Farmers, Ranchers, & Other Agricultural Managers

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Aquaculture Director, Farm Manager, Greenhouse Manager, Ranch Manager

What they do:
Plan, direct, or coordinate the management or operation of farms, ranches, greenhouses, aquacultural operations, nurseries, timber tracts, or other agricultural establishments. May hire, train, and supervise farm workers or contract for services to carry out the day-to-day activities of the managed operation. May engage in or supervise planting, cultivating, harvesting, and financial and marketing activities.
On the job, you would:
  • Collect and record growth, production, and environmental data.
  • Manage nurseries that grow horticultural plants for sale to trade or retail customers, for display or exhibition, or for research.
  • Direct and monitor trapping and spawning of fish, egg incubation, and fry rearing, applying knowledge of management and fish culturing techniques.

Knowledge

Business

  • management
  • human resources (HR)

Manufactured or Agricultural Goods

  • manufacture and distribution of products
  • food production

Math and Science

  • biology
  • arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Skills

Basic Skills

  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem

Problem Solving

  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Resource Management

  • selecting and managing the best workers for a job
  • managing your time and the time of other people

Abilities

Verbal

  • communicate by speaking
  • listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

  • make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
  • notice when problems happen

Visual Understanding

  • quickly compare groups of letters, numbers, pictures, or other things
  • see hidden patterns

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include leading, making decisions, and business.

They do well at jobs that need:

  • Dependability
  • Integrity
  • Attention to Detail
  • Initiative
  • Leadership
  • Persistence

Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Data base user interface and query software

  • Ag Leader Technology SMS Advanced
  • Microsoft Access Hot Technology

Presentation software

  • Microsoft PowerPoint Hot Technology

Enterprise resource planning ERP software

  • Midwest MicroSystems Cow Sense
  • SAP software Hot Technology

Education

Education: (rated 4 of 5)

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