Occupation Atlasland-based machinery operator
ESCO · http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/1b8c75a9-407b-4554-a7d6-df391672c6b1
land-based machinery operator
Land-based machinery operators operate specialised equipment and machinery for agricultural production and maintenance of landscape.
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Job Zone
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
Zone 2: Some Preparation Needed
Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma, some previous work-related skill or experience, and a few months to a year of training with experienced workers.
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
RCIRealistic · Conventional · Investigative — the three strongest interests, in order
- R Realistic7.00
- C Conventional3.67
- I Investigative2.50
- E Enterprising1.34
- A Artistic1.00
- S Social1.00
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 Equipment Operators (45-2091.00): in the official ESCO–O*NET crosswalk, its exact O*NET match, and the best-ranked match that has them. ESCO doesn't publish them directly.
Typically associated skills
Essential (14)
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.
- drive agricultural machines
- follow written instructions
- handling chemical products for soil and plants
- harvest crop
- herbicides
- identify plants characteristics
- mechanical tools
- operate agricultural machinery
- pesticides
- plant disease control
- road traffic laws
- spread fertiliser
- tow a tractor implement using the power take-off
- work in a land-based team
Optional (19)
- address problems critically
- agronomy
- apply precision farming
- communicate with customers
- create solutions to problems
- environmental policy
- fertilisation principles
- fertiliser products
- irrigate soil
- load equipment
- maintain mechanical equipment
- make independent operating decisions
- operate GPS systems
- operate landscaping equipment
- perform loading and unloading operations
- prepare equipment for harvest
- unload equipment
- use different communication channels
- variety of botanicals
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 14 essential skills. A plain count, not a hidden score.
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