Direct and monitor the work of casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting.

“Direct and monitor the work of casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting.” is a core task performed by Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse. Among the occupation's 30 rated tasks, workers place it 28th by importance (#3 most important). About 81% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Manage agricultural or forestry operations. in Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T1.

Other tasks in this occupation

• Sell and deliver plants and flowers to customers. · importance 4.2
• Record information about crops, such as pesticide use, yields, or costs. · importance 4.1
• Harvest plants, and transplant or pot and label them. · importance 4.0
• Participate in the inspection, grading, sorting, storage, and post-harvest treatment of crops. · importance 4.0
• Regulate greenhouse conditions, and indoor and outdoor irrigation systems. · importance 4.0
• Feel plants' leaves and note their coloring to detect the presence of insects or disease. · importance 3.8
• Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment. · importance 3.8
• Provide information and advice to the public regarding the selection, purchase, and care of products. · importance 3.8
• Harvest fruits and vegetables by hand. · importance 3.8
• Set up and operate irrigation equipment. · importance 3.7
• Maintain and repair irrigation and climate control systems. · importance 3.7
• Inform farmers or farm managers of crop progress. · importance 3.7
• Dig, cut, and transplant seedlings, cuttings, trees, and shrubs. · importance 3.7
• Identify plants, pests, and weeds to determine the selection and application of pesticides and fertilizers. · importance 3.5

See all tasks on the Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Direct and monitor the work of casual and seasonal help during planting and harvesting.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-23379}
}