Viticulture adviser to vineyard cellar master
A viticulture adviser already meets 23% of what the vineyard cellar master role asks for. The move turns on 13 required skills not yet in the profile.
75.2/ 100
1 How much of what a vineyard cellar master is expected to do is already part of a viticulture adviser’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 vineyard cellar master role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A vineyard cellar master role treats 4 of its required skills as things a viticulture adviser already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- advise on wine quality improvement
- control grape quality
- control wine quality
- monitor winemaking process
What stands in the way is 13 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 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A vineyard cellar master role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a viticulture adviser background worth leading with.
- already held advise on wine quality improvement communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held control wine quality information skills
- already held control grape quality information skills
- already held monitor winemaking process information skills
- already held organic farming agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
All 5 carried skills, including the 4 the vineyard cellar master role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 17 missing skills fall into 8 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 manage cellar operations required
- still to learn manage cellar stocks required
- still to learn supervise the wine cellar required
- still to learn manage wine production required
- optional, not held manage agricultural staff optional
- optional, not held manage production enterprise optional
- still to learn monitor fermentation required
- still to learn maintain technical equipment required
- optional, not held ensure proper document management optional
- still to learn clean drink dispense lines required
- still to learn prepare compressed gas cylinders required
- still to learn train employees required
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
- still to learn supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings required
- still to learn winery production process required
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a vineyard cellar master role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 clean drink dispense lines practise this
- 02 crush grapes practise this
- 03 manage cellar operations 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 5 skills that carry over
- already held advise on wine quality improvement skill
- already held control grape quality skill
- already held control wine quality skill
- already held monitor winemaking process skill
- already held organic farming knowledge
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- still to learn health and safety regulations required
- still to learn crush grapes required
4 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held manage agricultural staff optional
- optional, not held ensure proper document management optional
- optional, not held manage production enterprise optional
- optional, not held use different communication channels optional
24 held skills the vineyard cellar master role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role advise on fertiliser and herbicide skill
- not needed by the target role advise on grape quality improvement skill
- not needed by the target role advise on irrigation projects skill
- not needed by the target role advise on nitrate pollution skill
- not needed by the target role advise on plant mineral nutrition skill
- not needed by the target role agroecology knowledge
- not needed by the target role agronomy knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct public presentations skill
- not needed by the target role develop dried-on-vine raisin production systems skill
- not needed by the target role develop grape growing techniques skill
- not needed by the target role develop irrigation strategies skill
- not needed by the target role develop personal skills skill
- not needed by the target role e-agriculture knowledge
- not needed by the target role horticulture principles knowledge
- not needed by the target role irrigation systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role manage nutrients skill
- not needed by the target role monitor water quality skill
- not needed by the target role pest control in plants knowledge
- not needed by the target role plant disease control knowledge
- not needed by the target role promote sustainability skill
- not needed by the target role provide tourism related information skill
- not needed by the target role raisin grapes knowledge
- not needed by the target role table grapes manipulation knowledge
- not needed by the target role types of wine knowledge
2 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 winery production process required
- still to learn health and safety regulations required
Other moves recorded from viticulture adviser
Common questions about this move
Can a viticulture adviser become a vineyard cellar master?
Yes, and it is a career change move. A viticulture adviser already covers 23% of what a vineyard cellar master is expected to do: 5 skills carry over, 4 of which the vineyard cellar master role treats as required.
What skills does a viticulture adviser need to become a vineyard cellar master?
13 required skills are missing, plus 4 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by management skills. The single most important is clean drink dispense lines.
How hard is the move from viticulture adviser to vineyard cellar master?
Its learning distance is 75.2 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.