Vineyard worker to crop production worker
A vineyard worker already meets 28% of what the crop production worker role asks for. The move turns on 11 required skills not yet in the profile.
75/ 100
1 How much of what a crop production worker is expected to do is already part of a vineyard worker’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 worker role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A crop production worker role treats 5 of its required skills as things a vineyard worker already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- drive agricultural machines
- execute disease and pest control activities
- execute fertilisation
- grow plants
- propagate plants
What stands in the way is 11 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 12 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A crop production worker role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a vineyard worker background worth leading with.
- already held integrated pest management agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held provide agri-touristic services communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held execute fertilisation working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held propagate plants handling and moving
- already held assign duties to agriculture workers management skills
- already held present the farm facilities communication, collaboration and creativity
All 12 carried skills, including the 5 the crop production worker role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 35 missing skills fall into 7 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 harvest crop required
- still to learn manage crop rotation required
- still to learn monitor fields required
- still to learn prepare planting area 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 preserve crop optional
- still to learn operate agricultural machinery required
- still to learn prepare equipment for harvest required
- optional, not held perform on-farm product processing optional
- optional, not held use pest detection sensors optional
- still to learn agroforestry required
- optional, not held aeroponics optional
- optional, not held agroecology optional
- optional, not held conservation agriculture optional
- optional, not held crop production principles optional
- optional, not held hydroponics optional
- optional, not held plant disease control optional
- optional, not held plant harvest methods optional
- optional, not held plant propagation optional
- optional, not held soil structure optional
- optional, not held technical equipment for crop production optional
- optional, not held watering principles optional
- optional, not held pest control in plants optional
- optional, not held use agricultural information systems and databases optional
- optional, not held maintain technical equipment optional
- optional, not held plant species optional
- optional, not held ecology optional
- optional, not held quality criteria for storage facilities optional
1 further area in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a crop production worker role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 agroforestry study this
- 02 cultivate crops for biomass practise this
- 03 harvest crop 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 12 skills that carry over
- already held drive agricultural machines skill
- already held execute disease and pest control activities skill
- already held execute fertilisation skill
- already held grow plants skill
- already held propagate plants skill
- already held agronomy knowledge
- already held assign duties to agriculture workers skill
- already held fertilisation principles knowledge
- already held integrated pest management knowledge
- already held organic farming knowledge
- already held present the farm facilities skill
- already held provide agri-touristic services skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held types of storage facilities optional
24 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held aeroponics optional
- 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 crop production principles optional
- optional, not held hydroponics optional
- optional, not held irrigate soil optional
- optional, not held perform on-farm product processing optional
- optional, not held plant disease control optional
- optional, not held plant harvest methods optional
- optional, not held plant propagation optional
- optional, not held plant species optional
- optional, not held preserve crop optional
- optional, not held quality criteria for storage facilities optional
- optional, not held soil structure optional
- optional, not held technical equipment for crop production optional
- optional, not held types of storage facilities optional
- optional, not held use agricultural information systems and databases optional
- optional, not held use pest detection sensors optional
- optional, not held watering principles optional
- optional, not held ecology optional
- optional, not held maintain technical equipment optional
- optional, not held pest control in plants optional
19 held skills the crop production worker role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assist bottling skill
- not needed by the target role harvest grapes skill
- not needed by the target role maintain tanks for viticulture skill
- not needed by the target role manage canopy skill
- not needed by the target role manage data skill
- not needed by the target role manage environmental impact skill
- not needed by the target role manage environmental impact of operations skill
- not needed by the target role operate hand pruning equipment skill
- not needed by the target role operate wine pumps skill
- not needed by the target role participate in vine maintenance skill
- not needed by the target role perform trellis repairs skill
- not needed by the target role personal protective equipment knowledge
- not needed by the target role plant vine yards skill
- not needed by the target role produce sustainable products skill
- not needed by the target role sanitise winery area skill
- not needed by the target role sustainable manufacturing knowledge
- not needed by the target role tend press operation skill
- not needed by the target role tend vines skill
- not needed by the target role viticulture knowledge
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 agroforestry required
- optional, not held aeroponics optional
- optional, not held agroecology optional
- optional, not held conservation agriculture optional
- optional, not held crop production principles optional
- optional, not held hydroponics optional
- optional, not held plant disease control optional
- optional, not held plant harvest methods optional
- optional, not held plant propagation optional
- optional, not held plant species optional
- optional, not held quality criteria for storage facilities optional
- optional, not held soil structure optional
- optional, not held technical equipment for crop production optional
- optional, not held types of storage facilities optional
- optional, not held watering principles optional
- optional, not held ecology optional
- optional, not held pest control in plants optional
Common questions about this move
Can a vineyard worker become a crop production worker?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A vineyard worker already covers 28% of what a crop production worker is expected to do: 12 skills carry over, 5 of which the crop production worker role treats as required.
What skills does a vineyard worker need to become a crop production worker?
11 required skills are missing, plus 24 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is agroforestry.
How hard is the move from vineyard worker to crop production worker?
Its learning distance is 75 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.