Farm Labor Contractors

What the job really is

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

At a glance

• Sector: Business & Financial
• O*NET-SOC code: 13-1074
• O*NET job zone: 2 — some preparation
• Work sample tasks on file: 7
• Tools and technologies listed: 12

What you actually do

Work sample tasks recorded for this occupation:

• Pay wages of contracted farm laborers.
• Provide food, drinking water, and field sanitation facilities to contracted workers.
• Recruit and hire agricultural workers.
• Employ foremen to deal directly with workers when recruiting, hiring, instructing, assigning tasks, and enforcing work rules.
• Supervise the work of contracted employees.
• Furnish tools for employee use.
• Direct and transport workers to appropriate work sites.

Tools and technology

Facebook, Intuit QuickBooks, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Word, SAP software, Bookkeeping software, Computer data input scanners, Desktop computers

What employers expect you to already be comfortable with.

Where this job leads

Related occupations — the usual moves up and sideways:

• First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
• Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers
• First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators
• First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
• Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products
• General and Operations Managers
• First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand
• First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers

Getting in

O*NET assigns this occupation job zone 2 (some preparation). The related occupations above are the realistic routes in and out.

Find openings

Browse the verified job sources directory, or explore more occupations.

Check this against the source

O*NET OnLine: Farm Labor Contractors — the authoritative public-domain profile this page is derived from, including the full task list, reported skills and the wage estimates for your region.

Derived and rewritten from the public-domain O*NET database (U.S. Department of Labor / Employment and Training Administration). Figures are observations, not promises — always confirm salary, licensing and visa requirements with the employer and the relevant authority.