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The skills this job asks for, and the level for each.
58 skills listed by ESCO, 27 of them essential. 58 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 58, essentials first. The table below lists them all.
| Skill | Type | Necessity | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| agricultural business management | skill | essential | 3 |
| agronomical production principles | 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.
| assess new farming technologies | skill | essential | 3 |
| assign duties to agriculture workers | skill | essential | 3 |
| crop production principles | skill | essential | 3 |
| cultivate crops for biomass | skill | essential | 3 |
| drive agricultural machines | skill | essential | 3 |
| environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry | skill | essential | 3 |
| environmental policy | skill | essential | 3 |
| harvest crop | skill | essential | 3 |
| health and safety regulations | skill | essential | 3 |
| livestock farming systems | skill | essential | 3 |
| livestock reproduction | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage crop production | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage crop rotation | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage farm products | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage farm supplies | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage livestock | skill | essential | 3 |
| manage production enterprise | skill | essential | 3 |
| market farm products | skill | essential | 3 |
| negotiate loan agreements | skill | essential | 3 |
| operate agricultural machinery | skill | essential | 3 |
| operate farm equipment | skill | essential | 3 |
| pollution prevention | skill | essential | 3 |
| present the farm facilities | skill | essential | 3 |
| supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings | skill | essential | 3 |
| sustainable agricultural production principles | skill | essential | 3 |
| Adaptability | competency | desirable | 2 |
| agritourism | skill | desirable | 2 |
| agroecology | skill | desirable | 2 |
| apply sustainable tillage techniques | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Collaboration | competency | desirable | 2 |
| Communication | competency | desirable | 2 |
| comply with farm regulations | skill | desirable | 2 |
| create crop protection plans | skill | desirable | 2 |
| create soil and plant improvement programmes | skill | desirable | 2 |
| dairy animal production | skill | desirable | 2 |
| develop agricultural policies | skill | desirable | 2 |
| e-agriculture | skill | desirable | 2 |
| estimate harvest costs | skill | desirable | 2 |
| handle poultry | skill | desirable | 2 |
| handling chemical products for soil and plants | skill | desirable | 2 |
| implement marketing strategies | skill | desirable | 2 |
| implement sales strategies | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Influence | competency | desirable | 2 |
| liaise with crop growers | skill | desirable | 2 |
| livestock | skill | desirable | 2 |
| livestock species | skill | desirable | 2 |
| maintain farm equipment | skill | desirable | 2 |
| maintain plant health | skill | desirable | 2 |
| maintain plant soil nutrition | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage mechanically controlled livestock production environments | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage plans for the storage of organic by-products | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage plans for the utilisation of organic by-products | skill | desirable | 2 |
| manage the health and welfare of livestock | skill | desirable | 2 |
| monitor forage grazing plans | skill | desirable | 2 |
| move animals | skill | desirable | 2 |
| pest control in plants | skill | desirable | 2 |
| plant disease control | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Problem Solving and Critical Thinking | competency | desirable | 2 |
| recycle livestock manure | skill | desirable | 2 |
| report pollution incidents | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Self Management | competency | desirable | 2 |
| train employees | skill | desirable | 2 |
| Digital Fluency | competency | desirable | 1 |