Farm Labor Contractors
Tasks Include:
- 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.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™; US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Projections Quick View:
Virginia: No Data
National: +25.0%
Education
Less than a High School Diploma
Job Zone:
Two: Some Preparation Needed
Income Range:
Highest ($50,000 and up)
Median Earnings:
National
$49,330.00
State
No Data
Regional
Farm Labor Contractors
Description
Career Cluster: | Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources |
Recruit and hire seasonal or temporary agricultural laborers. May transport, house, and provide meals for workers.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Farm Labor Contractors
Education
Required Level of Education
- Less than a High School Diploma = 48%
- High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED) = 42.83%
- Some College Courses = 8.90%
- Associate's Degree (or other 2-year degree) = 0.14%
- Master's Degree = 0.14%
Related Work Experience
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 33.54%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 24.37%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 18.68%
- None = 18.06%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 3.83%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 1.38%
- Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years = 0.14%
On-Site or In-Plant Training
- None = 46.65%
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 33.41%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 18.70%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 1.10%
- Up to and including 1 month = 0.14%
On-the-Job Training
- Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year = 33.41%
- Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months = 24.63%
- None or short demonstration = 21.89%
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years = 18.42%
- Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month = 1.38%
- Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months = 0.14%
- Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years = 0.14%
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Farm Labor Contractors
Tasks
Core Tasks Include:
- 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.
Supplemental Tasks Include:
- Direct and transport workers to appropriate work sites.
- Provide check-cashing services to employees.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Farm Labor Contractors
Knowledge
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
63.25 | 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. |
62.00 | Food Production | Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques. |
62.00 | Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. |
60.75 | 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. |
56.25 | Production and Processing | Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods. |
54.25 | Law and Government | Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process. |
49.50 | Customer and Personal Service | Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. |
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Farm Labor Contractors
Skills
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
62.50 | Speaking | Talking to others to convey information effectively. |
59.50 | Active Listening | Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. |
56.25 | Management of Personnel Resources | Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. |
53.00 | Time Management | Managing one's own time and the time of others. |
50.00 | Judgment and Decision Making | Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one. |
50.00 | Social Perceptiveness | Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do. |
50.00 | Critical Thinking | Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. |
50.00 | Coordination | Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Farm Labor Contractors
Abilities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
65.50 | Oral Comprehension | The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. |
62.50 | Oral Expression | The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. |
59.50 | Speech Clarity | The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you. |
56.25 | Speech Recognition | The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person. |
53.00 | 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 that there is a problem. |
50.00 | Near Vision | The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer). |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Farm Labor Contractors
Work Activities
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
66.75 | 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. |
63.00 | Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment | Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft. |
60.25 | Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials | Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects. |
60.25 | Training and Teaching Others | Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others. |
56.75 | Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People | Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people. |
55.50 | Performing Administrative Activities | Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork. |
54.25 | Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships | Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time. |
50.50 | Making Decisions and Solving Problems | Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Farm Labor Contractors
Work Styles
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
79.00 | Dependability | Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations. |
79.00 | Integrity | Job requires being honest and ethical. |
75.75 | Achievement/Effort | Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks. |
74.50 | Cooperation | Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude. |
72.25 | Initiative | Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges. |
72.00 | Persistence | Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles. |
72.00 | Concern for Others | Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job. |
70.00 | Leadership | Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction. |
68.75 | Attention to Detail | Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks. |
66.25 | Self-Control | Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations. |
60.00 | Social Orientation | Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job. |
60.00 | Stress Tolerance | Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high-stress situations. |
60.00 | Adaptability/Flexibility | Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace. |
60.00 | Independence | Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done. |
57.75 | Analytical Thinking | Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems. |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Farm Labor Contractors
Work Values
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
66.67 | Relationships | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service. |
55.50 | Independence | Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy. |
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Farm Labor Contractors
Work Context
% | Subject | Description |
---|---|---|
99.40 | Structured versus Unstructured Work | To what extent is this job structured for the worker, rather than allowing the worker to determine tasks, priorities, and goals? |
96.20 | Freedom to Make Decisions | How much decision making freedom, without supervision, does the job offer? |
92.60 | Responsibility for Outcomes and Results | How responsible is the worker for work outcomes and results of other workers? |
