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

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

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Industries: Farming, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting

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Communicate with forestry personnel regarding forest harvesting or forest management plans, procedures, or schedules.
Monitor or oversee construction projects, such as horticultural buildings or irrigation systems.
Schedule work crews, equipment, or transportation for several different work locations.
Inspect buildings, fences, fields or ranges, supplies, and equipment to determine work to be performed.
Record the numbers and types of fish or shellfish reared, harvested, released, sold, and shipped.
Train workers in techniques such as planting, harvesting, weeding, or insect identification and in the use of safety measures.
Confer with managers to evaluate weather or soil conditions, to develop plans or procedures, or to discuss issues such as changes in fertilizers, herbicides, or cultivating techniques.
Coordinate the selection and movement of logs from storage areas, according to transportation schedules or production requirements.
Read inventory records, customer orders, or shipping schedules to determine required activities.
Requisition or purchase supplies, such as insecticides, machine parts or lubricants, or tools.
Monitor workers to ensure that safety regulations are followed, warning or disciplining those who violate safety regulations.
Train workers in tree felling or bucking, operation of tractors or loading machines, yarding or loading techniques, or safety regulations.
Train workers in spawning, rearing, cultivating, and harvesting methods, and in the use of equipment.
Coordinate dismantling, moving, and setting up equipment at new work sites.
Perform both supervisory and management functions, such as accounting, marketing, and personnel work.
Inspect facilities to determine maintenance needs.
Prepare and maintain time or payroll reports, as well as details of personnel actions, such as performance evaluations, hires, promotions, or disciplinary actions.
Inspect crops, fields, or plant stock to determine conditions and need for cultivating, spraying, weeding, or harvesting.
Drive or operate farm machinery, such as trucks, tractors, or self-propelled harvesters, to transport workers or supplies or to cultivate or harvest fields.
Transport or arrange for transport of animals, equipment, food, animal feed, and other supplies to and from work sites.
Confer with managers to determine production requirements, conditions of equipment and supplies, and work schedules.
Issue equipment, such as farm implements, machinery, ladders, or containers to workers, and collect equipment when work is complete.
Calculate or monitor budgets for maintenance or development of collections, grounds, or infrastructure.
Observe fish and beds or ponds to detect diseases, monitor fish growth, determine quality of fish, or determine completeness of harvesting.
Assign tasks such as feeding and treatment of animals, and cleaning and maintenance of animal quarters.
Observe animals for signs of illness, injury, or unusual behavior, notifying veterinarians or managers as warranted.
Treat animal illnesses or injuries, following experience or instructions of veterinarians.

Installation
- Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs.
Complex Problem Solving
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
Troubleshooting
- Figuring out what is causing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs to not work.
Systems Evaluation
- Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.
Management of Financial Resources
- Making spending decisions and keeping track of what is spent.
Active Learning
- Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.
Learning Strategies
- Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.
Monitoring
- Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
Coordination
- Changing what is done based on other people's actions.
Reading Comprehension
- Reading work-related information.
Management of Personnel Resources
- Selecting and managing the best workers for a job.
Speaking
- Talking to others.
Operations Analysis
- Figuring out what a product or service needs to be able to do.
Technology Design
- Making equipment and technology useful for customers.
Persuasion
- Talking people into changing their minds or their behavior.
Equipment Selection
- Deciding what kind of tools and equipment are needed to do a job.
Operations Monitoring
- Watching gauges, dials, or display screens to make sure a machine is working.
Active Listening
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
Programming
- Writing computer programs.
Equipment Maintenance
- Planning and doing the basic maintenance on equipment.
Judgment and Decision Making
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
Systems Analysis
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
Science
- Using scientific rules and strategies to solve problems.
Critical Thinking
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
Social Perceptiveness
- Understanding people's reactions.
Mathematics
- Using math to solve problems.
Operation and Control
- Using equipment or systems.
Negotiation
- Bringing people together to solve differences.
Instructing
- Teaching people how to do something.
Repairing
- Repairing machines or systems using the right tools.
Quality Control Analysis
- Testing how well a product or service works.
Time Management
- Managing your time and the time of other people.
Management of Material Resources
- Managing equipment and materials.
Writing
- Writing things for co-workers or customers.
Service Orientation
- Looking for ways to help people.

