# Competences — crop production worker

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/c9191f7f-28b5-4df8-991d-804c53009b83).

## Essential

- **agroforestry** (knowledge)
- **cultivate crops for biomass** (skill/competence)
- **drive agricultural machines** (skill/competence)
- **execute disease and pest control activities** (skill/competence)
- **execute fertilisation** (skill/competence)
- **grow plants** (skill/competence)
- **harvest crop** (skill/competence)
- **maintain storage facilities** (skill/competence)
- **manage crop rotation** (skill/competence)
- **monitor fields** (skill/competence)
- **operate agricultural machinery** (skill/competence)
- **prepare equipment for harvest** (skill/competence)
- **prepare planting area** (skill/competence)
- **propagate plants** (skill/competence)
- **store crops** (skill/competence)
- **store products** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- aeroponics (knowledge)
- agroecology (knowledge)
- agronomy (knowledge)
- apply alternate wetting and drying techniques (skill/competence)
- apply sustainable tillage techniques (skill/competence)
- assign duties to agriculture workers (skill/competence)
- conservation agriculture (knowledge)
- crop production principles (knowledge)
- ecology (knowledge)
- fertilisation principles (knowledge)
- hydroponics (knowledge)
- integrated pest management (knowledge)
- irrigate soil (skill/competence)
- maintain technical equipment (skill/competence)
- organic farming (knowledge)
- perform on-farm product processing (skill/competence)
- pest control in plants (knowledge)
- plant disease control (knowledge)
- plant harvest methods (knowledge)
- plant propagation (knowledge)
- plant species (knowledge)
- present the farm facilities (skill/competence)
- preserve crop (skill/competence)
- provide agri-touristic services (skill/competence)
- quality criteria for storage facilities (knowledge)
- soil structure (knowledge)
- technical equipment for crop production (knowledge)
- types of storage facilities (knowledge)
- use agricultural information systems and databases (skill/competence)
- use pest detection sensors (skill/competence)
- watering principles (knowledge)