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Agricultural and Related Service Contractors and Managers (8252)

Job titles

  • aerial crop dusting service manager
  • artificial insemination service manager
  • artificial inseminator
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Nature of work

Contractors and managers in this unit group operate establishments that provide agricultural services such as livestock and poultry breeding, soil preparation, crop planting, crop spraying, cultivating or harvesting.

Fields of interest

  • Managing, organizing, administrating
  • Working for yourself
  • Working in nature and with animals

Main duties

  • Contractors and managers in this unit group perform some or all the following duties:
  • - Manage businesses which provide an agricultural livestock service such as artificial insemination, spraying or shearing of livestock or disinfecting pens, barns or poultry houses
  • - Manage businesses which provide agricultural crop services such as plowing, irrigating, cultivating, spraying or harvesting
  • - Hire and train workers
  • - Negotiate with farmers and farm managers regarding the services to be provided
  • - Maintain financial and operational records
  • - May participate in the provision of the service or in the operation of machinery and equipment.

Main characteristics of the occupation

These headings are provided for the following occupation(s) :

Agricultural and Related Service Contractors and Managers (8252)

Employment requirements

  • * Several years of experience related to the agricultural service offered are usually required.
  • * Contractors and managers providing certain services, such as artificial insemination and pesticide application, may require training certificates and provincial licensing.

Skill type

  • Occupations unique to primary industry

Skill level

  • Technical

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