| Profession |
Skills Required |
Duties Performed |
| Agronomist |
- Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Installation: Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.
- Operation and Control: Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
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- Develop methods of conserving and managing soil that can be applied by farmers and forestry companies.
- Perform chemical analyses of the microorganism content of soils to determine microbial reactions and chemical mineralogical relationships to plant growth.
- Conduct experiments regarding causes of bee diseases, and factors affecting yields of nectar pollen.
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| Agricultural Engineer |
- Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Quality Control Analysis: Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
- Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
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- Supervise food processing or manufacturing plant operations.
- Meet with clients such as district or regional councils, farmers, and developers, to discuss their needs.
- Conduct educational programs that provide farmers or farm cooperative members with information that can help them improve agricultural productivity.
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| Horticultural Science Technician |
- Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Quality Control Analysis: Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
- Operation and Control: Controlling operations of equipment or systems.
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- Record data pertaining to experimentation, research, and animal care.
- Measure and mark plot areas, and plow, disc, level, and otherwise prepare land for cultivated crops, orchards and vineyards.
- Maintain and repair agricultural facilities, equipment, and tools to ensure operational readiness, safety, and cleanliness.
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