agronomist
ISCO: 2132. Skills: 81. Essential: 35.
Essential skills
- agroecology
- agronomy
- apply horticultural standards and practices
- apply safety procedures in laboratory
- biology
- budgetary principles
- consult with business clients
- consultation methods
- crop production principles
- cultivate crops for biomass
- environmental legislation
- environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry
- European pesticide legislation
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- gather experimental data
- horticulture principles
- irrigation systems
- laboratory techniques
- livestock species
- maintain laboratory equipment
- manage crop rotation
- manage livestock
- manage nutrients
- mathematics
- perform laboratory tests
- pest control in plants
- pesticides
- plant disease control
- plant harvest methods
- plant propagation
- research improvement of crop yields
- scientific literature
- supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings
- use agricultural information systems and databases
- write work-related reports
Supporting skills
- accept own accountability
- advise on crop diseases
- advise on fertiliser and herbicide
- advise on soil and water protection
- agricultural equipment
- analyse samples of food and beverages
- archive scientific documentation
- assess crop damage
- bioeconomy
- biological chemistry
- climate smart agriculture
- collect samples for analysis
- communicate with customers
- comply with agricultural code of practice
- create crop protection plans
- create solutions to problems
- develop irrigation strategies
- develop personal skills
- develop scientific research protocols
- develop scientific theories
- ecology
- fertilisation principles
- genetic engineering
- keep task records
- liaise with crop growers
- livestock feeding
- maintain plants' growth
- make decisions regarding plant propagation
- manage agricultural staff
- manage crop production
- manage farm supplies
- microbiology-bacteriology
- molecular biology
- monitor crops
- organic farming
- pollution prevention
- prevent crop disorders
- quality criteria for storage facilities
- reforestation
- soil structure
- supervise laboratory operations
- types of storage facilities
- use communication techniques
- write research proposals
- write scientific publications
- write technical reports