Will AI replace First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers?
AI reaches little of this job’s work.
14/100
Low exposure
More exposed to AI than 27% of US workers.
- AI already used in
- 0% of the work
- As AI tools mature: up to
- 29% of the work
What the job involves
Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of agricultural, forestry, aquacultural, and related workers.
Where AI reaches the work
The job’s main tasks, heaviest first, by how far AI reaches them.
Within reach(9)
- Record the numbers and types of fish or shellfish reared, harvested, released, sold, and shipped.
- Assign tasks such as feeding and treatment of animals, and cleaning and maintenance of animal quarters.
- Communicate with forestry personnel regarding forest harvesting or forest management plans, procedures, or schedules.
- Coordinate dismantling, moving, and setting up equipment at new work sites.
- Coordinate the selection and movement of logs from storage areas, according to transportation schedules or production requirements.
and 4 more
Out of reach(21)
- Observe animals for signs of illness, injury, or unusual behavior, notifying veterinarians or managers as warranted.
- Monitor workers to ensure that safety regulations are followed, warning or disciplining those who violate safety regulations.
- Train workers in spawning, rearing, cultivating, and harvesting methods, and in the use of equipment.
- Train workers in techniques such as planting, harvesting, weeding, or insect identification and in the use of safety measures.
- Observe fish and beds or ponds to detect diseases, monitor fish growth, determine quality of fish, or determine completeness of harvesting.
and 16 more
Also called
Farm Supervisor · Animal Caretaker Supervisor · Harvest Manager · Logging Crew Supervisor · Animal Research Facility Supervisor · Hatchery Manager · Wildlife Manager · Animal Care Supervisor
Related jobs
- First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers24/100
- First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers29/100
- First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers21/100
- First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers20/100
- First-Line Supervisors of Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators31/100
What these numbers mean
The score is the share of this job’s work, weighted by how important and frequent each task is, that AI could do in half the time: tasks an AI model could do alone count in full, tasks that need software built on AI count half.
“AI already used” is the share of the work in tasks where people are recorded using AI today. “As AI tools mature” counts every task AI could halve, with or without extra software.
The percentile compares the score with every job’s, weighted by how many people in the US do each one. Exposure means AI could change how the work is done, not that the job goes away. These are estimates for the typical job, not predictions.
Sources
- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration
- GPTs are GPTs: Labor market impact potential of LLMs (task labels), Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin & Rock (2023), OpenAI and University of Pennsylvania
- Anthropic Economic Index: labor market impacts (task penetration), Anthropic
- Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national and metropolitan areas), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics