Career Trek. College & Career Awareness. Considering a career in agriculture and natural resources? Can you name fields of agriculture and natural

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1 Career Trek College & Career Awareness Purpose Background Students will explore careers in the Considering a career in agriculture and natural resources? Can you name fields of agriculture and natural ten careers in these fields? Careers in agriculture and natural resources provide resources through online research. people with the things they use every day: food, clothing, and shelter. Farmers They will check their understanding and ranchers work with a multitude of scientists, technicians, business people, by participating in Career Trek a and educators to produce safe, inexpensive food. Researchers and scientists board game that requires students help to develop new seeds, safer crop protection, and more efficient machines to identify careers in agriculture and that are part of a large, complex system that provides us with the things we use natural resources. every day. Opportunities have expanded in the field of agriculture to include unique positions in sustainable farm management systems, biotechnology, Time: Two or three 45-minute forestry, marketing, engineering, and more. sessions Employment opportunities for US college graduates with expertise in food, Level: Secondary agriculture, natural resources, and the environment are expected to remain Materials strong during the next five years, according to the United States Department of Agriculture report Employment Opportunities for College Graduates in Activity 1 Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resources. (See the Links section at the end Career Assessment activity of this lesson for access to the full report). This study, which is conducted every sheet, 1 per student five years, identifies the number of graduates earning degrees in agriculture, Hexagon Graph activity sheet, natural resources, veterinary medicine, or closely allied specializations and 1 per student estimates the percentage of those graduates who are expected to enter Copies of the Responses to the occupations in their field of study. This information is combined with Career Assessment handout and projections of future employment opportunities in the same fields. Agricultural Career Options The most recent study predicts an average of 57,900 annual job openings activity sheets A and B or the for new graduates from 2015 through An average of 35,400 graduates ability to project these pages with expertise in food, agriculture, renewable natural resources, or the What s Been Your Agricultural environment are expected to fill many of these job openings. In addition, Experience Today? PowerPoint many employers will look for qualified graduates from allied fields, including (see Links section at end of biological sciences, engineering, business administration, communication, lesson) education, and consumer sciences. Six major factors will define the market for graduates in the next five years: macroeconomic conditions and retirements; Activity 2 growing number of qualified graduates; changing consumer preferences for Prezi presentation Agricultural foods and biomaterials, public policy choices, technological advancements, Careers (see Links section) and global market shifts in population, income, food, and energy. Some of Computers with internet access the future careers in agriculture are yet to be defined; they are the emerging for students to view videos on careers in agriculture. careers in agriculture Most people want to spend their work time doing something they enjoy, Evaluation but many have a hard time deciding what type of job they would enjoy. The Career Trek game board, 1 Holland Theory is a way to evaluate what types of activities you enjoy or for every 4 students (see Links interests you have and match these to jobs you might enjoy. By answering a section) few questions, students may find out which agricultural and natural resource careers might match their talents and capabilities. People usually enjoy working in environments that allow them to associate with like-minded individuals. There are six different types of working environments: realistic, investigative, artistic, enterprising, social, and conventional. Many people are a combination of types and may consider working in careers that combine two or more types of environments. Today there are hundreds of fields of study and employment in agriculture. Take the time to explore some of the careers awaiting you. Utah Agriculture in the Classroom 1

2 This lesson plan is one of eleven that are approved by the Utah State Office of Education (USOE) for teaching agriculture content in the College and Career Awareness course. The suggested sequence for these lessons follows. First: AgVenture Sourcing Ag Careers Holland Theory: a way to evaluate what types of activities someone enjoys or interests they have and match these to the jobs they might enjoy Early (any order): End (any order): Last: Supply and Demand Technology in Agriculture Biofuel DNA Expressions in Agriculture Food Science Serious Cereal Science Career Trek (this lesson) Find Your Future Career Charting Agriculture Careers Planet Zorcon Activity Procedures Activity 1: Interest Assessment 1. Provide each student with a Career Assessment and a Hexagon Graph activity sheet. Give students time to answer the questions on the Career Assessment sheet. 2. Project the Responses to the Career Assessment handout and go through it. Ask students to follow along, indicating which characteristics they ve chosen by making tally marks on the Hexagon Graph sheet. 3. When you have finished, instruct students to add up the number of tallies after each characteristic. 4. Each student should have one or two characteristics that have more tally marks than the others. Ask them to color these areas on the Hexagon Graph sheet. 5. Hand out or project Agricultural Career Options sheets A and B. Students should focus on the activity sheet with the characteristics for which they had the most tallies. Sheet A includes areas of study and career possibilities that may interest persons who are more realistic, artistic, or investigative. Sheet B covers those who are more enterprising, social, or conventional. 6. Ask each student to choose one or more career(s) from the career possibilities list that interests him or her. 7. Each student should research the career he or she chose and list job responsibilities, education requirements, salary, and how it relates to production agriculture. Most of this information can be found in the What s Been Your Agricultural Experience Today? PowerPoint (see Links section at end of lesson). Activity 2: Video Review 1. Ask students to view, or view together, the Prezi presentation on agricultural careers (see Links). 2. Knowing what they know about their interests, the education they are willing to consider, and their pay expectations, ask students to view one or more of the two-minute agricultural and natural resources careers videos located on the UtahAgClassroom YouTube channel (see Links). 3. After the students view one of the career videos, have them visit the FFA Career Explorer site to determine the salary range of each career. Utah Agriculture in the Classroom 2

