Occupation Atlasmixed farmer
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/1c1e86f9-6347-42d6-aa6e-c95b138bf640
mixed farmer
Mixed farmers are responsible for managing all aspects of livestock and crop production as a small enterprise or for self-sufficiency.
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Job Zone
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- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed
Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.
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
ERCEnterprising · Realistic · Conventional — the three strongest interests, in order
- E Enterprising5.52
- R Realistic5.16
- C Conventional4.53
- I Investigative2.74
- S Social2.63
- A Artistic1.06
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 Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers (11-9013.00): 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 (18)
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.
- agricultural business management
- agronomical production principles
- assign duties to agriculture workers
- crop production principles
- cultivate crops for biomass
- drive agricultural machines
- environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry
- harvest crop
- health and safety regulations
- livestock farming systems
- livestock reproduction
- manage crop production
- manage farm supplies
- manage livestock
- operate agricultural machinery
- operate farm equipment
- supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings
- sustainable agricultural production principles
Optional (15)
- agritourism
- agroecology
- apply sustainable tillage techniques
- comply with farm regulations
- dairy animal production
- develop agricultural policies
- e-agriculture
- handle poultry
- liaise with crop growers
- manage farm products
- manage production enterprise
- manage the health and welfare of livestock
- market farm products
- move animals
- recycle livestock manure
O*NET equivalents
From the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, strongest match first. A broader occupation takes in this one; a narrower one is a part of it.
Closest occupations
Compare any occupation →ESCO occupations that share the most of this occupation's 18 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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livestock advisor
7 shared · 17 more of its ownlivestock farming systems, sustainable agricultural production principles, manage livestock, livestock reproduction
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farm manager
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horticulture production manager
6 shared · 36 more of its ownmanage crop production, harvest crop, crop production principles, supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings
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agronomist
5 shared · 30 more of its owncultivate crops for biomass, manage livestock, crop production principles, supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings
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fruit production team leader
5 shared · 35 more of its ownharvest crop, crop production principles, supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings, environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry
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horticulture production team leader
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