Harvest Contractor: A description for the harvest contractor job
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Harvest Contractor: Farm-labor contractor Provides harvest crews for farmers and directs, coordinates, and oversees crew activities, for example field hauling and threshing: Contacts crop growers to ascertain time and method of harvesting. Inspects crops and fields to estimate acreage yield and determine loading requirements, land contours, road accessibility, and distances to storage or processing area. Prepares and submits bids to farmer to obtain harvest contract. Recruits, hires and orients crewmembers. Assigns workers to tasks involved in harvesting, loading, moving, and storing crops. Prepares and submits bids to farmers to provide work crews for farming activities, for example planting, pruning, and thinning fruit trees, setting posts, and weeding field crops. May also supply, tend, adjust, and repair trucks and farm machines. May also transport or arrange for transportation of workers. May also be required to be licensed by state and federal authorities. May also prepare production records and crew payroll. May also be identified with crew activity as Contractor, Broomcorn Threshing (agricultural services industry), Contractor, Field Hauling (agricultural services industry).
Job industry: agricultural services industry
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