3 What s Been Your Agricultural Experience Today? PowerPoint Agricultural Natural Resources Career Prezi Career Trek game board 4. Ask students to share with the class what they viewed, something new they learned about the career, and the potential salary. It is possible multiple students will view the same movie; if so, ask these students to report as a group. Evaluation: Career Trek 1. Use the Career Trek game to assess basic student knowledge about careers in agriculture and natural resources. The game includes a list of 32 careers, but this lesson has exposed students to over 100 careers. Tell students it is permissible to mention careers that have been discussed in class but are not on the game board (the group needs to agree that the occupation stated is an agricultural or natural resource career, like agreeing on a word in Scrabble). An occupation title can always be checked by using Google or on the FFA Career Explorer (see Links). When all students can name at least 10 agricultural and natural resource careers, they have met the core objectives. 2. To further assess students, ask students to place the careers noted in the PowerPoint, in the Prezi, or on the Career Trek game into the appropriate Career Pathway category noted on the Utah Career Technical Education website ( AgPathways.pdf). Links PowerPoint What s Been Your Agricultural Experience Today? Career Trek game board search trek UtahAgClassroom YouTube Channel FFA Career Explorer Utah State University agricultural degrees and career listings Agricultural Careers Prezi by Debra Spielmaker Agricultural and Natural Resource Career YouTube Video (or search agricultural careers on YouTube) te: When using movies and YouTube clips, or videos of this nature, please verify with your LEA s media policies and/or seek LEA approval to use them. Assessment Construct a list of careers and the education (secondary and postsecondary) necessary, skills required, and wage expectations related to careers discussed in this lesson: Allow students to create a list of careers that interest them, based on their Career Assessment and allow them to research education nessary, skills required, job outlook / security, and wage expectations related to selected careers. At home project or activity related to the ILO or lesson objectives conducted with parents and reported by the student: Have students discuss careers of interest that match their personalities with their parents. Utah Agriculture in the Classroom 3

4 Career Assessment Holland s Interest Assessment 1. Do you enjoy working outdoors? 2. Do you prefer to work with (mark all that apply): Things Alone Ideas People People and Ideas 3. Do you like to work with tools and machines? 4. Do you enjoy investigating what makes things the way they are? 5. Which of the following skills do you possess (mark all that apply): Athletic ability Mathematical and scientific Artistic skills Leadership and speaking Clerical or numerical Social skills 6. Do you like to solve problems? 7. Do you have a good imagination? 8. Are you interested in human relationships? 9. Do you like to help others with problems? 10. Are you interested in economics and politics? 11. Do you like to try to convince people? 12. Do you enjoy working with words and numbers? 13. Do you carry out tasks in detail? 14. Do you follow through on others instructions? 15. Do you enjoy creating original work? 16. Mark which of the following best describe you (mark all that apply): a) I like to do what people expect of me. I am truthful and practical. I like to save my money. I don t like to brag about myself. b) I like to question and find out about things. I like to work by myself and do a good job, but I don t brag about how good I am doing. c) I like to work by myself and come up with new ideas. I sometimes do things differently than others would. I am creative. d) I like to help others. I am friendly, patient and understanding. People can trust me. e) I am outgoing and popular. I think that everything will turn out for the best. I like to explore and have lots of energy. f) I like to do what people expect of me. I like to save my money. If something doesn t work the first time, I will try again until it does work.

