Vineyard machinery operator to crop production manager
A vineyard machinery operator already meets 20% of what the crop production manager role asks for. The move turns on 23 required skills not yet in the profile.
84.9/ 100
1 How much of what a crop production manager 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 crop production manager role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A crop production manager role treats 7 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
- fertilisation principles
- health and safety regulations
- operate agricultural machinery
- pest control in plants
What stands in the way is 23 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. A crop production manager 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 7 the crop production manager role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 50 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 cultivate crops for biomass required
- still to learn ensure soil fertility required
- still to learn manage crop production required
- still to learn manage crop rotation required
- still to learn monitor fields 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 grow plants optional
- optional, not held harvest crop 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
- still to learn agroforestry required
- still to learn crop production principles required
- still to learn plant harvest methods 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 agroecology optional
- optional, not held conservation agriculture optional
- optional, not held e-agriculture optional
- optional, not held irrigation systems optional
- optional, not held plant propagation optional
- optional, not held watering principles optional
- still to learn assign duties to agriculture workers required
- still to learn manage agricultural staff required
- still to learn manage production enterprise required
- optional, not held manage agritourism activities optional
- optional, not held optimise production optional
- still to learn plant species required
- still to learn ecology required
- optional, not held bioeconomy optional
- still to learn maintain technical equipment required
- optional, not held use agricultural information systems and databases optional
- still to learn supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings required
6 further areas in the appendix
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.
- 01 agroforestry study this
- 02 assign duties to agriculture workers practise this
- 03 crop production principles study 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 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 execute fertilisation skill
- already held organic farming knowledge
The 6 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn leadership principles required
- still to learn types of storage facilities required
- 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
- optional, not held perform on-farm product processing optional
- optional, not held prepare equipment for harvest optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
- optional, not held agritourism optional
27 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held agroecology optional
- 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 e-agriculture optional
- optional, not held grow plants optional
- optional, not held harvest crop 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 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 agritourism optional
- optional, not held bioeconomy optional
- optional, not held manage contracts optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
13 held skills the crop production manager 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
19 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 agroforestry required
- still to learn crop production principles required
- still to learn plant harvest methods 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
- still to learn leadership principles required
- optional, not held agroecology optional
- optional, not held conservation agriculture optional
- optional, not held e-agriculture optional
- optional, not held irrigation systems optional
- optional, not held plant propagation optional
- optional, not held watering principles optional
- optional, not held agritourism optional
- optional, not held bioeconomy optional
- optional, not held project management principles optional
Other moves recorded from vineyard machinery operator
Common questions about this move
Can a vineyard machinery operator become a crop production manager?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A vineyard machinery operator already covers 20% of what a crop production manager is expected to do: 10 skills carry over, 7 of which the crop production manager role treats as required.
What skills does a vineyard machinery operator need to become a crop production manager?
23 required skills are missing, plus 27 optional ones. They fall into 12 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is agroforestry.
How hard is the move from vineyard machinery operator to crop production manager?
Its learning distance is 84.9 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.