Farmer or Rancher
- Ideal for those passionate about sustainable agriculture and nature's cycles.
- Vital role in feeding communities and supporting global food security.
- Unique chance to blend traditional farming with innovative tech solutions.
💰 Earn $84K-$132K
📚 High School Diploma or GED
Overview
Plan, direct, or coordinate the management or operation of farms, ranches, greenhouses, aquacultural operations, nurseries, timber tracts, or other agricultural establishments. May hire, train, and supervise farm workers or contract for services to carry out the day-to-day activities of the managed operation. May engage in or supervise planting, cultivating, harvesting, and financial and marketing activities.Scoop
High School Diploma or GED
Shaky (Decreasing by 1-5%)
Day-to-Day
- Collect and record growth, production, and environmental data.
- Manage nurseries that grow horticultural plants for sale to trade or retail customers, for display or exhibition, or for research.
- Direct and monitor trapping and spawning of fish, egg incubation, and fry rearing, applying knowledge of management and fish culturing techniques.
- Direct and monitor the transfer of mature fish to lakes, ponds, streams, or commercial tanks.
- Determine how to allocate resources and to respond to unanticipated problems, such as insect infestation, drought, and fire.
Best For You If...
YOU Like 💕
- Influencing or leading others
- Using data or completing tasks
- Working with my hands
You are skilled in 💫
- Social Perceptiveness
- Critical Thinking
- Speaking
- Reading Comprehension
- Learning Strategies
- Active Listening
You value 🙏
- Job security
- Accomplishing things
- Having freedom
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