horticulture workertocrop production worker
A horticulture worker already meets 70% of what the crop production worker role asks for. The move turns on 5 required skills not yet in the profile.
70%
37.6/ 100
1 Share of the crop production worker role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the horticulture worker 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 11 of its required skills as things a horticulture worker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- drive agricultural machines
- execute disease and pest control activities
- execute fertilisation
- grow plants
- harvest crop
- maintain storage facilities
What stands in the way is 5 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 33 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 horticulture worker background worth leading with.
- already held apply alternate wetting and drying techniques handling and moving
- already held aeroponics agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held hydroponics agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held integrated pest management agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held perform on-farm product processing working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held monitor fields handling and moving
All 33 carried skills, including the 11 the crop production worker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 6 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 cultivate crops for biomass required
- required, not held manage crop rotation required
- optional, not held irrigate soil optional
- optional, not held preserve crop optional
- required, not held operate agricultural machinery required
- required, not held prepare equipment for harvest required
- optional, not held use pest detection sensors optional
- required, not held agroforestry required
- optional, not held agroecology optional
- optional, not held conservation agriculture optional
- optional, not held technical equipment for crop production optional
- optional, not held maintain technical equipment optional
- optional, not held assign duties to agriculture workers optional
- optional, not held ecology optional
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 manage crop rotation 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 33 skills that carry over
- already held drive agricultural machines skill
- 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 monitor fields skill
- already held prepare planting area skill
- already held propagate plants skill
- already held store crops skill
- already held store products skill
- already held aeroponics knowledge
- already held agronomy knowledge
- already held apply alternate wetting and drying techniques skill
- already held apply sustainable tillage techniques skill
- already held crop production principles knowledge
- already held fertilisation principles knowledge
- already held hydroponics knowledge
- already held integrated pest management knowledge
- already held organic farming knowledge
- already held perform on-farm product processing 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 plant species knowledge
- already held present the farm facilities skill
- already held provide agri-touristic services skill
- already held quality criteria for storage facilities knowledge
- already held soil structure knowledge
- already held types of storage facilities knowledge
- already held use agricultural information systems and databases skill
- already held watering principles knowledge
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held agroecology optional
- optional, not held assign duties to agriculture workers optional
- optional, not held conservation agriculture optional
- optional, not held irrigate soil optional
- optional, not held preserve crop optional
- optional, not held technical equipment for crop production optional
- optional, not held use pest detection sensors optional
- optional, not held ecology optional
- optional, not held maintain technical equipment optional
29 held skills the crop production worker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise customers on types of flowers skill
- not needed by the target role advise on plant fertilizer skill
- not needed by the target role agritourism knowledge
- not needed by the target role carry out work related calculations in agriculture skill
- not needed by the target role coordinate greenhouse environment skill
- not needed by the target role create flower arrangements skill
- not needed by the target role customer relationship management knowledge
- not needed by the target role direct the preparation of food skill
- not needed by the target role food safety principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role greenhouse types knowledge
- not needed by the target role handle veterinary emergencies skill
- not needed by the target role horticulture principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role implement landscaping projects skill
- not needed by the target role keep task records skill
- not needed by the target role maintain gardening equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain the greenhouse skill
- not needed by the target role nurse plants skill
- not needed by the target role pick orders of agricultural products skill
- not needed by the target role place orders for flower products skill
- not needed by the target role prepare flower arrangements skill
- not needed by the target role process flower bulbs skill
- not needed by the target role promote farm products skill
- not needed by the target role prune plants skill
- not needed by the target role pruning techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role pruning types knowledge
- not needed by the target role select adequate packaging for food products skill
- not needed by the target role sell flowers skill
- not needed by the target role supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings skill
- not needed by the target role use gardening equipment skill
5 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 agroecology optional
- optional, not held conservation agriculture optional
- optional, not held technical equipment for crop production 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.