Farmers and Ranchers
On the Job
Farmers and Ranchers oversee the management of farms, ranches, greenhouses, nurseries and other organizations. They may hire and train workers. They may make decisions about activities like planting, harvesting, or marketing.
Physical Demands
This career requires time standing, walking, or running.
Typical Work Tasks
People who work in this career often:
- Estimate cost or material requirements.
- Confer with organizational members to accomplish work activities.
- Approve expenditures.
- Determine resource needs.
- Implement organizational process or policy changes.
- Direct administrative or support services.
- Direct organizational operations, projects, or services.
- Direct sales, marketing, or customer service activities.
- Manage agricultural or forestry operations.
- Prepare staff schedules or work assignments.
Typical Working Conditions
- Freedom to make decisions without supervision.
- Working outdoors exposed to weather.
- The freedom to determine tasks, priorities, and goals.
- Responsibility for others' health and safety.
- Working with a group or team.
- Having face-to-face discussions.
- Standing.
- Working in very hot or cold temperatures.
- Exposure to minor burns, cuts, bites, or stings.
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