Land-based machinery supervisor to crop production manager
A land-based machinery supervisor already meets 17% of what the crop production manager role asks for. The move turns on 24 required skills not yet in the profile.
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1 How much of what a crop production manager is expected to do is already part of a land-based machinery supervisor’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 6 of its required skills as things a land-based machinery supervisor already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- assign duties to agriculture workers
- crop production principles
- maintain technical equipment
- operate agricultural machinery
- pest control in plants
- soil structure
What stands in the way is 24 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 8 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 land-based machinery supervisor background worth leading with.
- already held assign duties to agriculture workers management skills
- already held maintain technical equipment information skills
- already held operate agricultural machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held harvest crop handling and moving
- already held soil structure agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held crop production principles agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
All 8 carried skills, including the 6 the crop production manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 52 missing skills fall into 12 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 cultivate crops for biomass required
- still to learn ensure soil fertility required
- still to learn manage crop production required
- still to learn manage crop rotation required
- still to learn monitor fields required
- still to learn store crops required
- still to learn store products required
- still to learn maintain storage facilities required
- optional, not held apply alternate wetting and drying techniques optional
- optional, not held apply sustainable tillage techniques optional
- optional, not held grow plants optional
- optional, not held irrigate soil optional
- optional, not held maintain plant health optional
- optional, not held maintain plant soil nutrition optional
- optional, not held prepare planting area optional
- optional, not held propagate plants optional
- still to learn agroforestry required
- still to learn plant disease control required
- still to learn plant harvest methods required
- still to learn technical equipment for crop production required
- still to learn agronomical production principles required
- still to learn fertilisation 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 organic farming optional
- optional, not held plant propagation optional
- optional, not held watering principles 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 execute disease and pest control activities required
- still to learn supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings required
- still to learn environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry required
- optional, not held project management principles optional
6 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 8 skills that carry over
- already held assign duties to agriculture workers skill
- already held crop production principles knowledge
- already held maintain technical equipment skill
- already held operate agricultural machinery skill
- already held pest control in plants knowledge
- already held soil structure knowledge
- already held agronomy knowledge
- already held harvest crop skill
The 6 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn health and safety regulations required
- optional, not held agritourism optional
- still to learn leadership principles required
- still to learn types of storage facilities 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
- optional, not held execute fertilisation optional
- optional, not held perform on-farm product processing optional
- optional, not held prepare equipment for harvest optional
- optional, not held use agricultural information systems and databases optional
28 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held agroecology optional
- optional, not held apply alternate wetting and drying techniques optional
- optional, not held apply sustainable tillage techniques optional
- optional, not held conservation agriculture optional
- optional, not held e-agriculture optional
- optional, not held execute fertilisation optional
- optional, not held grow plants 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 organic farming optional
- optional, not held perform on-farm product processing optional
- optional, not held plant propagation optional
- optional, not held prepare equipment for harvest optional
- optional, not held prepare planting area optional
- optional, not held present the farm facilities optional
- optional, not held promote farm products optional
- optional, not held propagate plants optional
- optional, not held provide agri-touristic services optional
- optional, not held use agricultural information systems and databases optional
- optional, not held watering principles optional
- optional, not held agritourism optional
- optional, not held bioeconomy optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
22 held skills the crop production manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise client on technical possibilities skill
- not needed by the target role apply organisational techniques skill
- not needed by the target role budgetary principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role create soil and plant improvement programmes skill
- not needed by the target role evaluate employees work skill
- not needed by the target role handling chemical products for soil and plants skill
- not needed by the target role inspect agricultural fields skill
- not needed by the target role monitor work site skill
- not needed by the target role operate GPS systems skill
- not needed by the target role operate forestry machinery skill
- not needed by the target role operate landscaping equipment skill
- not needed by the target role organise labour skill
- not needed by the target role perform park safety inspections skill
- not needed by the target role principles of mechanical engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role programme work according to incoming orders skill
- not needed by the target role propose ICT solutions to business problems skill
- not needed by the target role road traffic laws knowledge
- not needed by the target role supervise equipment skill
- not needed by the target role supervise staff skill
- not needed by the target role variety of botanicals knowledge
- not needed by the target role work in a land-based team skill
- not needed by the target role write work-related reports skill
22 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 disease control required
- still to learn plant harvest methods 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 fertilisation principles 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 organic farming optional
- optional, not held plant propagation optional
- optional, not held watering principles optional
- optional, not held agritourism optional
- optional, not held bioeconomy optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
Other moves recorded from land-based machinery supervisor
Common questions about this move
Can a land-based machinery supervisor become a crop production manager?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A land-based machinery supervisor already covers 17% of what a crop production manager is expected to do: 8 skills carry over, 6 of which the crop production manager role treats as required.
What skills does a land-based machinery supervisor need to become a crop production manager?
24 required skills are missing, plus 28 optional ones. They fall into 12 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is agroforestry.
How hard is the move from land-based machinery supervisor to crop production manager?
Its learning distance is 87 out of 100, which is the career change 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.