LifeKnowledge and Cluster Skills:CS.01-11

  • 1

    Premier Leadership: Acquire the skills necessary to positively influence others.CS.01

  • 2

    Personal Growth: Develop a skill set to enhance the positive evolution of the whole person.CS.02

  • 3

    Career Success: Demonstrate those qualities, attributes and skills necessary to succeed in, or further prepare for , a chosen career while effectively contributing to society.CS.03

  • 4

    Systems: Examine roles within teams, work units, departments, organizations, inter-organizational systems, and the larger environment.CS.04

  • 5

    Systems: Identify how key organizational structures and processes affect organizational performance and the quality of products and services.CS.05

  • 6

    Examine the importance of health, safety, and environmental management systems in organizations and their importance to performance and regulatory compliance.CS.06

  • 7

    Safety, Health, and Environmental: Demonstrate appropriate health and safety procedures for AFNR occupations.CS.07

  • 8

    Technical Skills: Use tools, equipment, machinery and technology appropriate to work within areas related to AFNR.CS.08

  • 9

    Technical Skills: Compare and contrast issues affecting the AFNR industry.CS.09

  • 10

    Technical Skills: Envision emerging technology and globalization to project its influence on widespread markets.CS.10

  • 11

    Scientific Inquiry: Utilize scientific inquiry as an investigative method.CS.11

Agribusiness Systems Career Pathway:

  • 1

    Utilize economic principles to establish and manage an AFNR enterprise.ABS.01

  • 2

    Utilize appropriate management planning principles in AFNR business enterprises.ABS.02

  • 3

    Utilize record keeping to accomplish AFNR business objectives while complying with laws and regulations.ABS.03

  • 4

    Apply generally accepted accounting principles and skills to manage cash budgets, credit budgets and credit for AFNR businesses.ABS.04

  • 5

    Assess accomplishments of goals and objectives by an AFNR business.ABS.05

  • 6

    Use industry-accepted marketing principles to accomplish AFNR business objectives.ABS.06

  • 7

    Create a production system plan.ABS.07

Animal Systems Career Pathway:

  • 1

    Examine the components, historical development, global implications, and future trends of the animal systems industry.AS.01

  • 2

    Classify, evaluate, select, and manage animals based on anatomical and physiological characteristics.AS.02

  • 3

    Provide for the proper health care of animals.AS.03

  • 4

    Apply principles of animal nutrition to ensure the proper growth, development, reproduction, and economic production of animals.AS.04

  • 5

    Evaluate and select animals based on scientific principles of animal production.AS.05

  • 6

    Prepare and implement animal handling procedures for the safety of animals, producers, and consumers of animal products.AS.06

  • 7

    Select animal facilities and equipment that provide for the safe and efficient production, housing, and handling of animals.AS.07

  • 8

    Analyze environmental factors associated with animal production.AS.08

Biotechnology Systems Career Pathway:

  • 1

    Recognize the historical, social, cultural and potential applications of biotechnology.BS.01

  • 2

    Demonstrate laboratory skills as applied to biotechnology.BS.02

  • 3

    Demonstrate the application of biotechnology to Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources (AFNR)BS.03

Environmental Service Systems Career Pathway:

  • 1

    Use analytical procedures to plan and evaluate environmental service systems.ESS.01

  • 2

    Assess the impact of policies and regulations on environmental service systems.ESS.02

  • 3

    Apply scientific principles to environmental service systems.ESS.03

  • 4

    Operate environmental service systems to manage a facility environment.ESS.04

  • 5

    Examine the relationships between energy sources and environmental service systems.ESS.05

  • 6

    Use tools, equipment, machinery and technology to accomplish tasks in environmental service systems.ESS.06

Food Products and Processing Systems Career Pathway:

  • 1

    Examine components of the food industry and historical development of food products and processing.FPP.01

  • 2

    Apply safety principles, recommended equipment and facility management techniques to the food products and processing industry.FPP.02

  • 3

    Apply principles of science to the food products and processing industry.FPP.03

  • 4

    Select and process food products for storage, distribution and consumption.FPP.04

Natural Resources Systems Career Pathway:

  • 1

    Explain interrelationships between natural resources and humans necessary to conduct management activities in natural environments.NRS.01

  • 2

    Apply scientific principles to natural resource management activities.NRS.02

  • 3

    Apply knowledge of natural resources to production and processing industries.NRS.03

  • 4

    Demonstrate techniques used to protect natural resources.NRS.04

  • 5

    Use effective methods and venues to communicate natural resource processes to the public.NRS.05

Plant Systems Career Pathway:

  • 1

    Apply knowledge of plant classification, plant anatomy and plant physiology to the production and management of plants.PS.01

  • 2

    Prepare and implement a plant management plan that addresses the influence of environmental factors, nutrients, and soil on plant growth.PS.02

  • 3

    Propagate, culture, and harvest plants.PS.03

  • 4

    Employ elements of design to enhance an environment.PS.04

Power, Structural and Technical Systems Career Pathway:

  • 1

    Use physical science principles and engineering applications with power, structural and technical systems to solve problems and improve performance.PST.01

  • 2

    Design, operate and maintain mechanical equipment, strutures, biological systems, land treatment, power and technology.PST.02

  • 3

    Service and repair mechanical equipment and power systems.PST.03

  • 4

    Plan, build and maintain agricultural structures.PST.04

  • 5

    Apply technology principles in the use of agricultural technical systems.PST.05

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