agronomic crop production team leader
Agronomic crop production team leaders are responsible for leading and working with a team of crop production workers. They organise the daily work schedules for crop production and participate in the production.
agronomic crop production team leader agronomic crop production team leaders are responsible for leading and working with a team of crop production workers. They organise the daily work schedules for crop production and participate in the production. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include technical equipment for crop production, environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry, crop production principles, agronomical production principles, soil structure.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £27,262 a year for Horticultural trades (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 5112). ONS rates this estimate reasonably precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only agronomic crop production team leader, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 6. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
Top skills
Knowledge you'll build
- Administration and Management
- Production and Processing
- Customer and Personal Service
- English Language
- Mechanical
- Education and Training
- Biology
- Mathematics
What you'd actually do
- Assign tasks such as feeding and treatment of animals, and cleaning and maintenance of animal quarters.
- Record the numbers and types of fish or shellfish reared, harvested, released, sold, and shipped.
- Monitor workers to ensure that safety regulations are followed, warning or disciplining those who violate safety regulations.
- Observe animals for signs of illness, injury, or unusual behavior, notifying veterinarians or managers as warranted.
- Observe fish and beds or ponds to detect diseases, monitor fish growth, determine quality of fish, or determine completeness of harvesting.
- Train workers in tree felling or bucking, operation of tractors or loading machines, yarding or loading techniques, or safety regulations.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does agronomic crop production team leader do?
Agronomic crop production team leaders are responsible for leading and working with a team of crop production workers. They organise the daily work schedules for crop production and participate in the production.
What skills does agronomic crop production team leader need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include technical equipment for crop production, environmental legislation in agriculture and forestry, crop production principles, agronomical production principles, soil structure, plant species. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace agronomic crop production team leader?
Our AI-durability model gives agronomic crop production team leader a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.