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Determination of a Common Core of Basic Skills for Agribusiness and Natural Resources. Final Report.
Download full textMcCracken, J. David; Yoder, Edgar P. – 1975
The purpose of the project was to identify a common core of basic skills for agribusiness and natural resources instruction in vocational education. This objective was undertaken through an inventory of 28 tasks and 28 occupational surveys. Completed task inventories were made for 28 representative occupations in agribusiness and natural…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Agricultural Skills
MAXWELL, ROBERT HAWORTH – 1964
LISTS OF 39 AGRICULTURAL AND 37 NONAGRICULTURAL COMPETENCIES, ABILITIES, AND UNDERSTANDINGS NEEDED BY MALES EMPLOYED IN WHOLESALE FARM MACHINERY DISTRIBUTION WERE DEVELOPED BY 18 SELECTED EMPLOYEES OF WHOLESALE FARM MACHINERY FIRMS AND SENT IN QUESTIONNAIRE FORM TO 180 EMPLOYEES OF WHOLESALE FARM MACHINERY FIRMS THAT WERE COOPERATING MEMBERS OF…
Descriptors: Agricultural Machinery Occupations, Agricultural Skills, Educational Needs, Employment Opportunities
MONDART, C.L., SR.; AND OTHERS – 1967
AS PART OF A STATEWIDE STUDY OF AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONS IN LOUISIANA, AN INTERVIEW SURVEY OF 233 AGRICULTURAL BUSINESSES AND AGENCIES IN THE 10-PARISH AREA IN THE NORTHWESTERN SECTION WAS CONDUCTED TO (1) IDENTIFY AND CLASSIFY FIRMS WITH EMPLOYEES NEEDING AGRICULTURAL COMPETENCIES, (2) IDENTIFY AGRICULTURAL COMPETENCIES NEEDED FOR ENTRY AND…
Descriptors: Agricultural Skills, Educational Needs, Employment Opportunities, Employment Qualifications
MONDART, C.L., SR.; AND OTHERS – 1967
AS PART OF A STATEWIDE STUDY OF NONFARM AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONS IN LOUISIANA, 480 FIRMS IN 14 PARISHES WERE SURVEYED TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES, THE AGRICULTURAL COMPETENCIES NEEDED, AND JOB CHARACTERISTICS. OF THE 6,087 EMPLOYEES, 3,119 NEEDED AGRICULTURAL COMPETENCIES IN 597 DIFFERENT JOB TITLES. NEARLY 60 PERCENT OF THE EMPLOYEES…
Descriptors: Agricultural Skills, Educational Needs, Employment Opportunities, Employment Qualifications
MONDART, C.L., SR.; AND OTHERS – 1967
AS PART OF A STATEWIDE STUDY OF NONFARM AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONS IN LOUISIANA, A TOTAL OF 443 FIRMS AND AGENCIES IN 12 PARISHES (EXCLUDING TWO METROPOLITAN AREAS) WERE SURVEYED TO DETERMINE THE (1) NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES ACCORDING TO JOB TITLES, (2) AGRICULTURAL COMPETENCIES NEEDED, (3) CHARACTERISTICS AND REQUIREMENTS OF JOBS, AND (4) TRENDS IN…
Descriptors: Agricultural Skills, Educational Needs, Employment Opportunities, Employment Qualifications
MONDART, C.L., SR.; AND OTHERS – 1967
AS PART OF A STATEWIDE STUDY OF AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONS IN LOUISIANA, AN INTERVIEW SURVEY OF 207 FARM-BASED FIRMS IN THE SOUTHEASTERN AREA, EXCLUDING BATON ROUGE AND NEW ORLEANS, WAS CONDUCTED TO DETERMINE (1) THE IDENTITY OF BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS HAVING EMPLOYEES WHO NEEDED AGRICULTURAL COMPETENCIES, (2) INFORMATION ABOUT JOBS, AND (3)…
Descriptors: Agricultural Skills, Educational Needs, Employment Opportunities, Employment Qualifications
Coltrane, Larry H. – Agricultural Education Magazine, 1973
A survey of local agribusiness firms revealed competencies required for vocational agriculture students. (MU)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations
RICHMAN, ROBERT W. – 1967
OVER 700 INTERVIEWS OF AGRICULTURAL BUSINESSES WERE CONDUCTED IN BONNEVILLE, BANNOCK, LATAH, CANYON, GEM, AND PAYETTE COUNTIES TO IDENTIFY AGRICULTURALLY RELATED OCCUPATIONS AND VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE NEEDS. THE BUSINESSES WERE CLASSIFIED INTO FOUR GROUPS RANGING FROM HIGHLY RELATED TO AGRICULTURE TO NONAGRICULTURAL. WITHIN EACH BUSINESS, EACH…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Skills, Business, Educational Needs
