mixed farmertovineyard manager
A mixed farmer already meets 21% of what the vineyard manager role asks for. The move turns on 17 required skills not yet in the profile.
21%
79.2/ 100
1 Share of the vineyard 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 this move works
A vineyard manager role treats 5 of its required skills as things a mixed farmer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- agricultural business management
- environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry
- health and safety regulations
- manage production enterprise
- supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings
What stands in the way is 17 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 6 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A vineyard 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.
- already held agricultural business management business, administration and law
- already held e-agriculture agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held manage production enterprise management skills
- already held supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings assisting and caring
- already held environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry business, administration and law
- already held health and safety regulations services
All 6 carried skills, including the 5 the vineyard manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 26 missing skills fall into 8 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 manage technical aspects of vineyard production required
- required, not held manage agricultural staff required
- required, not held manage wine production required
- required, not held supervise pest and disease control required
- required, not held manage budgets required
- optional, not held manage agritourism activities optional
- required, not held control grape quality required
- required, not held control wine quality required
- required, not held evaluate vineyard problems required
- required, not held monitor winemaking process required
- required, not held manage chemical testing procedures required
- required, not held viticulture required
- required, not held fertilisation principles required
- required, not held pest control in plants required
- optional, not held organic farming optional
- optional, not held agronomy optional
- required, not held wine related sciences required
- required, not held winery production process required
- required, not held monitor grounds maintenance required
- required, not held oversee vineyard floor activities required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a vineyard manager role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manage technical aspects of vineyard production skill · occupation specific
- 02 control grape quality skill · sector specific
- 03 control wine quality 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 6 skills that carry over
- already held agricultural business management knowledge
- already held environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry knowledge
- already held health and safety regulations knowledge
- already held manage production enterprise skill
- already held supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings skill
- already held e-agriculture knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held develop grape growing techniques optional
- optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
- optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
- optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- optional, not held business management principles optional
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held develop grape growing techniques optional
- optional, not held implement sales strategies optional
- optional, not held maintain relationship with customers optional
- optional, not held manage agritourism activities optional
- optional, not held organic farming optional
- optional, not held agronomy optional
- optional, not held business management principles optional
- optional, not held implement marketing strategies optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
27 held skills the vineyard manager role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role agritourism knowledge
- not needed by the target role agroecology knowledge
- not needed by the target role agronomical production principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role apply sustainable tillage techniques skill
- not needed by the target role assign duties to agriculture workers skill
- not needed by the target role comply with farm regulations skill
- not needed by the target role crop production principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role cultivate crops for biomass 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 harvest crop 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 crop production skill
- 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 agricultural machinery 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
8 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 viticulture required
- required, not held wine related sciences required
- required, not held winery production process required
- required, not held fertilisation principles required
- required, not held pest control in plants required
- optional, not held organic farming optional
- optional, not held agronomy optional
- optional, not held business management principles 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.