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The skills this job asks for, and the level for each.
56 skills listed by ESCO, 36 of them essential. 56 are in our skills list and linked; we measure a match on those. ESCO gives no levels, so we ask for level 3 on an essential skill and 2 on the rest.
Occupation: ISCO-08 occupations (International Labour Organization). Skills: This service uses the ESCO classification of the European Commission (v1.2.1, CC BY 4.0), modified by CareersMatch.
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Showing 10 of 56, essentials first. The table below lists them all.
| Skill | Type | Necessity | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| agroecology | skill | essential | 3 |
| agroforestry | skill | essential | 3 |
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The skills and tools people in this kind of job use, at the level each is usually asked for.
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What this path asks for comes from O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0), through the official ISCO-08 to US occupation crosswalk. A competency is essential where O*NET rates it at least 3.5 of 5 in importance.
| agronomical production principles |
| skill |
| essential |
| 3 |
| assign duties to agriculture workers | skill | essential | 3 |
| crop production principles | skill | essential | 3 |
| ecology | skill | essential | 3 |
| ensure soil fertility | skill | essential | 3 |
| environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry | skill | essential | 3 |
| execute disease and pest control activities | skill | essential | 3 |
| execute fertilisation | skill | essential | 3 |
| fertilisation principles | skill | essential | 3 |
| grow plants | skill | essential | 3 |
| harvest crop | skill | essential | 3 |
| health and safety regulations | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain plant health | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain plant soil nutrition | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain storage facilities | skill | essential | 3 |
| maintain technical equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage agricultural staff | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage crop rotation | skill | essential | 3 |
| monitor fields | skill | essential | 3 |
| operate agricultural machinery | skill | essential | 3 |
| pest control in plants | skill | essential | 3 |
| plant disease control | skill | essential | 3 |
| plant harvest methods | skill | essential | 3 |
| plant propagation | skill | essential | 3 |
| plant species | skill | essential | 3 |
| prepare equipment for harvest | skill | essential | 3 |
| prepare planting area | skill | essential | 3 |
| propagate plants | skill | essential | 3 |
| soil structure | skill | essential | 3 |
| store crops | skill | essential | 3 |
| store products | skill | essential | 3 |
| supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings | skill | essential | 3 |
| technical equipment for crop production | skill | essential | 3 |
| types of storage facilities | skill | essential | 3 |
| Adaptability | competency | desirable | 2 |
| agritourism | skill | desirable | 2 |
| agronomy | skill | desirable | 2 |
| apply alternate wetting and drying techniques | skill | desirable | 2 |
| apply sustainable tillage techniques | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Collaboration | competency | desirable | 2 |
| Communication | competency | desirable | 2 |
| conservation agriculture | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Digital Fluency | competency | desirable | 2 |
| Influence | competency | desirable | 2 |
| irrigate soil | skill | desirable | 2 |
| irrigation systems | skill | desirable | 2 |
| leadership principles | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage agritourism activities | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage contracts | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage crop production | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage production enterprise | skill | desirable | 2 |
| optimise production | skill | desirable | 2 |
| organic farming | skill | desirable | 2 |
| perform on-farm product processing | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Problem Solving and Critical Thinking | competency | desirable | 2 |
| project management principles | skill | desirable | 2 |
| promote farm products | skill | desirable | 2 |
| provide agri-touristic services | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Self Management | competency | desirable | 2 |
| use agricultural information systems and databases | skill | desirable | 2 |
| watering principles | skill | desirable | 2 |