From agronomist to horticulture production manager
10 of the 42 essential skills of a horticulture production manager are already essential for a agronomist — about 24% of the job, before you learn anything new. It is the closest move from agronomist in the whole taxonomy.
These numbers compare two occupations, not you and a job. What you personally already cover depends on what you have actually done.
- 10
- skills carry over
- 32
- would be new
- 24%
- of the target job covered
- 42
- essential skills of a horticulture production manager
What a horticulture production manager does
Horticulture production managers plan the production, manage the enterprise and participate in the horticultural production.
What carries over
10 skillsEssential in both jobs. This is the part of the move you have already made.
- budgetary principles
- crop production principles
- environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry
- horticulture principles
- pest control in plants
- plant disease control
- plant harvest methods
- plant propagation
- supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings
- use agricultural information systems and databases
What would be new
32 skillsEssential for a horticulture production manager and not for a agronomist. Note that the taxonomy describes activities rather than tools, so some of these may be things you already do under a different name.
- coordinate greenhouse environment
- create soil and plant improvement programmes
- develop agricultural production plans
- ensure soil fertility
- execute disease and pest control activities
- fertilisation principles
- greenhouse types
- grow plants
- harvest crop
- health and safety regulations
- leadership principles
- maintain plant health
- maintain plant soil nutrition
- maintain storage facilities
- make independent operating decisions
- manage crop production
- manage production enterprise
- monitor fields
- operate horticulture equipment
- optimise production
- plant species
- project management principles
- propagate plants
- prune plants
- pruning techniques
- pruning types
- quality criteria for storage facilities
- soil structure
- store crops
- store products
- types of storage facilities
- watering principles
← agronomisthorticulture production manager →The other way round
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How far are you from being a horticulture production manager?
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