How do they match: First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers

  • Operations Manager
  • Equipment Operator
  • Farm Operator
  • Loader Operator Supervisor

  • Confer with managers to determine production requirements, conditions of equipment and supplies, and work schedules.
  • Coordinate dismantling, moving, and setting up equipment at new work sites.
  • Direct or assist with the adjustment or repair of equipment or machinery.
  • Drive or operate farm machinery, such as trucks, tractors, or self-propelled harvesters, to transport workers or supplies or to cultivate or harvest fields.
  • Inspect buildings, fences, fields or ranges, supplies, and equipment to determine work to be performed.
  • Issue equipment, such as farm implements, machinery, ladders, or containers to workers, and collect equipment when work is complete.
  • Monitor operations to identify and solve problems, improve work methods, and ensure compliance with safety, company, and government regulations.
  • Plan work schedules according to personnel and equipment availability.
  • Schedule work crews, equipment, or transportation for several different work locations.
  • Train workers in spawning, rearing, cultivating, and harvesting methods, and in the use of equipment.
  • Train workers in tree felling or bucking, operation of tractors or loading machines, yarding or loading techniques, or safety regulations.
  • Transport or arrange for transport of animals, equipment, food, animal feed, and other supplies to and from work sites.

  • Operate farming equipment.
  • Confer with managers to make operational decisions.
  • Direct technical activities or operations.
  • Inspect equipment or facilities to determine condition or maintenance needs.
  • Inspect products or operations to ensure that standards are met.
  • Maintain forestry, hunting, or agricultural equipment.
  • Maintain inventories of materials, equipment, or products.
  • Monitor operational quality or safety.
  • Transport animals, crops, or equipment.