MehnaTi

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

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

Sample of reported job titles:
Cattle Manager, Field Operations Farm Manager, Fish Farm Manager, Fish Hatchery Manager, Harvest Supervisor, Harvesting Supervisor, Logging Crew Foreman, Logging Supervisor, Pest Management Supervisor, Supervisor Grower

Occupation-Specific Information

Tasks

  • Assign tasks such as feeding and treatment of animals, and cleaning and maintenance of animal quarters.
  • Record the numbers and types of fish or shellfish reared, harvested, released, sold, and shipped.
  • Monitor workers to ensure that safety regulations are followed, warning or disciplining those who violate safety regulations.
  • Observe animals for signs of illness, injury, or unusual behavior, notifying veterinarians or managers as warranted.
  • Observe fish and beds or ponds to detect diseases, monitor fish growth, determine quality of fish, or determine completeness of harvesting.

Technology Skills

  • Accounting software:BCS Woodlands Software The Logger Tracker
    ,    Sage 50 Accounting
  • Calendar and scheduling software:Employee scheduling software
    ,    Work scheduling software
  • Data base user interface and query software:Cattlesoft CattleMax
    ,    Database software
    ,    Lion Edge Technologies Ranch Manager
    ,    Valley Agricultural Software DairyCOMP 305
  • Electronic mail software:Microsoft Outlook
  • Enterprise resource planning ERP software:Enterprise resource planning ERP software
    ,    Midwest MicroSystems Cow Sense

Occupational Requirements

Work Activities

  • Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates:Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
  • Getting Information:Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
  • Making Decisions and Solving Problems:Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
  • Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings:Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
  • Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment:Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft.

Detailed Work Activities

  • Assign duties or work schedules to employees.
  • Communicate with other workers to coordinate activities.
  • Confer with managers to make operational decisions.
  • Coordinate forestry or agricultural activities.
  • Direct activities of agricultural, forestry, or fishery employees.

Worker Requirements

Skills

  • Active Listening:Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
  • Judgment and Decision Making:Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
  • Monitoring:Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
  • Management of Personnel Resources:Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
  • Speaking:Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Knowledge

  • 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.
  • Production and Processing:Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
  • Mechanical:Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.
  • 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.
  • English Language:Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Worker Characteristics

Abilities

  • Oral Expression:The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
  • Problem Sensitivity:The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
  • Oral Comprehension:The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
  • Deductive Reasoning:The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
  • Inductive Reasoning:The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

Interests

  • Enterprising:Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.
  • Realistic:Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
  • Conventional:Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Work Values

  • Independence:Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
  • Support:Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.
  • Achievement:Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.

Work Styles

  • Dependability:Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
  • Attention to Detail:Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
  • Integrity:Job requires being honest and ethical.
  • Leadership:Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
  • Cooperation:Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
Get yourself a new skill

In this Path

Track1
Analytical Skills
Decision Making
Our lives are but an endless series of making decisions; we as people might have to take hundreds -...
Read more
Salalem
Problem Solving
كلُ مشكلةٍ تشبهُ البابَ الكبيرَ، وبالتأكيدِ هناك حلٌ يمثلُ المفتاحَ الصغيرَ الذي يمكنكَ من فتحِهِ بس...
Read more
Salalem
Track2
Microsoft Office Set
Microsoft Excel
This course is designed to take you from Zero to Hero on Excel, and make your accounting job and req...
Read more
Filtered AI
Microsoft Word
Word is not just for writing plain text; and this is why this course is here to guide you through ev...
Read more
Intellezy Learning