Occupational Categories
Pomology
What is fruit production?
Careers examples for Ag Production Specialists.
What are farmers, ranchers, professional farm managers, and feedlot managers?
Grow vegetables, fruits, flowers including cut flowers, bedding plants, potted plants, hanging baskets and landscaping plants. Employees do both sexual and asexual plant propagation.
Who are greenhouse/nursery employees?
Analyzing oneself and the first basic step in choosing an occupation
What is self-analysis?
Word derived from the Latin roots hortus - meaning garden and - culture meaning to cultivate.
What is 'Horticulture?
Viticulture
What is the science and practice of growing, maintaining and processing grapes?
Animal scientists, biochemists, entomologists, food scientists, geneticists, and microbiologists are examples of what occupational category.
What are Scientists, Engineers, and Related Specialists?
Grounds maintenance employees
What is care for the land area and plants that surround a business, school, church, industry or other public or private places that have lawns and plants that have to be maintained (includes IPM)?
Self-analysis includes these 9 steps
What is evaluating your: abilities, talents, physical make-up, previous experiences, interests, educational aspirations, attitude and values, flexibility, and personality?
The cultivation, processing and marketing of flowers, ornamental plants, vegetables, fruits and nuts.
Areas included in horticulture
The science and practice of propagating, growing, planting, maintaining, and using grasses, annuals, shrubs and trees
What is the Landscape and nursery industry?
Examples of Social Services Professionals
What are dietitians, nutrition counselors, and food specialists?
Green Industry employees
Who are employees that work in jobs that are environmentally friendly and have to do with reusing, recycling and reducing the carbon footprint?
.
The best way to learn more about an occupation is through
What is work experience?
About 1/3 or 33% of projected openings for college graduates with degrees in agriculture are in this category.
What are Marketing, Merchandising, and Sales Representatives?
The science and practice of growing, harvesting, storing, processing and marketing flowering plants.
What is floriculture?
Ag Education teachers, college faculty members, extension agents, public relations specialists, reporters, and editors are careers in which occupational category
What are Education, Communication, and Information Specialists?
Check plants and materials for disease, insects and other quality issues.
.
Who is an inspector?
After a person does a self-analysis and gets as much information about an occupation, the next step is to
What make a decision?
Physical makeup means:
What is a person's health, strength, and stamina?
Vegetable production
What is olericulture?
Managers and Financial Specialists career examples
What are business managers, food service managers, retail managers, wholesale managers, economists, financial analysts, and credit analysts?
Maintain plants, grounds, buildings, facilities, equipment and driveways in national, state, city or privately owned parks.
Who are park employees?
Bachelor's degrees
What is are required for 85% of the jobs in the category agriculture marketing, merchandising, and sales representative?
Use technical skills to produce agriculture products.
What are Agricultural Production Specialists?