How do they match: Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers

  • 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.

  • Coordinate clerical, record-keeping, inventory, requisitioning, and marketing activities.
  • Coordinate the selection and maintenance of brood stock.
  • Determine how to allocate resources and to respond to unanticipated problems, such as insect infestation, drought, and fire.

  • Determine resource needs.
  • Estimate labor or resource requirements for forestry, fishing, or agricultural operations.
  • Purchase materials, equipment, or other resources.