vineyard managertovineyard machinery operator
A vineyard manager already meets 24% of what the vineyard machinery operator role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
24%
71.1/ 100
1 Share of the vineyard machinery operator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the vineyard manager 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 machinery operator role treats 2 of its required skills as things a vineyard manager already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry
- pest control in plants
What stands in the way is 10 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 7 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A vineyard machinery operator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a vineyard manager background worth leading with.
- already held develop grape growing techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held fertilisation principles agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held organic farming agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry business, administration and law
- already held pest control in plants agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held agronomy agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
All 7 carried skills, including the 2 the vineyard machinery operator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 16 missing skills fall into 6 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 harvest grapes required
- required, not held manage canopy required
- required, not held operate hand pruning equipment required
- required, not held plant vine yards required
- optional, not held participate in vine preparation optional
- optional, not held participate in vine maintenance optional
- optional, not held tend vines optional
- required, not held execute fertilisation required
- required, not held maintain vineyard machinery required
- required, not held operate agricultural machinery required
- optional, not held maintain agricultural machinery optional
- required, not held perform trellis repairs required
- optional, not held maintain irrigation systems optional
- required, not held plant disease control required
- required, not held execute disease and pest control activities required
- optional, not held manage nutrients optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a vineyard machinery operator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 execute disease and pest control activities skill · sector specific
- 02 execute fertilisation skill · sector specific
- 03 harvest grapes 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 7 skills that carry over
- already held environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry knowledge
- already held pest control in plants knowledge
- already held agronomy knowledge
- already held develop grape growing techniques skill
- already held fertilisation principles knowledge
- already held health and safety regulations knowledge
- already held organic farming knowledge
6 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held participate in vine preparation optional
- optional, not held manage nutrients optional
- optional, not held participate in vine maintenance optional
- optional, not held tend vines optional
- optional, not held maintain agricultural machinery optional
- optional, not held maintain irrigation systems optional
25 held skills the vineyard machinery operator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role agricultural business management knowledge
- not needed by the target role business management principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role control grape quality skill
- not needed by the target role control wine quality skill
- not needed by the target role e-agriculture knowledge
- not needed by the target role evaluate vineyard problems skill
- not needed by the target role implement marketing strategies skill
- not needed by the target role implement sales strategies skill
- not needed by the target role maintain relationship with customers skill
- not needed by the target role manage agricultural staff skill
- not needed by the target role manage agritourism activities skill
- not needed by the target role manage budgets skill
- not needed by the target role manage chemical testing procedures skill
- not needed by the target role manage production enterprise skill
- not needed by the target role manage technical aspects of vineyard production skill
- not needed by the target role manage wine production skill
- not needed by the target role monitor grounds maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role monitor winemaking process skill
- not needed by the target role oversee vineyard floor activities skill
- not needed by the target role supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings skill
- not needed by the target role supervise pest and disease control skill
- not needed by the target role use different communication channels skill
- not needed by the target role viticulture knowledge
- not needed by the target role wine related sciences knowledge
- not needed by the target role winery production process knowledge
1 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 plant disease control required
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.