- Industry: Government; Labor
- Number of terms: 77176
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- Company Profile:
A professional who manages dairy farm. Responsibilities include:
* Plans, develops, and implements policies, procedures, and practices for operation of dairy farm to ensure compliance with company's or owner's standards for farm production, propagation of herd, and regulations of regulatory agencies.
* Directs and coordinates, through subordinate supervisory personnel, farm activities, such as breeding and rearing livestock, feeding and milking of cows, storage of milk, and sterilizing and maintaining facilities and equipment.
* Reviews breeding and milk production records to determine bulls and cows that are unproductive and should be sold.
* Inspects facilities and equipment to ensure compliance with sanitation standards, and to determine maintenance and repair requirements.
* Authorizes, requisitions, or purchases supplies and equipment, such as feed, disinfective and sanitation chemicals, and replacements for defective equipment.
* Secures services of veterinarian for treatment of herd or when cows are calving.
* Prepares farm activity reports for evaluation by management or owner.
* May direct and coordinate activities concerned with planting, growing, harvesting, and storage of feed forage crops.
* May directly supervise dairy workers on small farms.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who manages public or private fish hatchery, applying knowledge of management and fish culturing techniques. Responsibilities include:
* Determines, administers, and executes policies relating to administration, standards of hatchery operations, and maintenance of facilities.
* Confers with biologists and other fishery personnel to obtain data concerning fish habits; food and environmental requirements; and techniques for collecting, fertilizing, incubating spawn, and treatment of spawn and fry.
* Oversees trapping and spawning of fish; incubating of eggs; rearing of fry; and movement of fish to lakes, ponds, and streams or commercial tanks.
* Prepares reports required by state and federal laws.
* Prepares budget reports, and receives, accounts for, and dispenses funds.
* May approve employment and discharge of employees, sign payrolls, and perform similar personnel duties.
* May manage hatchery concerned with culturing shellfish and other marine life and be designated Manager, Marine Life Hatchery; Manager, Shellfish Hatchery.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates activities concerned with operation of private or state game breeding farm. Responsibilities include:
* Consults with professional personnel and reviews technical publications and other literature to obtain data on breeding, rearing, habits, diets, and diseases and treatment, of various species of game birds and animals.
* Evaluates data in order to plan game breeding and rearing activities.
* Plans, formulates, and implements policies, methods, and procedures required to attain game farm objectives.
* Directs and coordinates farm activities, such as incubation and hatching of game bird eggs and rearing of birds; selection, pairing, and rearing of game animals; treatment of diseased or ill game birds and animals; and repair and maintenance of farm facilities.
* Inspects facilities and equipment for needed repairs or maintenance.
* Examines game for sign of illness or disease and notifies designated personnel of actions to be taken.
* May contract with state agencies or private game preserves to provide establishments with birds or animals.
* May contract with food establishments to furnish game birds and game animal meat.
* Must be licensed as breeder by state department of fish and game.
* May be designated according to type of game bred as Manager, Game-Animal Farm; Manager, Game-Bird Farm.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates activities concerned with operation of state or private game preserve. Responsibilities include:
* Determines nature of habitat required for propagation and subsistence of species of game animals or birds on preserve, utilizing knowledge of habits and natural propagation of animals and birds.
* Directs and coordinates activities of workers engaged in constructing and maintaining habitats required, conducting game surveys, protection of game from predatory animals, and maintaining buildings and facilities of preserve.
* Determines from surveys number of birds or animals that may be hunted or killed in order to eliminate imbalances resulting from natural propagation of game and limitations imposed by area habitat.
* Posts signs restricting areas where game may be hunted and enforces fish and game laws.
* Prepares reports required by county, state, or federal government regulatory agencies.
* May breed, rear, and liberate game on preserve.
* May contract with breeding personnel for stocking purposes and liberate game on preserve.
* May arrange contracts for movie studios to film on preserve or for sale of game to zoos.
* May present lectures on objectives, policies, and practices of state fish and game department to inform and acquaint civic or other interested groups on wildlife and preserve programs.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who manages nursery to grow horticultural plants, such as trees, shrubs, flowers, ornamental plants, or vegetables for sale to trade or retail customers. Responsibilities include:
* Determines type and quantity of horticultural plants to be grown, considering such factors as whether plants will be grown under controlled conditions in hothouse or greenhouse or under natural weather conditions in field, and market demand or conditions, utilizing knowledge of plant germination, growing habits of plants, soil conditions, plant nutrients, and disease control requirements.
* Selects and purchases seed, plant nutrients, and disease control chemicals according to type of horticultural plants and conditions under which plants will be grown.
* Tours work areas to observe quality and quantity of work being done, to inspect crops and to evaluate horticultural conditions, such as plant disease and soil conditions.
* Directs and coordinates, through subordinate supervisory personnel, activities of workers engaged in planting of seed, raising, feeding, and controlling growth and disease of plants, and transplanting, potting, or cutting plants for marketing.