CAIN, PAUL S.; DILLON, ROY D. – 1966
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND AGRICULTURAL COMPETENCIES NEEDED BY WORKERS IN 28 KENTUCKY AND 10 OHIO COUNTIES OF THE APPALACHIAN REGION WERE STUDIED (1) TO DETERMINE THE NEED FOR POST-HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND PROCEDURES FOR IMPLEMENTING THEM, AND (2) TO PREPARE FOR ESTABLISHING AND EVALUATING PILOT PROGRAMS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Skills, Agricultural Technicians, Educational Needs
CURTIS, C.M.; MONDART, C.L., SR. – 1967
THE COMBINED RESULTS OF THE STUDIES OF SEVEN METROPOLITAN CENTERS AND 90 SEMI-URBAN AND RURAL TOWNS IN LOUISIANA SHOWED (1) THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE EMPLOYED, NUMBER NEEDING AGRICULTURAL COMPETENCIES, EXPECTED NUMBER TO BE HIRED, AND NUMBER OF JOB TITLES, (2) CHARACTERISTICS OF EMPLOYEES SUCH AS AGE, EDUCATION, BACKGROUND, AND SALARY, AND (3)…
Descriptors: Agricultural Skills, Educational Needs, Employment Opportunities, Employment Qualifications
BARWICK, RALPH P.; AND OTHERS – 1965
THE OBJECTIVES OF THIS STUDY WERE TO (1) IDENTIFY PRESENT AND EMERGING AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONS OTHER THAN FARMING FOR WHICH VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION IS NEEDED AND (2) DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF PERSONS PRESENTLY EMPLOYED AND NEEDED IN THE FUTURE. BUSINESSES IN THE STATE IN WHICH EMPLOYEES WOULD FIND A KNOWLEDGE OF AGRICULTURE USEFUL OR…
Descriptors: Agricultural Skills, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics
MASLEY, PHILIP T. – 1966
A SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED TO ASCERTAIN OFF-FARM AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND IDENTIFY DISTRIBUTION OF THOSE OCCUPATIONS OR JOB CLUSTERS WITH IMPLICATIONS FOR VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT. OF 1,170 FIRMS IDENTIFIED IN A 25 PERCENT SAMPLE OF TOWNS IN CONNECTICUT, 685 WERE CONTACTED AND 480 USABLE RESPONSES WERE OBTAINED BY…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Skills, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
CURTIS, C.M.; MONDART, C.L. – 1965
A SURVEY OF 1,067 BUSINESSES OR AGENCIES HANDLING FARM PRODUCTS OR PROVIDING AGRICULTURAL SERVICE IN SEVEN METROPOLITAN AREAS IDENTIFIED PRESENT AND EMERGING AGRICULTURAL OCCUPATIONS OTHER THAN FARMING AND RANCHING FOR WHICH INSTRUCTION IN VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE. DATA PROVIDED EMPLOYEE INFORMATION FOR SELECTED OCCUPATIONAL…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Skills, Educational Needs, Employment Opportunities
Heaney, Donald S. – 1966
Data were obtained by interview with managers in a random sample of 161 businesses in 10 selected Montana trade and service centers to (1) identify present and emerging off-farm agricultural occupations, (2) estimate present and anticipated numbers of employees, (3) estimate annual entry opportunities, (4) determine needed competencies, and (5)…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Skills, Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes
PDF pending restorationHawaii State Dept. of Education, Honolulu. Office of Instructional Services. – 1976
The study, based on a survey of agricultural industry in Hawaii, was conducted to obtain current job task information to be used as the basis for curriculum improvement in agricultural technology and ornamental horticulture. It determines the kinds and frequency of job skills and the importance of the accompanying knowledge required. A checklist…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Skills, Agricultural Technicians, Check Lists
