Viticulture adviser to vineyard machinery operator
A viticulture adviser already meets 21% of what the vineyard machinery operator role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
72.3/ 100
1 How much of what a vineyard machinery operator 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 machinery operator role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A vineyard machinery operator role treats 2 of its required skills as things a viticulture adviser already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- pest control in plants
- plant disease control
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 6 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 viticulture adviser background worth leading with.
- already held manage nutrients information skills
- already held develop grape growing techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held organic farming agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held plant disease control agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held pest control in plants agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
- already held agronomy agriculture, forestry, fisheries and veterinary
All 6 carried skills, including the 2 the vineyard machinery operator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 17 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 harvest grapes required
- still to learn manage canopy required
- still to learn operate hand pruning equipment required
- still to learn 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
- still to learn execute fertilisation required
- still to learn maintain vineyard machinery required
- still to learn operate agricultural machinery required
- optional, not held maintain agricultural machinery optional
- still to learn perform trellis repairs required
- optional, not held maintain irrigation systems optional
- still to learn execute disease and pest control activities required
- still to learn environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry required
- optional, not held fertilisation principles optional
1 further area in the appendix
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 practise this
- 02 execute fertilisation practise this
- 03 harvest grapes 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 6 skills that carry over
- already held pest control in plants knowledge
- already held plant disease control knowledge
- already held agronomy knowledge
- already held develop grape growing techniques skill
- already held manage nutrients skill
- already held organic farming knowledge
The 1 learning area not shown above
- optional, not held health and safety regulations optional
7 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held participate in vine preparation optional
- optional, not held participate in vine maintenance optional
- optional, not held tend vines optional
- optional, not held fertilisation principles optional
- optional, not held health and safety regulations optional
- optional, not held maintain agricultural machinery optional
- optional, not held maintain irrigation systems optional
23 held skills the vineyard machinery operator 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 advise on wine quality improvement skill
- not needed by the target role agroecology knowledge
- not needed by the target role conduct public presentations skill
- 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 develop dried-on-vine raisin production systems 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 monitor water quality skill
- not needed by the target role monitor winemaking process skill
- 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
3 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 environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry required
- optional, not held fertilisation principles optional
- optional, not held health and safety regulations optional
Other moves recorded from viticulture adviser
Common questions about this move
Can a viticulture adviser become a vineyard machinery operator?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A viticulture adviser already covers 21% of what a vineyard machinery operator is expected to do: 6 skills carry over, 2 of which the vineyard machinery operator role treats as required.
What skills does a viticulture adviser need to become a vineyard machinery operator?
10 required skills are missing, plus 7 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by handling and moving. The single most important is execute disease and pest control activities.
How hard is the move from viticulture adviser to vineyard machinery operator?
Its learning distance is 72.3 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.