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Farm Labor Contractors

Also called: Farm Labor Contractor, Field Manager, Field Supervisor

What they do:
Recruit and hire seasonal or temporary agricultural laborers. May transport, house, and provide meals for workers.
On the job, you would:
  • Pay wages of contracted farm laborers.
  • Provide food, drinking water, and field sanitation facilities to contracted workers.
  • Recruit and hire agricultural workers.

Knowledge

Arts and Humanities
  • foreign language
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
  • food production
  • manufacture and distribution of products
Math and Science
  • arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
Business
  • human resources (HR)

Skills

Basic Skills
  • talking to others
  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
Problem Solving
  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Abilities

Verbal
  • listen and understand what people say
  • communicate by speaking
Attention
  • pay attention to something without being distracted

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include
leading, making decisions, and business.
They do well at jobs that need:
  • Dependability
  • Integrity
  • Achievement/Effort
  • Cooperation
  • Concern for Others
  • Initiative

Technology

Examples of the technology used in this career will be available soon.

Education

Education: (rated 2 of 5)
some high school or
high school diploma
usually needed

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Job Outlook

Below Average Outlook
New job opportunities are less likely in the future.
Salary
$29,150
per year, on average
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