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Career: Crop and Livestock Managers
Job Description
Direct and coordinate, through subordinate supervisory personnel, activities of workers engaged in agricultural crop production for corporations, cooperatives, or other owners.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
100
|
Record information such as production figures, farm management practices, and parent stock data, and prepare financial and operational reports. |
100
|
Confer with buyers to arrange for the sale of crops. |
100
|
Evaluate financial statements and make budget proposals. |
100
|
Analyze soil to determine types and quantities of fertilizer required for maximum production. |
100
|
Purchase machinery, equipment, and supplies such as tractors, seed, fertilizer, and chemicals. |
100
|
Analyze market conditions to determine acreage allocations. |
100
|
Inspect orchards and fields to determine maturity dates of crops, or to estimate potential crop damage from weather. |
97
|
Contract with farmers or independent owners for raising of crops, or for management of crop production. |
93
|
Direct and coordinate worker activities such as planting, irrigation, chemical application, harvesting, and grading. |
79
|
Determine procedural changes in drying, grading, storage, and shipment processes in order to provide greater efficiency and accuracy. |
76
|
Enforce applicable safety regulations. |
69
|
Hire, discharge, transfer, and promote workers. |
69
|
Negotiate with bank officials to obtain credit. |
66
|
Plan and direct development and production of hybrid plant varieties with high yields or with disease or insect resistance. |
62
|
Inspect equipment to ensure proper functioning. |
41
|
Coordinate growing activities with activities of related departments such as engineering, equipment maintenance, and packing. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
75
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
74
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
74
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
72
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
71
|
Getting Information
|
71
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
70
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
70
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
65
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
64
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
64
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
63
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
63
|
Processing Information
|
63
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
61
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
60
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
59
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
58
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
57
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
54
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
53
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
53
|
Thinking Creatively
|
52
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
52
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
51
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
51
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
49
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
49
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
48
|
Interacting With Computers
|
47
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
46
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
46
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
40
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
38
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
37
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
36
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
30
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
16
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
16
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|
11
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
11
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|