| Agriculture,
Food & Natural Resources Cluster Career Pathway Coursework Models:
AGRIBUSINESS
SYSTEMS
Financial
Management in Agribusiness
(Sales,
Service, Farm and Ranch Management, Entrepreneurship, Economics,
etc.)
Occupations:
Ag Lenders ● Agricultural Chemical Dealer ● Agricultural
Commodity Broker ● Agricultural Economist ● Agricultural
Products Buyer ● Animal Health Products Distributor ●
Banker/Loan Officer ● Chemical Sales Representative ●
Dairy Herd Supervisor (DHIA) ● Farm Investment Manager ●
Farm Manager ● Farmer /Rancher/Feedlot Operator ●
Feed and Supply Store Manager ● Field Representative for
Bank, Insurance Company or Government Program ● Field Service
Representative ● Livestock Rancher / Breeder ● Livestock
Seller ● Produce Commission Agent ● Sales Manager
● Salesperson
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ANIMAL
SYSTEMS
Animal
Caretaker
Veterinary
Technology
(Large
animals, small animals, wildlife animals, and research animals)
Occupations:
Agricultural Educators ● AI Technicians-Aquaculturalists
● Animal Caretakers-Poultry Managers ● Animal Health
Salespersons ● Animal Nutritionists ● Animal Scientists
● Dairy Producers ● Embryo Technologists ● Embryo
Transfer Technicians ● Equine Managers-Veterinarians ●
Feed Sales Representatives ● Feed Sales Specialists ●
Livestock Buyers ● Livestock Geneticists ● Livestock
Inspectors ● Livestock producers ●Meat Science Researcher
● Pet Shop Operators ●Reproductive Physiologists ●USDA
Inspectors% Veterinary Assistants-Feedlot Specialists ●
Vivarian Technicians ● Wildlife Biologists
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ENVIRONMENTAL
SERVICE SYSTEMS
Water
Treatment Options
(Pollution
Prevention, Water & Air Quality, Hazardous Materials, Solid
Waste Management, Health & Safety Sanitation, etc.)
Occupations:
Environmental Compliance Assurance Managers ● Environmental
Sampling and Analysis Scientists/Technicians ● Hazardous
Materials Handlers ● Hazardous Materials Technicians / Managers
● Health and Safety Sanitarians ● Pollution Prevention
and Control Managers ● Pollution Prevention and Control
Technicians ● Solid Waste Disposers / Recyclers ●
Solid Waste Managers ● Solid Waste Specialists ● Solid
Waste Technician ● Toxicologists ● Waste Water Managers
● Water Environment Managers ● Water Quality Managers
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FOOD
PRODUCTS AND PROCESSING SYSTEMS
Agricultural
Communications
Meats
Processing
(Food
Processing and preserving, Packaging, Distribution, Government
monitoring & regulation)
Occupations:
Agricultural Communications Specialists ●
Agricultural Sales ●
Bacteriologists ●
Biochemists ●
Biochemists-Nutritionists-Dieticians ●
Bioengineers ●
Business-Educators ●
Cheese
Makers ●
Fieldman ●
Food & Drug Inspectors ●
Food & Fiber Engineers
●
Food Brokers-Food Inspectors ●
Food Meal Supervisors ●
Food Processors ●
Food Scientists ●
Meat Cutters-Meat Graders ●
Meat Processors-Toxicologists ●
Meat Science Researchers ●
Microbiologists ●
Produce Buyers ●
Quality Control Specialists ●
Storage Supervisors
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NATURAL
RESOURCES SYSTEMS
Fisheries
Wildlife
& Park Managers
(Habitat
Conservation, Forest Products, Parks and Recreation, Mining, Environmental
Services, Fisheries, Soil Conservation, etc.)
Occupations:
Cartographers
●
Ecologists Park Mangers ●
Environmental Interpreters ●
Fish and Game Officers Loggers ●
Fish Hatchery Manager Commercial Fishermen ●
Fishing Vessel Operators ●
Forest Technicians ●
Geologists ●
Hydrologists ●
Log Graders ●
Mining Engineers Fisheries Technicians ●
Pulp and Paper Manager Soil Geology Technician ●
Range Technicians ●
Vessel Crew ●
Water Monitoring Technician ●
Wildlife Managers
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PLANT
SYSTEMS
Biotechnology
Farm
Manager
Floral
Design
(Agronomic,
Horticulture, Forestry, Turf, Viticulture, Soils, etc.)
Occupations:
Agricultural Educators ● Agricultural Journalists ●
Aquaculturalists ● Bioinformatics Specialists ● Biotechnology
Lab Technician ● Botanists ● Commodity Marketing Specialists
● Crop Farm Managers ● Custom Hay/Silage Operators
● Education & Extension Specialists ● Farmers
● Forest Geneticists ● Golf Course Superintendents
● Grain Operations Superintendents ● Greenhouse Mangers
● Growers ● Plant Breeders and Geneticists ●
Plant Pathologists ● Ranchers ● Sales Representatives
● Soil & Water Specialists ● Tree Surgeons
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POWER,
STRUCTURAL, & TECHNICAL SYSTEMS
Welding
(Power,
Structures, Controls, Geospatial Technology, Computer Systems,
Electronics, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, etc.)
Occupations:
Agricultural Applications Software Developers/Programmers
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Agricultural Engineers ●
Agricultural Extension Engineering Specialists ●
Communication Technicians ●
Computer Service Technical Support Technicians ●
Database Administrators ●
Electronics Systems Technicians ●
Equipment/Parts Mangers ●
GPS Technicians ●
Heavy Equipment Maintenance Technicians ●
Information Lab Specialists ●
Machine Operators ●
Machinists ●
Recycling Technicians ●
Remote Sensing Specialists ●
Waste Water Treatment Plant Operators ●
Welders
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