First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of agricultural, forestry, aquacultural, and related workers.
Most important skills
- Critical Thinking
- Coordination
- Speaking
- Monitoring
- Reading Comprehension
- Time Management
- Management of Personnel Resources
- Active Listening
Key knowledge
- Administration and Management
- Production and Processing
- Customer and Personal Service
- English Language
- Mechanical
- Education and Training
- Biology
- Food Production
What the work involves
- Direct or assist with the adjustment or repair of equipment or machinery.
- 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.
- Assign tasks such as feeding and treatment of animals, and cleaning and maintenance of animal quarters.
- Record the numbers and types of fish or shellfish reared, harvested, released, sold, and shipped.
- Monitor workers to ensure that safety regulations are followed, warning or disciplining those who violate safety regulations.
- Observe animals for signs of illness, injury, or unusual behavior, notifying veterinarians or managers as warranted.
- Observe fish and beds or ponds to detect diseases, monitor fish growth, determine quality of fish, or determine completeness of harvesting.
Strongest interest areas (O*NET): Enterprising, Realistic, Conventional.
Qualifications and licensing
- Most common education
- Bachelor's Degree (32.9% of respondents)
- Related experience
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (28.3%)
- On-the-job training
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (21.9%)
- Preparation level
- O*NET job zone 3: Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
- Licensing
- Not yet verified. Check your state licensing board.
Check before planning
- Licensing for First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers is not yet verified for any state: check the state licensing board before planning.
Limits
- Distributions show what current workers or occupational experts report, not legal minimums.
- Requirements vary by employer and state; time to qualify is not estimated.
Source: O*NET 31.0 Database (USDOL/ETA, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections · dataset 2026.10.8 · method e3-qualification-1.0.0
Work environment
How the typical conditions of this occupation compare with 911 occupations in O*NET (very low = the lowest fifth).
Levels are relative. Most occupations involve a lot of contact with people, for example, so “very low” can still mean regular contact; the last column shows what workers actually reported.
| Condition | Level | Compared with other occupations | Most common answer (O*NET survey) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contact with others | Moderate | Lower on contact with others than 54% of occupations compared | 55% of surveyed respondents chose “Constant contact with others” |
| Dealing with the public | Moderate | Lower on dealing with the public than 57% of occupations compared | 30% of surveyed respondents chose “Very important” |
| Teamwork | Low | Lower on teamwork than 62% of occupations compared | 52% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely important” |
| Freedom to make decisions | High | Higher on freedom to make decisions than 77% of occupations compared | 56% of surveyed respondents chose “A lot of freedom” |
| Time pressure | Moderate | Higher on time pressure than 51% of occupations compared | 40% of surveyed respondents chose “Every day” |
| Conflict situations | Moderate | Lower on conflict situations than 56% of occupations compared | 32% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Dealing with unpleasant or angry people | Low | Lower on dealing with unpleasant or angry people than 63% of occupations compared | 37% of surveyed respondents chose “Once a year or more but not every month” |
| Consequence of error | High | Higher on consequence of error than 70% of occupations compared | 34% of surveyed respondents chose “Extremely serious” |
Work-pressure profile
- Time pressure: moderate
- Conflict situations: moderate
- Dealing with unpleasant or angry people: low
- Consequence of error: high
Each part is shown on its own. There is no combined stress score, and conditions vary by employer and role.
Full answer distributions
Contact with others
- No contact with others: 0%
- Occasional contact with others: 6.25%
- Contact with others about half the time: 8.3%
- Contact with others most of the time: 30.64%
- Constant contact with others: 54.8%
n = 99, Incumbent 08/2022
Dealing with the public
- Not important at all: 16.81%
- Fairly important: 11.85%
- Important: 21.69%
- Very important: 30.39%
- Extremely important: 19.27%
n = 97, Incumbent 08/2022
Teamwork
- Not important at all: 3.29%
- Fairly important: 10.14%
- Important: 9.39%
- Very important: 24.93%
- Extremely important: 52.25%
n = 99, Incumbent 08/2022
Freedom to make decisions
- No freedom: 0%
- Very little freedom: 4.42%
- Limited freedom: 2.76%
- Some freedom: 36.57%
- A lot of freedom: 56.25%
n = 97, Incumbent 08/2022
Time pressure
- Never: 3.55%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 6.78%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 27.82%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 22.28%
- Every day: 39.57%
n = 98, Incumbent 08/2022
Conflict situations
- Never: 15.75%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 32.07%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 18.26%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 28.94%
- Every day: 4.97%
n = 96, Incumbent 08/2022
Dealing with unpleasant or angry people
- Never: 14.83%
- Once a year or more but not every month: 36.84%
- Once a month or more but not every week: 32.37%
- Once a week or more but not every day: 8.17%
- Every day: 7.8%
n = 98, Incumbent 08/2022
Consequence of error
- Not serious at all: 10.7%
- Fairly serious: 17.72%
- Serious: 22.52%
- Very serious: 14.8%
- Extremely serious: 34.26%
n = 93, Incumbent 08/2022
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