5 Responses to the Career Assessment 1. If you answered yes, put a mark by Realistic. 2. If you marked Things, put a mark by Realistic. If you marked Alone, put a mark by Investigative. If you marked Ideas, put a mark by Artistic. If you marked People, put a mark by Social. If you marked People and Ideas, put a mark by Enterprising. 3. If you answered yes, put a mark by Realistic. 4. If you answered yes, put a mark by Investigative. 5. If you marked Athletic Ability, put a mark by Realistic. If you marked Mathematical and Scientific, put a mark by Investigative. If you marked Artistic Skills, put a mark by Artistic. If you marked Leadership and Speaking, put a mark by Enterprising. If you marked Clerical or Numerical, put a mark by Conventional. If you marked Social Skills, put a mark by Social. 6. If you answered yes, put a mark by Investigative. 7. If you answered yes, put a mark by Artistic. 8. If you answered yes, put a mark by Social. 9. If you answered yes, put a mark by Social. 10. If you answered yes, put a mark by Enterprising. 11. If you answered yes, put a mark by Enterprising. 12. If you answered yes, put a mark by Conventional. 13. If you answered yes, put a mark by Conventional. 14. If you answered yes, put a mark by Conventional. 15. If you answered yes, put a mark by Artistic. 16. If you marked a, put a mark by Realistic. If you marked b, put a mark by Investigative. If you marked c, put a mark by Artistic. If you marked d, put a mark by Social. If you marked e, put a mark by Enterprising. If you marked f, put a mark by Conventional.

6 Hexagon Graph INVESTIGATIVE REALISTIC ARTISTIC CONVENTIONAL SOCIAL INVESTIGATIVE People who like to observe, learn, investigate, analyze, evaluate, or solve problems. REALISTIC People who have athletic or mechanical ability, prefer to work with objects, machines, tools, plants or animals, or to be outdoors. CONVENTIONAL People who like to work with data, have clerical or numerical ability, carry out tasks in detail, or follow through on others instructions. ENTERPRISING Six Career Interests ENTERPRISING People who like to work with people, influencing, persuading, performing, leading, or managing for organizational goals for economic gain. SOCIAL People who like to work with people to enlighten, inform, help, train, or cure them, or are skilled with words. ARTISTIC People who have artistic, innovative, or intuitional abilities and like to work in unstructured situations using their imagination and creativity.

7 Agricultural Career Options A My name is My career characteristics indicate that I am: I am interested in these careers: Realistic DOERS Appliance Mechanic Aquaculturist Automobile Body Repairer Automotive Engineer Automobile Mechanic Baker/Chef Carpenter Construction Worker Diesel Mechanic Electrical Engineer Farm Equipment Manager Farmer Farm Manager Forester Groundskeeper Industrial Supervisor Instrument Repair and Maintenance Laboratory Technician Machinist Maintenance Repairer Mechanical Engineer Oceanographer Truck Driver Water Quality Specialist Investigative THINKERS Agronomist Biochemist Biologist Cartographer Chemical Engineer Chemical Technician Chemist Computer Engineer Computer Programmer Computer Systems Analyst Ecologist Economist Electrical Engineer Hazardous Waste Technician Horticulturist Industrial Arts Teacher Management Consultant Marketing Research Analyst Research Analyst Software Engineer Statistician Technical Writer Veterinarian Artistic CREATORS Advertising Art Director Advertising Manager Copywriter Graphic Designer Journalist/Reporter Landscape Architect Photographer Writer/Editor

8 Agricultural Career Options B My name is My career characteristics indicate that I am: I am interested in these careers: Enterprising PERSUADERS Advertising/Marketing Public Relations Manager Advertising Sales Representative Financial Planner Financial Manager Buyer Computer Operator Cook/Chef Credit Manager Education and Training Manager Educational Administrator Food Service Manager Foreign Service Office Industrial Engineer Interpreter Journalist Lobbyist Manufacturer s Representative Office Manager Restaurant Manager Retail Store Manager Sales Representative Stockbroker Social HELPERS College Professor Community Planner Dietician Family and Consumer Sciences Teacher Home Economist Occupational Therapist Park Naturalist Personnel Recruiter Personnel Training Labor Relations Specialist Public Health Educator School Principal/Administrator Secondary School Teacher Special Education Teacher Teacher s Aide Conventional ORGANIZERS Accountant Administrative Assistant Bank Teller Budget Analyst Computer Operator Cost Accountant Financial Analyst Internal Auditor Safety Inspector

9 Name: Period: Date: AGRICULTURE CAREERS According to the Holland Code Directions: Using the Agriculture Career Handout, pick 1 agriculture career to learn more about in each of the six career interest areas. Log onto to complete the table of information for each career interest area. ENTERPRISING SOCIAL REALISTIC

10 CONVENTIONAL ARTISTIC INVESTIGATIVE