Farm Labor Contractors
What Farm Labor Contractors Do
Recruit and hire seasonal or temporary agricultural laborers. May transport, house, and provide meals for workers.
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Career Outlook
National employment outlook, 2024–2034.
- Related work experience
- Less than 5 years
- On-the-job training
- Short-term on-the-job training
- Self-employed
- Not available
Source: BLS Employment Projections — 2024-2034.
How Much Preparation Does This Take?
Job Zone 2 of 5Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed
- Experience
- Some occupations may need little or no previous experience; others require several months to a year of experience.
- Education
- Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
- Job training
- Ranges from a few days to one year of on-the-job training.
Source: O*NET Job Zones.
Key Knowledge Areas
Subject-matter areas this occupation draws on most, per O*NET.
- Foreign Languageimportance 3.5/5
- Food Productionimportance 3.5/5
- Mathematicsimportance 3.5/5
- Personnel and Human Resourcesimportance 3.4/5
- Production and Processingimportance 3.3/5
- Law and Governmentimportance 3.2/5
- Customer and Personal Serviceimportance 3.0/5
- Administration and Managementimportance 2.8/5
Work Environment
What the day-to-day work setting is like, per O*NET.
- Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals5.0/5
- Freedom to Make Decisions4.8/5
- Work Outcomes and Results of Other Workers4.6/5
- Health and Safety of Other Workers4.6/5
- Telephone Conversations4.5/5
- Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams4.5/5
Careers With Similar Skills
Occupations whose Transferable Skills profile most closely matches this one — a mathematical comparison, not observed data about people actually moving between these careers.
- Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers95% skill match
- Gambling Cage Workers94% skill match
- Funeral Home Managers94% skill match
- Gambling and Sports Book Writers and Runners94% skill match
- Transit and Railroad Police93% skill match
- Compliance Officers93% skill match
- Butchers and Meat Cutters93% skill match
- First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers93% skill match
Transferable Skills
Cross-functional skills this occupation draws on most, per O*NET — the kind that carry over to other careers.
- Management of Personnel Resourcesimportance 3.3/5
- Time Managementimportance 3.1/5
- Social Perceptivenessimportance 3.0/5
- Coordinationimportance 3.0/5
- Judgment and Decision Makingimportance 3.0/5
- Negotiationimportance 2.8/5
- Complex Problem Solvingimportance 2.8/5
- Persuasionimportance 2.6/5
Software & Technologies
Tools and software used in this occupation, per O*NET.
Hot Technologies
Other Software Used
Work Style
Personal work characteristics that matter most for this occupation, per O*NET.
- Leadership Orientation
- Dependability
- Stress Tolerance
- Attention to Detail
- Integrity
- Self-Control
- Cooperation
Career Interests
This occupation’s RIASEC interest profile, per O*NET — how strongly it fits each of the six Holland interest types.
- EnterprisingMedium
- RealisticMedium
- ConventionalMedium
- SocialMedium
- InvestigativeLow
- ArtisticLow
This page includes information from the O*NET 30.3 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.
Possible Career Moves
A computed starting point, not observed job-change data — see the full list for why each one might fit.
- First-Line Supervisors of Police and DetectivesCareer Change
- Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender HelpersCareer Change
- First-Line Supervisors of Security WorkersCareer Change
- Transit and Railroad PoliceCareer Change