Land-based machinery operator to land-based machinery supervisor
A land-based machinery operator already meets 24% of what the land-based machinery supervisor role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
69.7/ 100
1 How much of what a land-based machinery supervisor is expected to do is already part of a land-based machinery operator’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 land-based machinery supervisor role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A land-based machinery supervisor role treats 2 of its required skills as things a land-based machinery operator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- agronomy
- variety of botanicals
What stands in the way is 10 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 9 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A land-based machinery supervisor role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a land-based machinery operator background worth leading with.
- already held work in a land-based team communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held variety of botanicals natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held operate landscaping equipment working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held handling chemical products for soil and plants handling and moving
- already held operate agricultural machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held harvest crop handling and moving
All 9 carried skills, including the 2 the land-based machinery supervisor role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 21 missing skills fall into 8 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 programme work according to incoming orders required
- still to learn evaluate employees work required
- still to learn organise labour required
- still to learn supervise staff required
- optional, not held assign duties to agriculture workers optional
- optional, not held create soil and plant improvement programmes optional
- optional, not held apply organisational techniques optional
- still to learn crop production principles required
- still to learn soil structure required
- still to learn pest control in plants required
- still to learn monitor work site required
- optional, not held inspect agricultural fields optional
- optional, not held perform park safety inspections optional
- optional, not held maintain technical equipment optional
- still to learn advise client on technical possibilities required
- optional, not held propose ICT solutions to business problems optional
- optional, not held write work-related reports optional
- still to learn supervise equipment required
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a land-based machinery supervisor role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 crop production principles study this
- 02 programme work according to incoming orders practise this
- 03 soil structure study this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 9 skills that carry over
- already held agronomy knowledge
- already held variety of botanicals knowledge
- already held handling chemical products for soil and plants skill
- already held harvest crop skill
- already held operate GPS systems skill
- already held operate agricultural machinery skill
- already held operate landscaping equipment skill
- already held road traffic laws knowledge
- already held work in a land-based team skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held principles of mechanical engineering optional
- optional, not held operate forestry machinery optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assign duties to agriculture workers optional
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
- optional, not held create soil and plant improvement programmes optional
- optional, not held inspect agricultural fields optional
- optional, not held operate forestry machinery optional
- optional, not held perform park safety inspections optional
- optional, not held apply organisational techniques optional
- optional, not held maintain technical equipment optional
- optional, not held principles of mechanical engineering optional
- optional, not held propose ICT solutions to business problems optional
- optional, not held write work-related reports optional
24 held skills the land-based machinery supervisor role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role address problems critically skill
- not needed by the target role apply precision farming skill
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role create solutions to problems skill
- not needed by the target role drive agricultural machines skill
- not needed by the target role environmental policy knowledge
- not needed by the target role fertilisation principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role fertiliser products knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow written instructions skill
- not needed by the target role herbicides knowledge
- not needed by the target role identify plants characteristics skill
- not needed by the target role irrigate soil skill
- not needed by the target role load equipment skill
- not needed by the target role maintain mechanical equipment skill
- not needed by the target role make independent operating decisions skill
- not needed by the target role mechanical tools knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform loading and unloading operations skill
- not needed by the target role pesticides knowledge
- not needed by the target role plant disease control knowledge
- not needed by the target role prepare equipment for harvest skill
- not needed by the target role spread fertiliser skill
- not needed by the target role tow a tractor implement using the power take-off skill
- not needed by the target role unload equipment skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels 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.
- still to learn crop production principles required
- still to learn soil structure required
- still to learn pest control in plants required
- optional, not held budgetary principles optional
- optional, not held principles of mechanical engineering optional
Other moves recorded from land-based machinery operator
Common questions about this move
Can a land-based machinery operator become a land-based machinery supervisor?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A land-based machinery operator already covers 24% of what a land-based machinery supervisor is expected to do: 9 skills carry over, 2 of which the land-based machinery supervisor role treats as required.
What skills does a land-based machinery operator need to become a land-based machinery supervisor?
10 required skills are missing, plus 11 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is crop production principles.
How hard is the move from land-based machinery operator to land-based machinery supervisor?
Its learning distance is 69.7 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.