* Coordinates clerical, record keeping, accounting, and marketing activities.
* May purchase nursery stock for resale and sell gardening accessories, such as sprays, garden implements, and plant nutrients and be known as Manager, Retail Nursery.
* May grow horticultural plants under controlled conditions hydroponically and be known as Manager, Hydroponics Nursery.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who manages poultry hatchery. Responsibilities include:
* Plans, develops, and implements policies and practices for operation of hatchery to ensure attainment of goals and profitable operation.
* Arranges with farmers to supply eggs or obtains eggs from company owned flocks.
* Directs and coordinates, through subordinate supervisory personnel, hatchery activities, such as hatching of eggs, sorting, vaccinating and shipping of chicks, and maintenance of facilities and equipment.
* Prepares hatching schedules for variety of chicks considering such factors as customer orders, market forecasts, and hatchery facilities and equipment.
* Arranges for sale of chicks to farmers or commercial growers.
* Interprets hatchery records and genetic data on chicks and advises customers regarding breeding, brooding, feeding, and sanitation practices to follow for various species of poultry.
* Arranges for purchases of equipment and supplies, such as brooders, incubators, feeds, and medicines.
* Prepares reports on hatchery activities, such as chick production and sales and reports required by regulatory bodies.
* May be designated by species of poultry hatched as Manager, Chicken Hatchery; Manager, Duck Hatchery; Manager, Turkey Hatchery.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who contracts seasonal farm employment of migrant workers. Responsibilities include:
* Consults employment agencies to locate work and confers with farmers to obtain suitable contracts for crew.
* Recruits and organizes crew and furnishes transportation to work site.
* Schedules en-route rest stops that afford shelters, benches or beds, cooking facilities, fuel and water, and adequate toilet and sanitary provisions.
* Confers with employer and community officials at site of employment to ensure availability of living quarters for families and single individuals, educational and recreational facilities, medical care, and day care for children.
* Supplies farm implements and machinery to crew and directs them in methods of cultivation, harvesting, and packaging of crop.
* Prepares payroll and production records.
* May provide initial financing of trips and advance funds to workers during idle periods.
* May be required to hold state registration certificate.
* Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who coordinates packinghouse activities with harvesting of crops. Responsibilities include:
* Inspects farms to ascertain quantity of crops to be processed by packinghouse.
* Advises growers of best time for harvesting crops, considering such factors as maturity of and demand for products.
* Informs packinghouse supervisor and sales agents of crops to be processed to plan packinghouse activities and sales campaigns.
* Oversees packinghouse activities and assigns duties to subordinate supervisors.
* Reports needed packinghouse repairs and replacements to superiors.
* May hire and discharge packinghouse employees.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates, through subordinate supervisory personnel, activities concerned with production of company product(s), utilizing knowledge of product technology, production methods and procedures, and capabilities of machines and equipment. Responsibilities include:
* Confers with management personnel to establish production and quality control standards, develop budget and cost controls, and to obtain data regarding types, quantities, specifications, and delivery dates of products ordered.
* Plans and directs production activities and establishes production priorities for products in keeping with effective operations and cost factors.
* Coordinates production activities with procurement, maintenance, and quality control activities to obtain optimum production and utilization of human resources, machines, and equipment.
* Reviews and analyzes production, quality control, maintenance, and operational reports to determine causes of nonconformity with product specifications, and operating or production problems.
* Develops and implements operating methods and procedures designed to eliminate operating problems and improve product quality.
* Revises production schedules and priorities as result of equipment failure or operating problems.
* Consults with engineering personnel relative to modification of machines and equipment in order to improve production and quality of products.
* Conducts hearings to resolve or effect settlement of grievances and refers unresolved grievances for management-union negotiations.
* Supervises subordinates directly in plants having no general supervisor .
* production superintendents are usually designated according to product produced or by type of plant, industry, or activity.
* May compile, store, and retrieve production data, using computer.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who manages operations of aerial seed sowing and crop dusting establishment. Responsibilities include:
* Negotiates contracts with farm personnel to sow seeds of specified varieties or to spray or dust fields or crops with specified agricultural chemicals.
* Confers with airplane pilot to determine materials and conditions required to meet terms of contract and schedules flights according to factors, such as client requests, weather conditions, aircraft availability, and legal and safety considerations.
* Monitors airplane-pilot helper mixing chemicals, loading chemicals and seeds into hopper of aircraft, and indicating flight passes to pilot from ground to ensure efficient and safe operations.
* Purchases seeds and chemicals from suppliers.
* Oversees repair and maintenance of aircraft and contracts for repair and maintenance of hangars, runway, and related company facilities.
* Maintains records for billing and payroll purposes.
* Initiates personnel actions, such as hiring, firing, and disciplining workers.
Industry:Professional careers
