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Superintendent of Agriculture

UCI Series Concepts

Class Specifications - G.20
Principal Superintendent of Agriculture - 8118
Senior Superintendent of Agriculture - 8119

August, 1972

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SERIES CONCEPT


Superintendents of Agriculture manage the on-site administrative and
cultural activities involved in establishing and maintaining agricultural
research sites; and perform other related duties as required.

Incumbents have (1) responsibility for planning and managing agricultural
activities of such size and/or complexity as to require delegation of
day-today operational duties to subordinate supervisors; or (2) the sole
and independent responsibility for planning, managing, and operating an
entire agricultural site; or (3) responsibility for acting as first 
assistant to the head of a unit.

Incumbents typically make recommendations on budget and staffing requirements; 
approve expenditures for labor, supplies and equipment; plan agricultural 
activities and make recommendations for long-range space allocations based 
upon the knowledge of future projects and cultural requirements; perform 
cultural duties requiring a highly skilled agricultural specialization; and 
select, train and supervise skilled and unskilled agricultural personnel.

The Superintendent of Agriculture series consists of two levels, distinguished
on the basis of the size of the operation, the number of employees supervised, 
the technical complexity of the operations, the variety and delicacy of crops, 
the degree of responsibility for determining priorities and consequence of 
error, and the degree of supervision received.


                          CLASS CONCEPTS


Principal Superintendent of Agriculture

Under general direction, incumbents (1) plan, organize and direct the
total operations of a large agricultural site consisting, as a general
guide, of 160 or more acres and typically requiring the delegation of
day-today operational duties to one or more subordinate supervisors;
or (2) plan, organize and direct a smaller but technically complex 
agricultural operation measured in terms of an unusual variety of crops,
experimental plots and skilled cultural techniques requiring the 
delegation of day-today operational duties to one or more subordinate 
supervisors; or (3) independently plan, organize and direct the operation of
an entire agricultural site, such as a large remote field station, where
the cultural activities are highly technical and complex and involve
delicate and/or a variety of crops.  Incumbents frequently make independent 
decisions with a high consequence of error and act as technical
consultant in the planning of research activities.


Senior Superintendent of Agriculture

Under direction, incumbents (1) plan, organize and direct the total 
operations of a medium-size agricultural site consisting, as a general
guides of 40 to 160 acres and involved in diversified or specialized
cultural activities requiring incumbents to determine field allocations,
layout and crop rotation; supervise cultivations, irrigation, fumigation
and harvesting procedures; and keep records of labor, equipments materials
and production: or (2) act as first assistant to a Principal 
Superintendent of Agriculture with responsibility for the coordination, 
supervision and performance of all activities necessary to the day-today
technical operation of a large or highly complex agricultural activity.
incumbents typically schedule operations which provide all the necessary
care and the best use of labor and equipment for a number of concurrent
projects.



                        MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS


Principal Superintendent of Agriculture

Graduation from college with a degree in an agriculturally related field
and three years of supervisory or other responsible experience in farming
operations; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.


Senior Superintendent of Agriculture

Graduation from college with a degree in an agriculturally related field
and one year of supervisory experience in farming operations; or an
equivalent combination of education and experience.

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