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O'Bryan, Robert C. – 1979
Designed to provide instructional materials for use by vocational agriculture teachers, this unit on breeding livestock contains materials for use in teaching the importance of breeding, the physiology of livestock breeding, reproductive processes, sire selection, and breeding systems. Lessons on each of these competencies contain the following:…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Agricultural Skills, Animal Husbandry
Johnson, Boyd C. – 1979
Designed to provide instructional materials for use by vocational agriculture teachers, this unit on feeding livestock contains nine lessons based upon competencies needed to be a livestock producer. The lessons in this unit cover the importance of good feeding practices, the identification of nutritional needs and the composition of feeds for…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Agricultural Skills, Animal Husbandry
Smith, Anthony – 1979
Designed to provide instructional materials for use by vocational agriculture teachers, this unit on livestock judging contains materials based on five competencies needed to be a livestock producer. The following competencies are covered: general preparation for livestock judging, selection, and evaluation; judging, selection, and evaluation of…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Agricultural Skills, Animal Husbandry
Attarian, A. Ronald – 1980
The purpose of this study was to identify the professional horticultural competencies that vocational horticultural teachers must perform successfully and to distinguish between those competencies needed by entry level teachers and those needed by experienced teachers. A secondary purpose was to examine differences in the ratings of the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Skills, Competence
Colliver, Jewell B. – 1979
Designed to provide instructional materials for use by vocational agriculture teachers, this unit on dairy housing and equipment contains four lessons based upon competencies needed to be a dairy farmer. The lessons in this unit cover the maintenance of milking systems, the provision of adequate and economical housing for dairy animals, and the…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Machinery, Agricultural Production, Agricultural Skills
Grace, Clyde, Jr. – 1979
Designed to provide instructional materials for use by vocational agriculture teachers, this unit contains nine lessons based upon competencies needed to maximize profits in corn production. The lessons cover opportunities for growing corn; seed selection; seedbed preparation; planting methods and practices; fertilizer rates and application;…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Agricultural Skills, Behavioral Objectives
Hughes, Mike; And Others – 1979
Designed to provide instructional materials for use by vocational agriculture teachers, this unit contains forty-one lessons based upon competencies needed to maximize profits in tobacco production. The lessons in this unit cover such topics as the importance of tobacco, selecting land for tobacco, soil analysis and treatment, selecting tobacco…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Production, Agricultural Skills, Behavioral Objectives
Download full textNational Future Farmers of America Foundation, Madison, WI. – 1994
The skill standards in this document were developed as a result of meetings between representatives of the agricultural industry and educational institutions to determine the skills and educational preparation required of an agricultural biotechnology technician, verified by technicians working in laboratories, greenhouses, animal facilities, and…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Agricultural Skills, Agricultural Technicians, Biotechnology
Illinois Occupational Skill Standards and Credentialing Council, Carbondale. – 2000
This document contains 52 Occupational Skill Standards for the swine production occupational cluster, as required for the state of Illinois. Skill Standards, which were developed by committees that included educators, business, industry, and labor, are intended to promote education and training investment and ensure that students and workers are…
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Agricultural Production
Makin, Richard C. – 1981
A study examined which agricultural mechanics skills were being taught by vocational horticulture teachers in Pennsylvania and compared the degree of proficiency possessed by teachers for particular competencies with the indicated relative importance of these competencies as perceived by employers in the horticulture industry. Also examined were…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Engineering, Agricultural Skills, Competence
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Curriculum Standards Branch. – 1997
With this Career and Technology Studies (CTS) curriculum guide, secondary students in Alberta can do the following: develop skills that can be applied in their daily lives; refine career-planning skills; develop technology-related skills in agriculture; enhance employability skills, especially in foods; and apply and reinforce learning developed…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations, Agricultural Production, Agricultural Skills
Illinois Occupational Skill Standards and Credentialing Council, Carbondale. – 2000
This document, which is intended as a guide for work force preparation program providers, details the Illinois occupational skill standards for programs preparing students for employment in occupations in the row crop production cluster. The document begins with a brief overview of the Illinois perspective on occupational skill standards and…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Advisory Committees, Agricultural Education, Agricultural Occupations
