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Agricultural Careers Agribusiness Manager. By: Dr. Frank Flanders and Shannon O’Berry Georgia Agricultural Education Curriculum Office Georgia Department of Education June 2005. START. Job Duties & Responsibilities. Plans the business from layout, finances to physical location.
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Agricultural Careers Agribusiness Manager By: Dr. Frank Flanders and Shannon O’Berry Georgia Agricultural Education Curriculum Office Georgia Department of Education June 2005 START
Job Duties & Responsibilities • Plans the business from layout, finances to physical location. • Organizes work schedules and directs the work of employees. • Makes business decisions on a daily basis. • Writes schedules and verifies • documents such as tax reports, time sheets, and sales reports. • Assists customers • Hires and fires employees • Handles employee disputes and concerns • Handles customer complaints • Oversees all business operations
Qualities and Skills • Working well with people because interaction with employees and customers occur everyday • Be skilled in taking initiative, decision making, problem solving, and analyzing data • Creative and critical thinking skills are also needed for becoming an agribusiness manager • Being able to withstand stress of planning and decision making is vital • Working long hours in an office, especially utilizing computer recordkeeping and sales analysis programs
Salary • The range of salary for an agribusiness management position is from $24,375 per year up to $60,000 per year • These averages are determined by experience, education, sales and management ability, and years of work with a company.
Work Environment • Work may be in a retail, wholesale, or production setting • Possibly in a farm setting, such as production manager • Indoor and outdoor work is necessary • A lot of office work is usually necessary • Long work days with long hours are common with paper work being more than in many other careers • The agribusinesses may be in large cities, rural towns, or in more isolated rural areas.
Becoming an Agribusiness Manager • The minimum education required for the position is a high school education, but it is becoming increasingly important for agribusiness managers to have a college degree. • The lack of a college degree will hinder career advancement. • Students should aspire to obtain a four-year degree in agriculture science, agriculture economics, or a similar major, with an emphasis on agribusiness management. • If the business involves pesticides, the agribusiness manager will have to obtain a pesticide license.
Career Resources American Agricultural Economics Association80 Heady HallIowa State UniversityAmes, IA 50011-1070Internet: www.aaea.org/ IAMA Business Office333 Blocker Building2124 TAMUCollege Station, Texas 77843-2124 Internet: www.ifama.org