A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in detecting presence of noxious insects and plant diseases in field crops and counting insect population, applying knowledge of standard sampling techniques. Respnsibilities include:

• Ascertains kinds of crops planted in each field and number of acreages involved to determine need for modifying sampling techniques and to determine number of workers needed.
• Assigns fields to workers, distributes sampling worksheets, and briefs new workers on identifying characteristics of prevalent insects and diseases.
• Compiles sampling-results data from worksheets to prepare composite insect and disease report for each field.
• Transports workers to and from fields using truck.
• Performs other duties as described under supervisor master title.