Vineyard machinery operator to agronomic crop production team leader
A vineyard machinery operator already meets 20% of what the agronomic crop production team leader role asks for. The move turns on 28 required skills not yet in the profile.
85.2/ 100
1 How much of what an agronomic crop production team leader is expected to do is already part of a vineyard machinery operator’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 agronomic crop production team leader role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
An agronomic crop production team leader role treats 8 of its required skills as things a vineyard machinery operator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry
- execute disease and pest control activities
- execute fertilisation
- fertilisation principles
- health and safety regulations
- operate agricultural machinery
What stands in the way is 28 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 10 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. An agronomic crop production team leader role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a vineyard machinery operator background worth leading with.
- already held execute fertilisation working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held operate agricultural machinery working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held fertilisation principles agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held organic farming agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held execute disease and pest control activities assisting and caring
- already held environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry business, administration and law
All 10 carried skills, including the 8 the agronomic crop production team leader role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 46 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 ensure soil fertility required
- still to learn grow plants required
- still to learn harvest crop required
- still to learn maintain plant health required
- still to learn maintain plant soil nutrition required
- still to learn manage crop rotation required
- still to learn monitor fields required
- still to learn prepare planting area required
- still to learn propagate plants 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 irrigate soil optional
- optional, not held manage crop production optional
- still to learn agroecology required
- still to learn agroforestry required
- still to learn crop production principles required
- still to learn plant harvest methods required
- still to learn plant propagation required
- still to learn soil structure required
- still to learn technical equipment for crop production required
- still to learn agronomical production principles required
- optional, not held conservation agriculture optional
- optional, not held irrigation systems optional
- optional, not held watering principles optional
- still to learn assign duties to agriculture workers required
- still to learn manage agricultural staff required
- optional, not held manage agritourism activities optional
- optional, not held optimise production optional
- optional, not held manage production enterprise optional
- still to learn plant species required
- still to learn ecology required
- still to learn maintain technical equipment required
- optional, not held use agricultural information systems and databases optional
- still to learn prepare equipment for harvest required
- optional, not held perform on-farm product processing optional
6 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries an agronomic crop production team leader role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 agroecology study this
- 02 agroforestry study this
- 03 assign duties to agriculture workers 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 10 skills that carry over
- already held environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry knowledge
- already held execute disease and pest control activities skill
- already held execute fertilisation skill
- already held fertilisation principles knowledge
- already held health and safety regulations knowledge
- already held operate agricultural machinery skill
- already held pest control in plants knowledge
- already held plant disease control knowledge
- already held agronomy knowledge
- already held organic farming knowledge
The 6 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings required
- still to learn types of storage facilities required
- optional, not held promote farm products optional
- optional, not held provide agri-touristic services optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held leadership principles optional
- optional, not held agritourism optional
18 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- 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 irrigate soil optional
- optional, not held irrigation systems optional
- optional, not held manage agritourism activities optional
- optional, not held manage crop production optional
- optional, not held optimise production optional
- optional, not held perform on-farm product processing optional
- optional, not held promote farm products 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 leadership principles optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- optional, not held manage production enterprise optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
13 held skills the agronomic crop production team leader role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role develop grape growing techniques skill
- not needed by the target role harvest grapes skill
- not needed by the target role maintain agricultural machinery skill
- not needed by the target role maintain irrigation systems skill
- not needed by the target role maintain vineyard machinery skill
- not needed by the target role manage canopy skill
- not needed by the target role manage nutrients skill
- not needed by the target role operate hand pruning equipment skill
- not needed by the target role participate in vine maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role participate in vine preparation skill
- not needed by the target role perform trellis repairs skill
- not needed by the target role plant vine yards skill
- not needed by the target role tend vines skill
17 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 agroecology required
- still to learn agroforestry required
- still to learn crop production principles required
- still to learn plant harvest methods required
- still to learn plant propagation required
- still to learn plant species required
- still to learn soil structure 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
- optional, not held conservation agriculture optional
- optional, not held irrigation systems optional
- optional, not held watering principles optional
- optional, not held agritourism optional
- optional, not held leadership principles optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
Common questions about this move
Can a vineyard machinery operator become an agronomic crop production team leader?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A vineyard machinery operator already covers 20% of what an agronomic crop production team leader is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 8 of which the agronomic crop production team leader role treats as required.
What skills does a vineyard machinery operator need to become an agronomic crop production team leader?
28 required skills are missing, plus 18 optional ones. They fall into 12 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is agroecology.
How hard is the move from vineyard machinery operator to agronomic crop production team leader?
Its learning distance is 85.2 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.