What Do Farm Labor Contractors Do (including Their Typical Day At Work)

Job Description

Farm Labor Contractors recruit and hire seasonal or temporary agricultural laborers. May transport, house, and provide meals for workers. They also pay wages of contracted farm laborers.

Other tasks include:

• Provide food, drinking water, and field sanitation facilities to contracted workers.
• Recruit and hire agricultural workers.
• Direct and transport workers to appropriate work sites.
• 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.

We asked Farm Labor Contractors how satisfied they are with their job. Here is what they said.

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70% of them said they were satisfied with their job and 47% said they find that their job makes the world a better place or helps to make someone else’s life better.

Typical Day At Work

On a daily basis, Farm Labor Contractors provide food, drinking water, and field sanitation facilities to contracted workers. They direct and transport workers to appropriate work sites.

A typical day for a Farm Labor Contractor will also include:

• Employ foremen to deal directly with workers when recruiting, hiring, instructing, assigning tasks, and enforcing work rules.
• Furnish tools for employee use.
• Recruit and hire agricultural workers.
• Supervise the work of contracted employees.
• Provide check-cashing services to employees.

We asked some Farm Labor Contractors a few questions to find out what else does their work day look like. Here is what we found.

	Do you have telephone conversations everyday in this job?	72% said yes
	How important is it to work in a team in this job?	43% said very important
	Do you have group discussions everyday in this job?	72% said yes
	Do you talk or work with customers everyday in this job?	17% said yes
	Do you have to deal with angry customers everyday in this job?	25% said yes
	Do you have to make decisions everyday in this job?	44% said yes

Other responsibilities

Besides their typical day, Farm Labor Contractors also provide check-cashing services to employees. They may also pay wages of contracted farm laborers.

On a weekly to monthly basis, Farm Labor Contractors Recruit and hire agricultural workers. They might also Direct and transport workers to appropriate work sites.

In addition, they Supervise the work of contracted employees.

Although specific duties may vary, many of them Furnish tools for employee use.

To some Farm Labor Contractors, it is also their responsibility to Provide food, drinking water, and field sanitation facilities to contracted workers.

Working life

More than 40 hours per week

Seasonal (only during certain times of the year)

In a typical work week as a Farm Labor Contractor, you can expect to work more than 40 hours per week.

Is this right for me

People who are suitable for this job tends to like starting up and carrying out projects. They like leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business..

They also like work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They like working with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery.

You can read more about these career personality types here.

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