First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of agricultural, forestry, aquacultural, and related workers.
27,960 people do this job in the US. $59,320 a year.
of the working time. Estimate.
- 23%
- 4%
- 72%
Measured, from Anthropic's usage data (2025). Counts help on part of a task.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 0%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 13%. Today's estimate: 16%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 30 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drive or operate farm machinery, such as trucks, tractors, or self-propelled harvesters, to transport workers or supplies or to cultivate or harvest fields.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 13% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Perform both supervisory and management functions, such as accounting, marketing, and personnel work.Done daily by most who do it. | 10% | 3.3 h50 min to 6.7 h | 32%Half by Jan 2027 | |
| Coordinate the selection and movement of logs from storage areas, according to transportation schedules or production requirements.Done daily by most who do it. | 8% | 1.7 h38 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Train workers in tree felling or bucking, operation of tractors or loading machines, yarding or loading techniques, or safety regulations.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 7% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Train workers in techniques such as planting, harvesting, weeding, or insect identification and in the use of safety measures.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 1.7 h50 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Inspect crops, fields, or plant stock to determine conditions and need for cultivating, spraying, weeding, or harvesting.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 1.3 h25 min to 3.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Observe animals for signs of illness, injury, or unusual behavior, notifying veterinarians or managers as warranted.Done daily by most who do it. | 4% | 38 min17 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Monitor operations to identify and solve problems, improve work methods, and ensure compliance with safety, company, and government regulations. | 3% | 2.5 h50 min to 4.2 h | Stays with people | |
| Train workers in spawning, rearing, cultivating, and harvesting methods, and in the use of equipment.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 3% | 2.5 h1.3 h to 5 h | Stays with people | |
| Coordinate dismantling, moving, and setting up equipment at new work sites.Done more than monthly by most who do it. | 3% | 3.3 h50 min to 1 work day | Stays with people | |
| Inspect facilities to determine maintenance needs.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Monitor workers to ensure that safety regulations are followed, warning or disciplining those who violate safety regulations.Done daily by most who do it. | 3% | 25 min13 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
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- First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers28% now, 32% by 2028
- First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators51% now, 57% by 2028
- First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand44% now, 50% by 2028
Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025).
Where the most of these jobs are
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