land-based machinery operator

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http://ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/services/free-movement-professionals/qualifications-recognition_en

Skills & Competences

Essential Skills and Competences

drive agricultural machines follow written instructions handling chemical products for soil and plants harvest crop identify plants characteristics operate agricultural machinery spread fertiliser tow a tractor implement using the power take-off work in a land-based team

Essential Knowledge

herbicides mechanical tools pesticides plant disease control road traffic laws

Optional Skills and Competences

address problems critically apply precision farming communicate with customers create solutions to problems 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

Optional Knowledge

agronomy environmental policy fertilisation principles fertiliser products variety of botanicals

Skills & Competences

Concept status

Concept Uri

http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/1b8c75a9-407b-4554-a7d6-df391672c6b1

Status

released

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