the profile.
53%
54.1/ 100
1 Share of the crop production worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the hop farmer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A crop production worker role treats 10 of its required skills as things a hop farmer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- execute disease and pest control activities
- execute fertilisation
- grow plants
- harvest crop
- maintain storage facilities
- manage crop rotation
What stands in the way is 6 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 22 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A crop production worker 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 apply sustainable tillage techniques handling and moving
- already held plant propagation agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
All 22 carried skills, including the 10 the crop production worker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 25 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held drive agricultural machines required
- required, not held operate agricultural machinery required
- required, not held prepare equipment for harvest required
- optional, not held perform on-farm product processing optional
- optional, not held use pest detection sensors optional
- required, not held cultivate crops for biomass required
- required, not held store products required
- optional, not held apply alternate wetting and drying techniques optional
- optional, not held irrigate soil optional
- optional, not held preserve crop optional
- required, not held agroforestry required
- optional, not held aeroponics optional
- optional, not held agroecology optional
- optional, not held conservation agriculture optional
- optional, not held hydroponics optional
- optional, not held integrated pest management optional
- optional, not held technical equipment for crop production optional
- optional, not held present the farm facilities optional
- optional, not held provide agri-touristic services optional
- optional, not held use agricultural information systems and databases optional
- optional, not held maintain technical equipment optional
- optional, not held plant species optional
- optional, not held ecology optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a crop production worker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 agroforestry knowledge · sector specific
- 02 cultivate crops for biomass skill · sector specific
- 03 drive agricultural machines skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 22 skills that carry over
- already held execute disease and pest control activities skill
- already held execute fertilisation skill
- 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 prepare planting area skill
- already held propagate plants skill
- already held store crops skill
- already held agronomy knowledge
- already held apply sustainable tillage techniques skill
- already held assign duties to agriculture workers skill
- already held crop production principles knowledge
- already held fertilisation principles knowledge
- already held organic farming knowledge
- 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 soil structure knowledge
- already held watering principles knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held quality criteria for storage facilities optional
- optional, not held types of storage facilities optional
19 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held aeroponics optional
- optional, not held agroecology optional
- optional, not held apply alternate wetting and drying techniques optional
- optional, not held conservation agriculture optional
- optional, not held hydroponics optional
- optional, not held integrated pest management optional
- optional, not held irrigate soil optional
- optional, not held perform on-farm product processing optional
- optional, not held plant species optional
- optional, not held present the farm facilities optional
- optional, not held preserve crop optional
- optional, not held provide agri-touristic services optional
- optional, not held quality criteria for storage facilities optional
- optional, not held technical equipment for crop production optional
- optional, not held types of storage facilities optional
- optional, not held use agricultural information systems and databases optional
- optional, not held use pest detection sensors optional
- optional, not held ecology optional
- optional, not held maintain technical equipment optional
19 held skills the crop production worker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on beer production skill
- not needed by the target role agritourism knowledge
- 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 manage crop production 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 supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings skill
- not needed by the target role use gardening equipment skill
- not needed by the target role variety of beers knowledge
11 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- required, not held agroforestry required
- optional, not held aeroponics optional
- optional, not held agroecology optional
- optional, not held conservation agriculture optional
- optional, not held hydroponics optional
- optional, not held integrated pest management optional
- optional, not held plant species optional
- optional, not held quality criteria for storage facilities optional
- optional, not held technical equipment for crop production optional
- optional, not held types of storage facilities optional
- optional, not held ecology optional
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.