What You'll Do

  • Pay wages of contracted farm laborers.
  • Provide food, drinking water, and field sanitation facilities to contracted workers.
  • Recruit and hire agricultural workers.
  • Employ foremen to deal directly with workers when recruiting, hiring, instructing, assigning tasks, and enforcing work rules.
  • Supervise the work of contracted employees.
  • Furnish tools for employee use.
  • Direct and transport workers to appropriate work sites.

Essential Skills

Speaking 3.5/5
Active Listening 3.38/5
Management of Personnel Resources 3.25/5
Time Management 3.12/5
Critical Thinking 3.0/5
Social Perceptiveness 3.0/5
Coordination 3.0/5
Judgment and Decision Making 3.0/5
Reading Comprehension 2.75/5
Writing 2.75/5
Monitoring 2.75/5
Negotiation 2.75/5

Career Fit Overview

Use this summary to understand the kind of profile this role rewards. It helps you judge whether this career looks like a stronger match than your current role, a nearby move worth exploring, or a broader path to compare more seriously.

Top passions

  • Leader: Taking charge and moving ideas forward motivates you.
  • Maker: Building and fixing energizes you. You like tangible results and practical tools.
  • Organizer: Bringing order to data and processes satisfies you.

Common styles

Leadership Orientation, Dependability, Stress Tolerance, Attention to Detail, Integrity

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Key Abilities

This career demands strong capabilities in the following areas:

Oral Comprehension 3.62/5
Oral Expression 3.5/5
Speech Clarity 3.38/5
Speech Recognition 3.25/5
Problem Sensitivity 3.12/5
Near Vision 3.0/5
Written Comprehension 2.88/5
Written Expression 2.88/5

Technologies & Tools

Bookkeeping software E-Verify Facebook Financial accounting software Intuit QuickBooks Microsoft Access Microsoft Excel Microsoft Office software Microsoft Outlook Microsoft SharePoint Microsoft Word SAP software Web browser software

Work Environment & Strengths

Common Strengths for This Career

  • Leadership Orientation (High importance: 4.64/5)
  • Dependability (High importance: 4.53/5)
  • Stress Tolerance (High importance: 4.05/5)
  • Attention to Detail (High importance: 4.03/5)
  • Integrity (High importance: 4.01/5)

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How to Become One

Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience may be helpful but is usually not required. Training is often provided on the job.

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Also Known As

This career is known by many different job titles across industries. Here are all the variations:

Farm Contractor Farm Crew Leader Farm Crew Member Farm Labor Contractor Farm Sanitation Employee Field Contractor Field Crop Harvest Contractor Field Manager Field Supervisor Harvest Contractor Harvesting Contractor

Career Fit FAQs

Is this career a good fit for me

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Can this help if I want to stay in my field

Yes. Many people use career pages like this to compare nearby roles in the same field and see whether they need a full switch or a better-fit version of the work they already know.

What should I compare first

Start with the daily tasks, the preparation level, and the work-style signals on this page. Then use the assessment to see whether this role looks like a stronger fit than your current role or just a different title.