agronomist
Code 2132.2
Agronomists provide consulting services to companies, agricultural cooperatives, agronomical crop growers and horticultural crop growers on the cultivation of food crops. They study the science, technology and business related to growing plants. They examine crops and perform experiments in order to improve crop yields and farms' production. Agronomists also examine the most effective ways to harvest and cultivate plants.
Essential skills
Knowledge
- agroecology
- agronomy
- biology
- plant disease control
- livestock species
- environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry
- European pesticide legislation
- environmental legislation
- plant propagation
- consultation methods
- pesticides
- horticulture principles
- crop production principles
- budgetary principles
- plant harvest methods
- pest control in plants
- irrigation systems
- laboratory techniques
Skills and competences
- apply horticultural standards and practices
- apply safety procedures in laboratory
- consult with business clients
- supervise hygiene procedures in agricultural settings
- manage livestock
- manage nutrients
- perform laboratory tests
- research improvement of crop yields
- maintain laboratory equipment
- write work-related reports
- gather experimental data
- use agricultural information systems and databases
Transversal competences
- execute analytical mathematical calculations
- mathematics
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