FARM LABOR CONTRACTOR

2 - 3 Yr Agriculture management Agriculture Agriculture Contractor

Skills: Speaking Posted 1 week ago

Job Definition:

Recruit and hire seasonal or temporary agricultural laborers. May transport, house, and provide meals for workers.

1) Recruit and hire agricultural workers.
2) Supervise the work of contracted employees.
3) Furnish tools for employee use.
4) Direct and transport workers to appropriate work sites.
5) Provide check-cashing services to employees.
6) Pay wages of contracted farm laborers.
7) Provide food, drinking water, and field sanitation facilities to contracted workers.
8) Employ foremen to deal directly with workers when recruiting, hiring, instructing, assigning tasks, and enforcing work rules.

1) Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
2) Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment — Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or water craft.
3) Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
4) Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
5) Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.

1) Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand
2) Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
3) Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
4) Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
5) Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

1) Production and Processing — Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.
2) Food Production — Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
3) Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
4) Personnel and Human Resources — Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.
5) Foreign Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.