Determining Performance Levels of Competencies for Job Entry Required of Beginning Farm Operators. Final Report.

Autor/in	Avery, John H.
Institution	Southwest Wisconsin Vocational-Technical Inst., Fennimore.
Titel	Determining Performance Levels of Competencies for Job Entry Required of Beginning Farm Operators. Final Report.
Quelle	(1977), (164 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Agricultural Education; Agricultural Engineering; Agricultural Occupations; Agricultural Production; Dairy Farmers; Educational Needs; Entry Workers; Farm Management; Farm Occupations; Job Skills; Postsecondary Education; Research; State Surveys; Vocational Education; Young Farmer Education; Wisconsin + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Agriculture; Education; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Landwirtschaft; Ausbildung; Agrarindustrie; Agronomie; Agrarwissenschaft; Occupation; Beruf; Landwirtschaftlicher Beruf; Production; Produktion; Agrarproduktion; Landwirtschaftliche Produktion; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Produktive Fertigkeit; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Forschung; Berufsbildung; Landwirtschaftspädagogik
Abstract	A sample of 145 people representing eighty farm operations and a statewide sample of 233 agricultural and agribusiness workers participated in a study to identify competencies, their importance (on a one to five rating scale), and the performance level required of a beginning farm operator in each of the following five cluster areas considered important to the agricultural economy of southwest Wisconsin: agricultural mechanics, farm business management, dairy production, livestock production, and crop production. It was anticipated that results would be useful in setting curriculum priorities in vocational agriculture programs. A survey instrument using a Likert-type scale was administered to participants to obtain a mean value for each duty and task in each of the five clusters. The survey instrument was then modified and re-administered to determine performance levels. Each duty area and its separate tasks were rated based on the amount of outside assistance needed to complete duties and tasks. Results showed that a majority of the duties and tasks listed are of high or extreme importance for survival and growth as a farm operator and that a farm operator must rely on his/her own skills and expertise, acting for the most part, independently of outside assistance. (The major portion of this report consists of the rated duties (seventy-nine) and tasks for the beginning farm operator, grouped according to cluster. Recommendations for the farm operator technician curriculum are included.) (SH)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC