A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in picking fruits, vegetables, and row crops, by hand or machine, and loading and stacking filled containers on trucks. Respnsibilities include:

• Examines crop to determine degree of maturity.
• Directs workers in methods of picking crops and specifies size of fruit or vegetable to pick.
• Ensures that equipment, such as ladders and containers, are available to workers.
• Directs distribution of field boxes along rows for convenience of workers.
• Checks harvested products for size, quality, and variety, and informs workers of discrepancies.
• Oversees loading and stacking filled containers on trucks.
• Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.
• May pay employees.
• May be designated according to type of crops harvested as Apple-Picking Supervisor; Cauliflower-Harvesting-And-Packing Supervisor; Orange-Picking Supervisor; Onion-Harvesting Supervisor; Peach Harvesting Supervisor; Watermelon-Harvesting Supervisor.