Sound Localization
- Noticing the direction that a sound came from.
Glare Sensitivity
- Seeing something even if there is a glare or very bright light.
Inductive Reasoning
- Making general rules or coming up with answers from lots of detailed information.
Flexibility of Closure
- Seeing hidden patterns.
Written Expression
- Communicating by writing.
Explosive Strength
- Jumping, sprinting, or throwing something.
Trunk Strength
- Using your lower back and stomach.
Far Vision
- Seeing details that are far away.
Response Orientation
- Quickly deciding if you should move your hand, foot, or other body part.
Reaction Time
- Quickly moving your hand, finger, or foot based on a sound, light, picture or other command.
Hearing Sensitivity
- Telling the difference between sounds.
Depth Perception
- Deciding which thing is closer or farther away from you, or deciding how far away it is from you.
Time Sharing
- Doing two or more things at the same time.
Problem Sensitivity
- Noticing when problems happen.
Spatial Orientation
- Knowing where things are around you.
Speech Recognition
- Recognizing spoken words.
Speech Clarity
- Speaking clearly.
Information Ordering
- Ordering or arranging things.
Number Facility
- Adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing.
Speed of Closure
- Quickly knowing what you are looking at.
Perceptual Speed
- Quickly comparing groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things.
Selective Attention
- Paying attention to something without being distracted.
Manual Dexterity
- Holding or moving items with your hands.
Oral Expression
- Communicating by speaking.
Dynamic Strength
- Exercising for a long time without your muscles getting tired.
Stamina
- Exercising for a long time without getting out of breath.
Extent Flexibility
- Bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching with your body, arms, and/or legs.
Dynamic Flexibility
- Quickly and repeatedly bending, stretching, twisting, or reaching out with your body, arms, and/or legs.
Gross Body Coordination
- Moving your arms, legs, and mid-section together while your whole body is moving.
Night Vision
- Seeing at night or under low light.
Rate Control
- Changing when and how fast you move based on how something else is moving.
Speed of Limb Movement
- Quickly moving your arms and legs.
Oral Comprehension
- Listening and understanding what people say.
Near Vision
- Seeing details up close.
Visual Color Discrimination
- Noticing the difference between colors, including shades and brightness.
Peripheral Vision
- Seeing something to your side when your are looking ahead.
Category Flexibility
- Grouping things in different ways.
Visualization
- Imagining how something will look after it is moved around or changed.
Arm-Hand Steadiness
- Keeping your arm or hand steady.
Control Precision
- Quickly changing the controls of a machine, car, truck or boat.
Mathematical Reasoning
- Choosing the right type of math to solve a problem.
Memorization
- Remembering words, numbers, pictures, or steps.
Auditory Attention
- Paying attention to one sound while there are other distracting sounds.
Deductive Reasoning
- Using rules to solve problems.
Finger Dexterity
- Putting together small parts with your fingers.
Gross Body Equilibrium
- Keeping your balance or staying upright.
Fluency of Ideas
- Coming up with lots of ideas.
Originality
- Creating new and original ideas.
Multilimb Coordination
- Using your arms and/or legs together while sitting, standing, or lying down.
Wrist-Finger Speed
- Making fast, simple, repeated movements of your fingers, hands, and wrists.
Static Strength
- Lifting, pushing, pulling, or carrying.
Written Comprehension
- Reading and understanding what is written.

Administration and Management
- Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Administrative
- Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
Customer and Personal Service
- Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Personnel and Human Resources
- Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
Computers and Electronics
- Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Engineering and Technology
- Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
Design
- Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.
Building and Construction
- Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.
Sociology and Anthropology
- Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures, and their history and origins.
Medicine and Dentistry
- Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.
Philosophy and Theology
- Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.
Fine Arts
- Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
Communications and Media
- Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.
Transportation
- Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.
Public Safety and Security
- Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.
Law and Government
- Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
Sales and Marketing
- Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
Mechanical
- Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
Mathematics
- Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Biology
- Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
Psychology
- Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.
English Language
- Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, and rules of composition and grammar.
History and Archeology
- Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.
Telecommunications
- Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.
Economics and Accounting
- Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
Production and Processing
- Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
Food Production
- Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
Physics
- Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub-atomic structures and processes.
Chemistry
- Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.
Geography
- Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.
Therapy and Counseling
- Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.
Education and Training
- Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
Foreign Language
- Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Work Experience

Less than 5 years work experience

Training

No on-the-job training

Education and Training Opportunities

Washington Annual Salary

60930/yr

Washington Hourly Wage

29.3/hr

Currently Employed

4,490

Yearly Projected Openings

640

Enterprising: People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business. They do well at jobs that need:

Leadership Orientation
Perseverance
Dependability
Cooperation
Attention to Detail
Integrity

Adjustable widemouth pliers
Adjustable wrenches
Agricultural tractors
Air compressors
Air dryers
Air pumps
All terrain vehicles tracked or wheeled
Animal husbandry equipment
Animal shearing or clipping equipment
Animal watering machines
Animal weighing scales
Axes
Backhoes
Blast freezers
Blood collection syringes
Bridles
Cargo trucks
Claw hammer
Cleaning brushes
Commercial fishing nets
Conventional truck cranes
Conveyor screw
Cultivators
Desktop computers
Digital camcorders or video cameras
Dissolved oxygen meters
Diving instruments or accessories
Dollies
Dropping pipettes
Dump trucks
Egg inspection or collecting equipment
Feed mixers
Fertilizer spreaders or distributors
Flatbed trailers
Flowmeters
Fog or mist generators
Forestry saws
Forestry skidders
Forklifts
Front end loaders
Garden forks
Gas generators
Global positioning system GPS receiver
Grapples
Greenhouse ventilation equipment
Hand sprayers
Handheld thermometer
Hard hats
Harvesters
Haymaking machinery
Hoes
Hoists
Incubators or brooders for poultry
Irrigation overheads
Laboratory beakers
Lawnmowers
Light trucks or sport utility vehicles
Livestock identification equipment
Livestock trailers
Lumbering equipment
Marine hatchery equipment
Milking machines
Multipurpose or general test tubes
Nebulizers
Personal computers
Pisciculture supplies
Ploughs
Portable data input terminals
Post hole digger
Power drills
Power saws
Rakes
Recreational motorboats
Recreational rowboats
Respirators
Saddles
Saws
Screwdrivers
Seed drills
Shovels
Snowplow attachments
Socket sets
Sonars
Spades
Sprayers
Squeegees or washers
Tape measures
Track bulldozers
Track excavators
Track loaders
Turbidimeters
Two way radios
Ultraviolet wastewater disinfection equipment
Veterinary castration instruments
Veterinary injection or suction unit
Veterinary nail trimmers or cutters
Water analyzers
Water pumps
Water purification equipment
Water samplers
Wet mops
Winches
pH meters

Accounting software
Calendar and scheduling software
Data base user interface and query software
Electronic mail software
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
Expert system software
Internet browser software
Inventory management software
Map creation software
Office suite software
Presentation software
Project management software
Spreadsheet software
Time accounting software
Word processing software

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