Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

mixed farmertocrop production manager

A mixed farmer already meets 29% of what the crop production manager role asks for. The move turns on 20 required skills not yet in the profile.

From mixed farmer
29%
Overlap1
To crop production manager
15 Skills carried over
20 Required, not held
78.2 Difficulty2
Career overlap Distant match

29%

Learning distance A rebuild

78.2/ 100

1 Share of the crop production manager role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the mixed 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

Why this move works

A crop production manager role treats 10 of its required skills as things a mixed farmer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • agronomical production principles
  • assign duties to agriculture workers
  • crop production principles
  • cultivate crops for biomass
  • environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry
  • health and safety regulations

What stands in the way is 20 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 15 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 mixed farmer background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held cultivate crops for biomass handling and moving
  • already held manage crop production handling and moving
  • already held apply sustainable tillage techniques handling and moving
  • already held assign duties to agriculture workers management skills
  • already held agroecology agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
  • already held e-agriculture agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary

All 15 carried skills, including the 10 the crop production manager role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 45 missing skills fall into 11 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.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary 7 required, 6 supplementary
  • required, not held agroforestry required
  • required, not held plant disease control required
  • required, not held plant harvest methods required
  • required, not held soil structure required
  • required, not held technical equipment for crop production required
  • required, not held fertilisation principles required
  • required, not held pest control in plants required
  • optional, not held conservation 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 agronomy optional
02 handling and moving 6 required, 7 supplementary
  • required, not held ensure soil fertility required
  • required, not held manage crop rotation required
  • required, not held monitor fields required
  • required, not held store crops required
  • required, not held store products required
  • required, not held maintain storage facilities required
  • optional, not held apply alternate wetting and drying 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
03 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held plant species required
  • required, not held ecology required
  • optional, not held bioeconomy optional
04 management skills 1 required, 2 supplementary
  • required, not held manage agricultural staff required
  • optional, not held manage agritourism activities optional
  • optional, not held optimise production optional
05 information skills 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held maintain technical equipment required
  • optional, not held use agricultural information systems and databases optional
06 assisting and caring 1 required
  • required, not held execute disease and pest control activities required

5 further areas in the appendix

Table 4

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.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 15 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held agronomical production principles knowledge
  • already held assign duties to agriculture workers skill
  • already held crop production principles knowledge
  • already held cultivate crops for biomass skill
  • already held environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry knowledge
  • already held health and safety regulations knowledge
  • already held manage crop production skill
  • already held manage production enterprise skill
  • already held operate agricultural machinery skill
  • already held supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings skill
  • already held agritourism knowledge
  • already held agroecology knowledge
  • already held apply sustainable tillage techniques skill
  • already held e-agriculture knowledge
  • already held harvest crop skill
The 5 learning areas not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 generic programmes and qualifications 1 required
  • required, not held leadership principles required
08 information and communication technologies (icts) 1 required
  • required, not held types of storage facilities required
09 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 supplementary
  • 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
10 working with machinery and specialised equipment 3 supplementary
  • optional, not held execute fertilisation optional
  • optional, not held perform on-farm product processing optional
  • optional, not held prepare equipment for harvest optional
11 business, administration and law 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
25 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held apply alternate wetting and drying techniques optional
  • optional, not held conservation 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 agronomy optional
  • optional, not held bioeconomy optional
  • optional, not held manage contracts optional
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
18 held skills the crop production manager role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role agricultural business management knowledge
  • not needed by the target role comply with farm regulations skill
  • not needed by the target role dairy animal production knowledge
  • not needed by the target role develop agricultural policies skill
  • not needed by the target role drive agricultural machines skill
  • not needed by the target role handle poultry skill
  • not needed by the target role liaise with crop growers skill
  • not needed by the target role livestock farming systems knowledge
  • not needed by the target role livestock reproduction knowledge
  • not needed by the target role manage farm products skill
  • not needed by the target role manage farm supplies skill
  • not needed by the target role manage livestock skill
  • not needed by the target role manage the health and welfare of livestock skill
  • not needed by the target role market farm products skill
  • not needed by the target role move animals skill
  • not needed by the target role operate farm equipment skill
  • not needed by the target role recycle livestock manure skill
  • not needed by the target role sustainable agricultural production principles knowledge
19 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held agroforestry required
  • required, not held plant disease control required
  • required, not held plant harvest methods required
  • required, not held plant species required
  • required, not held soil structure required
  • required, not held technical equipment for crop production required
  • required, not held types of storage facilities required
  • required, not held ecology required
  • required, not held fertilisation principles required
  • required, not held leadership principles required
  • required, not held pest control in plants required
  • optional, not held conservation 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 agronomy optional
  • optional, not held bioeconomy optional
  • optional, not held project management principles optional
Index

Other moves recorded from mixed farmer

Full index of moves from mixed farmer

Note

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.