Agricultural Careers

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Agricultural Careers Fencing Contractor
By Dr. Frank Flanders and Trisha Rae
Stephens Georgia Agricultural Education
Curriculum Office Georgia Department of
Education June 2005
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Job Duties Responsibilities

• Discuss fencing needs with their customers
• Estimate and quote prices for their customers
• Lay out fence lines
• Dig fence post holes and position posts
• Fill the holes with concrete or soil
• Cut and construct fences with boards, wiring,
  chain links, posts or other materials
• Put together gates and hang them in position
• Lay and also build barriers, security fences,
  retaining walls, vineyard trellises, and other
  types of fences and walls
• May run their own business

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Qualities and Skills

• Ability to dig fence post holes and position
  posts.
• Good physical condition.
• Ability to lift over 50 pounds.
• Ability to work outdoors in all types of
  weather.
• Ability to work long hours.
• Ability to withstand the pulling, pushing,
  bending, lifting and standing involved throughout
  the day.

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Salary
Salaries vary, as many fencers work on contract.
Contract rates range from about 2.50 per meter
of fencing for labor only, to about 15.00 per
meter for labor, equipment and materials.
Owner-operators usually earn between 36,000 and
50,000 per year and employees are likely to earn
between 20,000 and 30,000 per year.
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Work Environment

• Outdoors for the majority of the day
• Individual work settings
• Work place held on other owners land
• Traveling to work sites
• Using tools and dangerous equipment to complete
  job

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Becoming a Fencing Contractor
On the job training is the most valuable training
that a student can receive in learning to become
a fencing contractor. There are some technical
colleges that offer courses in this field. High
school education is very important in helping you
become a successful fencing contractor.
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Career Resources
American Fence Association 800 Roosevelt Rd.,
Bldg C-312 Glen Ellyn, Illinois 60137 Internet
http//www.americanfenceassociation.com/ Better
Business Bureau 1000 Station Drive, Suite
222DuPont, WA 98327 Internet http//homesource.t
hebbb.org