land-based machinery operator
Land-based machinery operators operate specialised equipment and machinery for agricultural production and maintenance of landscape.
Also called: forest tractor driver, agricultural machinery operator, combined driver, tractor driver, land-based machinery operators, forestry tractor driver, agricultural equipment operator, landbased machinery operator
- 14
- essential skills
- 19
- optional skills
- 8
- related roles
- 8341
- ISCO-08 group
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8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- agronomic crop production team leader3 skills in common
- crop production worker3 skills in common
- mixed farmer3 skills in common
- pesticides sprayer3 skills in common
- crop production manager2 skills in common
- fruit production team leader2 skills in common
- vineyard machinery operator2 skills in common
- vineyard supervisor2 skills in common
Essential skills
14- drive agricultural machines
- follow written instructions
- handling chemical products for soil and plants
- harvest crop
- herbicides
- identify plants characteristics
- mechanical tools
- operate agricultural machinery
- pesticides
- plant disease control
- road traffic laws
- spread fertiliser
- tow a tractor implement using the power take-off
- work in a land-based team
Optional skills
19- address problems critically
- agronomy
- apply precision farming
- communicate with customers
- create solutions to problems
- environmental policy
- fertilisation principles
- fertiliser products
- irrigate soil
- load equipment
- maintain mechanical equipment
- make independent operating decisions
- operate GPS systems
- operate landscaping equipment
- perform loading and unloading operations
- prepare equipment for harvest
- unload equipment
- use different communication channels
- variety of botanicals
Definition and skills from ESCO, published by the European Commission. Source concept
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