# Competences — hop farmer

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a6af318e-8a3a-4266-a1ef-cf7afe588201).

## Essential

- **advise on beer production** (skill/competence)
- **assess crop damage** (skill/competence)
- **create crop protection plans** (skill/competence)
- **cultivate hops** (skill/competence)
- **execute fertilisation** (skill/competence)
- **grow plants** (skill/competence)
- **harvest crop** (skill/competence)
- **hop cultivation** (knowledge)
- **ingredients for beer production** (knowledge)
- **maintain gardening equipment** (skill/competence)
- **maintain storage facilities** (skill/competence)
- **manage crop production** (skill/competence)
- **monitor crops** (skill/competence)
- **monitor fields** (skill/competence)
- **nurse plants** (skill/competence)
- **operate hand pruning equipment** (skill/competence)
- **plant propagation** (knowledge)
- **prepare planting area** (skill/competence)
- **prevent crop disorders** (skill/competence)
- **propagate plants** (skill/competence)
- **store crops** (skill/competence)
- **supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings** (skill/competence)
- **use gardening equipment** (skill/competence)

## Optional

- agritourism (knowledge)
- agronomy (knowledge)
- apply sustainable tillage techniques (skill/competence)
- assign duties to agriculture workers (skill/competence)
- carry out work related calculations in agriculture (skill/competence)
- crop production principles (knowledge)
- execute disease and pest control activities (skill/competence)
- fertilisation principles (knowledge)
- horticulture principles (knowledge)
- manage crop rotation (skill/competence)
- organic farming (knowledge)
- pest control in plants (knowledge)
- pick orders of agricultural products (skill/competence)
- plant disease control (knowledge)
- plant harvest methods (knowledge)
- soil structure (knowledge)
- variety of beers (knowledge)
- watering principles (knowledge)