First-Line Supervisors of Agricultural Crop & Horticultural Workers
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of agricultural crop or horticultural workers.
Also called: Farm Owner Operator, Field Operations Farm Manager, Grower, Pest Management Supervisor
Knowledge:
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
- manufacture and distribution of products
- food production
- management
- customer service
- teaching and course design
Skills:
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- changing what is done based on other people's actions
- understanding people's reactions
Abilites:
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
- notice when problems happen
- use rules to solve problems
- see hidden patterns
- quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.
They do well at jobs that need
- Dependability
- Leadership
- Initiative
- Attention to Detail
- Independence
- Adaptability/Flexibility
