First-Line Supervisors of Agricultural Crop & Horticultural Workers
Also called: Farm Manager, Grower, Farm Owner Operator, Field Operations Farm Manager
What they do:
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of agricultural crop or horticultural workers.
On the job, you would:
- Inspect crops, fields, or plant stock to determine conditions and need for cultivating, spraying, weeding, or harvesting.
- Assign duties, such as cultivation, irrigation, or harvesting of crops or plants, product packaging or grading, or equipment maintenance.
- Observe workers to detect inefficient or unsafe work procedures or to identify problems, initiating corrective action as necessary.
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
Arts and Humanities
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Basic Skills
People and Technology Systems
Resource Management
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Visual Understanding
Verbal
Attention
Ideas and Logic
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People interested in this work like activities that include
practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They do well at jobs that need:
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You might use software like this on the job: Spreadsheet software
Office suite software
Word processing software
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New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
$42,600
per year, on average
This work is part of the green economy. |
You might like a career in one of these industries:
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