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The skills each role needs — from the EU's official ESCO classification.
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fruit production team leader
ESCO occupation · 42 essential, 30 optional skills. Click a skill to find jobs that mention it.
Essential skills
types of storage facilities
operate horticulture equipment
prepare planting area
select fruits and vegetables
maintain storage facilities
plant disease control
create soil and plant improvement programmes
manage contracts
use agricultural information systems and databases
provide leadership
harvest crop
health and safety regulations
crop production principles
project management principles
environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry
horticulture principles
leadership principles
check quality of fruits and vegetables
coordinate greenhouse environment
plant harvest methods
process fruits and vegetables
supervise fruit production teams
supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings
store products
grow plants
ensure soil fertility
prepare planting area for planting
pest control in plants
greenhouse types
make independent operating decisions
watering principles
nurse plants
monitor fields
optimise production
fertilisation principles
advise customers on storage of fruits and vegetables
soil structure
quality criteria for storage facilities
execute disease and pest control activities
fruit and vegetable products
load picked fruits and vegetables
make decisions regarding plant propagation
Optional & specialised skills
manage agri-tourism activites
manage agricultural staff
food legislation
food safety principles
agricultural business management
organic farming
recruit personnel
carry out work related calculations in agriculture
handle veterinary emergencies
perform on-farm product processing
present the farm facilities
food plant design
manage production enterprise
keep task records
agronomy
maintain technical equipment
use fruit and vegetables processing machinery
provide agri-touristic services
budgetary principles
use gardening equipment
execute fertilisation
agritourism
assist equipment operation
assist landscape projects
ecology
select adequate packaging for food products
pack vegetables or fruits
agronomical production principles
pick orders of agricultural products
develop agricultural production plans
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Coming next: live skill demand and trends — how often each skill
actually appears in job ads — arrive with the EURES / Cedefop integration. The skills above
are the canonical requirements for the role from the EU ESCO taxonomy.