91.60 | Responsible for Others' Health and Safety | How much responsibility is there for the health and safety of others in this job? |
91.00 | Telephone | How often do you have telephone conversations in this job? |
91.00 | Face-to-Face Discussions | How often do you have to have face-to-face discussions with individuals or teams in this job? |
89.80 | Contact With Others | How much does this job require the worker to be in contact with others (face-to-face, by telephone, or otherwise) in order to perform it? |
89.80 | Importance of Repeating Same Tasks | How important is repeating the same physical activities (e.g., key entry) or mental activities (e.g., checking entries in a ledger) over and over, without stopping, to performing this job? |
89.00 | Time Pressure | How often does this job require the worker to meet strict deadlines? |
88.40 | Coordinate or Lead Others | How important is it to coordinate or lead others in accomplishing work activities in this job? |
85.20 | Importance of Being Exact or Accurate | How important is being very exact or highly accurate in performing this job? |
84.20 | Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results | What results do your decisions usually have on other people or the image or reputation or financial resources of your employer? |
83.40 | Outdoors, Exposed to Weather | How often does this job require working outdoors, exposed to all weather conditions? |
81.80 | In an Enclosed Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in a closed vehicle or equipment (e.g., car)? |
78.00 | Spend Time Sitting | How much does this job require sitting? |
77.40 | Frequency of Decision Making | How frequently is the worker required to make decisions that affect other people, the financial resources, and/or the image and reputation of the organization? |
76.00 | Level of Competition | To what extent does this job require the worker to compete or to be aware of competitive pressures? |
73.60 | Work With Work Group or Team | How important is it to work with others in a group or team in this job? |
73.60 | Letters and Memos | How often does the job require written letters and memos? |
72.40 | Physical Proximity | To what extent does this job require the worker to perform job tasks in close physical proximity to other people? |
70.40 | Exposed to Contaminants | How often does this job require working exposed to contaminants (such as pollutants, gases, dust or odors)? |
69.00 | Very Hot or Cold Temperatures | How often does this job require working in very hot (above 90 F degrees) or very cold (below 32 F degrees) temperatures? |
65.60 | Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable | How often does this job require working exposed to sounds and noise levels that are distracting or uncomfortable? |
61.80 | Electronic Mail | How often do you use electronic mail in this job? |
58.80 | Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in non-controlled environmental conditions (e.g., warehouse without heat)? |
58.60 | Frequency of Conflict Situations | How often are there conflict situations the employee has to face in this job? |
58.60 | Outdoors, Under Cover | How often does this job require working outdoors, under cover (e.g., structure with roof but no walls)? |
58.00 | Spend Time Standing | How much does this job require standing? |
56.00 | Spend Time Walking and Running | How much does this job require walking and running? |
55.80 | Indoors, Environmentally Controlled | How often does this job require working indoors in environmentally controlled conditions? |
55.20 | Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People | How frequently does the worker have to deal with unpleasant, angry, or discourteous individuals as part of the job requirements? |
51.80 | Deal With External Customers | How important is it to work with external customers or the public in this job? |
50.80 | In an Open Vehicle or Equipment | How often does this job require working in an open vehicle or equipment (e.g., tractor)? |
50.60 | Exposed to Hazardous Equipment | How often does this job require exposure to hazardous equipment? |
50.20 | Pace Determined by Speed of Equipment | How important is it to this job that the pace is determined by the speed of equipment or machinery? (This does not refer to keeping busy at all times on this job.) |
50.00 | Consequence of Error | How serious would the result usually be if the worker made a mistake that was not readily correctable? |
49.80 | Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting | How often does this job require working in extremely bright or inadequate lighting conditions? |
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Farm Labor Contractors
Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
- Overall Experience
- Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
- Job Training
- Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
- Examples
- These occupations often involve using your knowledge and skills to help others. Examples include orderlies, counter and rental clerks, customer service representatives, security guards, upholsterers, tellers, and dental laboratory technicians.
- Education
- These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: O*NET™. (Using onet28)
Farm Labor Contractors
Earnings Benefits*
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
---|---|---|---|
United States | $29,880.00 | $49,330.00 | $72,690.00 |
Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Region | Entry Level | Median | Experienced |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
* Earnings Calculations:
Regional Earnings:
Entry = Annual mean of the lower 1/3 wage distribution;
Experienced = Annual mean of the upper 2/3 wage distribution.
National and State Earnings:
Entry = Annual 10th percentile wage;
Experienced = Annual 75th percentile wage.
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Farm Labor Contractors
Employment Projections
Current | Projected | % Change | |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 1,200 | 1,500 | +25.0% |
Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Region | Current* | Projected | % Change |
Alexandria/Arlington | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Bay Consortium | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Capital Region Workforce Partnership | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Central VA/Region2000 | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Crater Area | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Greater Peninsula | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hampton Roads | No Data | No Data | No Data |
New River/Mt. Rogers | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Northern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Piedmont Workforce | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Shenandoah Valley | No Data | No Data | No Data |
South Central | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Southwestern Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
West Piedmont | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Western Virginia | No Data | No Data | No Data |
The data sources for the information displayed here include: US Department of Labor (BLS); Virginia Workforce Connection. (Using onet28)
Farm Labor Contractors
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Proficiency Ratings
These proficiencies are scored on a scale from 1 to 5 with 1 being not
important to the job and 5 being extremely important to the job.
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Farm Labor Contractors
Titles
- Crew Leader
- Farm Contractor
- Farm Labor Contractor
- Field Crop Harvest Contractor
- Field Manager
- Field Supervisor
- Harvest Contractor
- Harvesting Contractor
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