Entry-Level Workplace Competencies Needed by Graduates of a Community College Agriculture Program: A Midwest Case Study Using the Delphi Technique

Autor/in	Colclasure, Blake C.
Titel	Entry-Level Workplace Competencies Needed by Graduates of a Community College Agriculture Program: A Midwest Case Study Using the Delphi Technique
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Technical Careers, 4 (2020) 2, S.3-23 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2578-2118
Schlagwörter	Entry Workers; Job Skills; Minimum Competencies; College Graduates; Community Colleges; Agricultural Education; Agricultural Occupations; Vocational Education; Labor Needs; Employer Attitudes; School Business Relationship; Agronomy; Agribusiness; 21st Century Skills; Soft Skills; Computer Literacy; Mechanical Skills; Employment Qualifications; Kansas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Produktive Fertigkeit; Fundamentum; Mindestwissen; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Community college; Community College; Agriculture; Education; Landwirtschaftliche Ausbildung; Landwirtschaft; Ausbildung; Occupation; Beruf; Landwirtschaftlicher Beruf; Berufsbildung; Labour needs; Arbeitskräftebedarf; Arbeitgeberinteresse; Agarwissenschaft; Agrarindustrie; Computerkenntnisse; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation
Abstract	Community colleges have a strong history of providing vocational education and occupational training to meet changing workforce demands of local industries. In the Midwest, agricultural industries have expressed an expanding need for middle-skilled workers with postsecondary, pre-baccalaureate credentials. The 21st century agricultural landscape has changed as a result of the need for efficiency and sustainability, and resulting emergent agricultural technologies. Community colleges will be integral to establishing a qualified agriculture workforce for entry-level, middle-skilled positions. This study utilized a modified Delphi approach to identify entry-level workplace competencies needed by graduates of a community college agriculture program. Delphi panel experts represented leaders from the agronomy-based agriculture industry within the college's district, and initially identified 87 desired workforce competencies. Fifty-eight competencies achieved consensus from the Delphi panel and were categorized by themes: soft skills (26), agronomy-based technical skills (12), technology-based technical skills (9), agriculture mechanic/operator-based technical skills (3), general technical skills (4), and agribusiness-based technical skills (4). Results of this study can be used to inform community college agriculture program development and can be used as a case study for assessing workforce needs of local agricultural industries. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	UNLV Department of Teaching and Learning. 4505 South Maryland Parkway PO Box 3005, Las Vegas, NV 89154. e-mail: jrtc@unlv.edu; Web site: https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/jrtc/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01