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First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
Directly supervise and coordinate the activities of agricultural, forestry, aquacultural, and related workers.
10 main tasks · most important first
Your main tasks and AI
Importance- 01Assign tasks such as feeding and treatment of animals, and cleaning and maintenance of animal quarters.Mostly human for now
- 02Record the numbers and types of fish or shellfish reared, harvested, released, sold, and shipped.AI could speed this up a lot
- 03Monitor workers to ensure that safety regulations are followed, warning or disciplining those who violate safety regulations.Mostly human for now
- 04Observe animals for signs of illness, injury, or unusual behavior, notifying veterinarians or managers as warranted.Mostly human for now
- 05Observe fish and beds or ponds to detect diseases, monitor fish growth, determine quality of fish, or determine completeness of harvesting.AI could speed this up, with extra tools
- 06Train workers in tree felling or bucking, operation of tractors or loading machines, yarding or loading techniques, or safety regulations.Mostly human for now
- 07Treat animal illnesses or injuries, following experience or instructions of veterinarians.Mostly human for now
- 08Train workers in spawning, rearing, cultivating, and harvesting methods, and in the use of equipment.Mostly human for now
- 09Train workers in techniques such as planting, harvesting, weeding, or insect identification and in the use of safety measures.Mostly human for now
- 10Confer with managers to evaluate weather or soil conditions, to develop plans or procedures, or to discuss issues such as changes in fertilizers, herbicides, or cultivating techniques.Mostly human for now
Tasks from O*NET® 31.0 (US Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0, changed by us), most important first. “Already use” comes from Anthropic’s data on real work chats with Claude; “could speed up” from task ratings made with GPT-4 in 2023.
Four studies, side by side
None is a forecast of job lossToo little dataNot enough work use was seen to measure. This does not mean the job is safe from AI.Anthropic, 2026
28%of this job’s tasks an AI model could do in half the time, counting tasks that need extra tools as half (rated in 2023).Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin and Rock, 2023
Above 13% of jobsin how often and how well AI helped with this job’s work in Microsoft Copilot chats (2024 data).Microsoft Research (Tomlinson et al.), 2025
Above 73% of jobsin how much of this job’s physical work robots have been shown to do, from factories to homes (2026).Anthropic, 2026
Your human edge
The main tasks with no real AI use seen and no big speed-up expected. This is where your skill counts most today.
- Assign tasks such as feeding and treatment of animals, and cleaning and maintenance of animal quarters.
- Monitor workers to ensure that safety regulations are followed, warning or disciplining those who violate safety regulations.
- Observe animals for signs of illness, injury, or unusual behavior, notifying veterinarians or managers as warranted.