How do they match: First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers

  • First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers

  • Agricultural and Forestry Supervisor
  • Aquacultural Worker Supervisor
  • Insect and Disease Inspection Supervisor
  • Park Worker Supervisor
  • Shed Workers Supervisor
  • Tree Fruit and Nut Farming Supervisor

  • Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of agricultural, forestry, aquacultural, and related workers.

  • Confer with managers to determine production requirements, conditions of equipment and supplies, and work schedules.
  • Coordinate dismantling, moving, and setting up equipment at new work sites.
  • Drive or operate farm machinery, such as trucks, tractors, or self-propelled harvesters, to transport workers or supplies or to cultivate or harvest fields.
  • Inspect buildings, fences, fields or ranges, supplies, and equipment to determine work to be performed.
  • Issue equipment, such as farm implements, machinery, ladders, or containers to workers, and collect equipment when work is complete.
  • Monitor workers to ensure that safety regulations are followed, warning or disciplining those who violate safety regulations.
  • Monitor operations to identify and solve problems, improve work methods, and ensure compliance with safety, company, and government regulations.
  • Perform both supervisory and management functions, such as accounting, marketing, and personnel work.
  • Plan work schedules according to personnel and equipment availability.
  • Schedule work crews, equipment, or transportation for several different work locations.
  • Train workers in spawning, rearing, cultivating, and harvesting methods, and in the use of equipment.
  • Train workers in techniques such as planting, harvesting, weeding, or insect identification and in the use of safety measures.
  • Train workers in tree felling or bucking, operation of tractors or loading machines, yarding or loading techniques, or safety regulations.
  • Transport or arrange for transport of animals, equipment, food, animal feed, and other supplies to and from work sites.

  • Assign duties or work schedules to employees.
  • Communicate with other workers to coordinate activities.
  • Schedule agricultural or forestry work.
  • Train workers in farming, forestry, or hunting techniques.