pest management workertopesticides sprayer
A pest management worker already meets 32% of what the pesticides sprayer role asks for. The move turns on 18 required skills not yet in the profile.
32%
73.5/ 100
1 Share of the pesticides sprayer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the pest management worker 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 pesticides sprayer role treats 8 of its required skills as things a pest management worker already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- European pesticide legislation
- chemical products
- herbicides
- pesticides
- phytosanitary measures
- safe use of pesticides
What stands in the way is 18 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 pesticides sprayer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a pest management worker background worth leading with.
- already held phytosanitary measures natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held safe use of pesticides agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held herbicides natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
- already held maintain inventory of pesticides information skills
- already held use pest detection sensors working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held pesticides natural sciences, mathematics and statistics
All 14 carried skills, including the 8 the pesticides sprayer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 29 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 pest and weed control required
- required, not held maintain ground required
- required, not held perform weed control operations required
- required, not held clean equipment required
- required, not held handling chemical products for soil and plants required
- required, not held mix chemicals required
- optional, not held use hand tools for forestry work optional
- optional, not held vegetation control optional
- required, not held perform pest control required
- required, not held work safely with chemicals required
- required, not held work in outdoor conditions required
- required, not held work with respect for own safety required
- optional, not held select hazard control optional
- required, not held plant care products required
- required, not held pest control in plants required
- optional, not held horticulture principles optional
- optional, not held plant disease control optional
- optional, not held floriculture optional
- required, not held perform safety inspections on spraying equipment required
- required, not held complete report sheets of activity required
- required, not held herbicides sprayers required
- required, not held agricultural chemicals required
- required, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation required
- optional, not held lawn care optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a pesticides sprayer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 manage pest and weed control skill · occupation specific
- 02 perform safety inspections on spraying equipment skill · occupation specific
- 03 pesticides sprayers knowledge · occupation 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 European pesticide legislation knowledge
- already held chemical products knowledge
- already held herbicides knowledge
- already held pesticides knowledge
- already held phytosanitary measures knowledge
- already held safe use of pesticides knowledge
- already held spray pesticides skill
- already held use personal protection equipment skill
- already held drive vehicles skill
- already held integrated pest management knowledge
- already held maintain inventory of pesticides skill
- already held maintain professional administration skill
- already held manage a small-to-medium business skill
- already held use pest detection sensors skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- required, not held pesticides sprayers required
- optional, not held act reliably optional
- optional, not held adapt to different weather conditions optional
- optional, not held cooperate with colleagues optional
- optional, not held provide technical expertise optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held use hand tools for forestry work optional
- optional, not held vegetation control optional
- optional, not held horticulture principles optional
- optional, not held lawn care optional
- optional, not held plant disease control optional
- optional, not held act reliably optional
- optional, not held adapt to different weather conditions optional
- optional, not held cooperate with colleagues optional
- optional, not held floriculture optional
- optional, not held provide technical expertise optional
- optional, not held select hazard control optional
17 held skills the pesticides sprayer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on pest infestation prevention skill
- not needed by the target role cleaning industry health and safety measures knowledge
- not needed by the target role communicate with customers skill
- not needed by the target role decide on infestation treatment type skill
- not needed by the target role environmental engineering knowledge
- not needed by the target role follow procedures to control substances hazardous to health skill
- not needed by the target role identify infestation source skill
- not needed by the target role maintain customer service skill
- not needed by the target role national pesticide legislation knowledge
- not needed by the target role perform mathematical calculations in pest management skill
- not needed by the target role personal protective equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role pest biology knowledge
- not needed by the target role pest management techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role preventative measures against pests knowledge
- not needed by the target role protect plants during pest control skill
- not needed by the target role report on pest inspections skill
- not needed by the target role wood preservation knowledge
10 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 pesticides sprayers required
- required, not held herbicides sprayers required
- required, not held plant care products required
- required, not held agricultural chemicals required
- required, not held health, safety and hygiene legislation required
- required, not held pest control in plants required
- optional, not held horticulture principles optional
- optional, not held lawn care optional
- optional, not held plant disease control optional
- optional, not held floriculture 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.