livestock advisortomixed farmer
A livestock advisor already meets 49% of what the mixed farmer role asks for. The move turns on 8 required skills not yet in the profile.
49%
55.1/ 100
1 Share of the mixed farmer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the livestock advisor 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 mixed farmer role treats 10 of its required skills as things a livestock advisor already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- agricultural business management
- crop production principles
- health and safety regulations
- livestock farming systems
- livestock reproduction
- manage farm supplies
What stands in the way is 8 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 14 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A mixed farmer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a livestock advisor background worth leading with.
- already held recycle livestock manure handling and moving
- already held livestock farming systems agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held manage farm supplies communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held agricultural business management business, administration and law
- already held sustainable agricultural production principles agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held manage livestock handling and moving
All 14 carried skills, including the 10 the mixed farmer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 19 missing skills fall into 7 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 harvest crop required
- required, not held manage crop production required
- optional, not held move animals optional
- optional, not held apply sustainable tillage techniques optional
- optional, not held handle poultry optional
- required, not held drive agricultural machines required
- required, not held operate agricultural machinery required
- required, not held agronomical production principles required
- optional, not held agroecology optional
- optional, not held dairy animal production optional
- optional, not held e-agriculture optional
- required, not held assign duties to agriculture workers required
- optional, not held manage farm products optional
- optional, not held develop agricultural policies optional
- required, not held environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry required
- optional, not held liaise with crop growers optional
- optional, not held market farm products optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a mixed farmer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 assign duties to agriculture workers skill · 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 14 skills that carry over
- already held agricultural business management knowledge
- already held crop production principles knowledge
- already held health and safety regulations knowledge
- already held livestock farming systems knowledge
- already held livestock reproduction knowledge
- already held manage farm supplies skill
- already held manage livestock skill
- already held operate farm equipment skill
- already held supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings skill
- already held sustainable agricultural production principles knowledge
- already held agritourism knowledge
- already held manage production enterprise skill
- already held manage the health and welfare of livestock skill
- already held recycle livestock manure skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held comply with farm regulations optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held comply with farm regulations optional
- optional, not held move animals optional
- optional, not held agroecology optional
- optional, not held apply sustainable tillage techniques optional
- optional, not held dairy animal production optional
- optional, not held e-agriculture optional
- optional, not held handle poultry optional
- optional, not held liaise with crop growers optional
- optional, not held manage farm products optional
- optional, not held market farm products optional
- optional, not held develop agricultural policies optional
33 held skills the mixed farmer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on livestock productivity skill
- not needed by the target role animal nutrition knowledge
- not needed by the target role animal welfare legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply animal hygiene practices skill
- not needed by the target role biosecurity knowledge
- not needed by the target role comply with agricultural code of practice skill
- not needed by the target role computerised feeding systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role consultation methods knowledge
- not needed by the target role customer relationship management knowledge
- not needed by the target role develop management plans skill
- not needed by the target role develop personal skills skill
- not needed by the target role ecology knowledge
- not needed by the target role estimate costs in farm skill
- not needed by the target role feed livestock skill
- not needed by the target role livestock feeding knowledge
- not needed by the target role livestock selection principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role livestock species knowledge
- not needed by the target role maintain farm equipment skill
- not needed by the target role make decisions regarding livestock management skill
- not needed by the target role manage agricultural staff skill
- not needed by the target role manage animal biosecurity skill
- not needed by the target role manage brand assets skill
- not needed by the target role manage stable skill
- not needed by the target role marketing principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role monitor livestock skill
- not needed by the target role organic farming knowledge
- not needed by the target role quality criteria for livestock feed production knowledge
- not needed by the target role research livestock production skill
- not needed by the target role select livestock skill
- not needed by the target role turf management knowledge
- not needed by the target role use agricultural information systems and databases skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
- not needed by the target role use milk control software 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 agronomical production principles required
- required, not held environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry required
- optional, not held agroecology optional
- optional, not held dairy animal production optional
- optional, not held e-agriculture 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.