Occupation Atlasagronomist
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/c40ef517-d4ab-4932-b184-9c2ea5b24fe2
agronomist
Agronomists provide consulting services to companies, agricultural cooperatives, agronomical crop growers and horticultural crop growers on the cultivation of food crops. They study the science, technology and business related to growing plants. They examine crops and perform experiments in order to improve crop yields and farms' production. Agronomists also examine the most effective ways to harvest and cultivate plants.
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Job Zone
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- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 3: Medium Preparation Needed
Medium preparation. Vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or an associate degree, with one to two years of training that combines experience and informal instruction.
Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.
Occupational interest profile
RICRealistic · Investigative · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic6.82
- I Investigative4.57
- C Conventional4.26
- E Enterprising1.99
- S Social1.46
- A Artistic1.00
RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.
Job Zone and interest data are borrowed from Agricultural Technicians (19-4012.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its close O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (35)
ESCO's essential and optional tags describe how its taxonomy relates a skill to this occupation. They are not the essential functions of a job under the ADA, which an employer determines for its own role.
- European pesticide legislation
- agroecology
- agronomy
- apply horticultural standards and practices
- apply safety procedures in laboratory
- biology
- budgetary principles
- consult with business clients
- consultation methods
- crop production principles
- cultivate crops for biomass
- environmental legislation
- environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- gather experimental data
- horticulture principles
- irrigation systems
- laboratory techniques
- livestock species
- maintain laboratory equipment
- manage crop rotation
- manage livestock
- manage nutrients
- mathematics
- perform laboratory tests
- pest control in plants
- pesticides
- plant disease control
- plant harvest methods
- plant propagation
- research improvement of crop yields
- scientific literature
- supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings
- use agricultural information systems and databases
- write work-related reports
Optional (46)
- accept own accountability
- advise on crop diseases
- advise on fertiliser and herbicide
- advise on soil and water protection
- agricultural equipment
- analyse samples of food and beverages
- archive scientific documentation
- assess crop damage
- bioeconomy
- biological chemistry
- climate smart agriculture
- collect samples for analysis
- communicate with customers
- comply with agricultural code of practice
- create crop protection plans
- create solutions to problems
- develop irrigation strategies
- develop personal skills
- develop scientific research protocols
- develop scientific theories
- ecology
- fertilisation principles
- genetic engineering
- keep task records
- liaise with crop growers
- livestock feeding
- maintain plants' growth
- make decisions regarding plant propagation
- manage agricultural staff
- manage crop production
- manage farm supplies
- microbiology-bacteriology
- molecular biology
- monitor crops
- organic farming
- pollution prevention
- prevent crop disorders
- quality criteria for storage facilities
- reforestation
- soil structure
- supervise laboratory operations
- types of storage facilities
- use communication techniques
- write research proposals
- write scientific publications
- write technical reports
O*NET equivalents
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Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 35 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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8 shared · 32 more of its ownuse agricultural information systems and databases, plant harvest methods, horticulture principles, crop production principles
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