Skills by Occupation

watering principles health and safety regulations quality criteria for storage facilities manage contracts make decisions regarding plant propagation optimise production leadership principles maintain storage facilities ensure soil fertility execute disease and pest control activities supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings provide leadership process fruits and vegetables plant harvest methods load picked fruits and vegetables pest control in plants nurse plants grow plants supervise fruit production teams store products crop production principles coordinate greenhouse environment fruit and vegetable products make independent operating decisions advise customers on storage of fruits and vegetables harvest crop project management principles fertilisation principles monitor fields select fruits and vegetables types of storage facilities create soil and plant improvement programmes operate horticulture equipment greenhouse types prepare planting area check quality of fruits and vegetables plant disease control environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry soil structure prepare planting area for planting use agricultural information systems and databases horticulture principles

recruit personnel ecology select adequate packaging for food products assist landscape projects agronomy pack vegetables or fruits develop agricultural production plans budgetary principles food legislation present the farm facilities food safety principles keep task records manage agri-tourism activites agronomical production principles agricultural business management organic farming handle veterinary emergencies carry out work related calculations in agriculture food plant design use gardening equipment manage production enterprise agritourism manage agricultural staff pick orders of agricultural products use fruit and vegetables processing machinery perform on-farm product processing maintain technical equipment assist equipment operation execute fertilisation provide agri-touristic services