Employability Skills AU10.01.03

Major Components of Agriscience Program Classroom and laboratory instruction FFA SAE

Gaining Experience!! SAE Question: Answer: How can you gain experience to get a job (or prepare for college)? Answer: Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) SAE

What is SAE? Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) Programs consist of planned practical activities conducted outside of class time in which students develop and apply agricultural knowledge and skills.

SAE Is for every Student

Purpose of SAE 1. Explore a variety of skills and jobs 2. Gain valuable experience in an ag. related field 3. Earn Money 4. Learn to keep records 5. Win Awards

SAE Areas 1. Exploratory 2. Entrepreneurship 3. Placement 4. Improvement 5. Analytical 6. Experimental 7. Supplementary

Exploratory SAE Explore different ag. careers Short in Duration Develop awareness of careers Become literate in Agriculture

Observing/Assisting a veterinarian Interviewing a landscape contractor Exploratory Examples Observing/Assisting a veterinarian Interviewing a landscape contractor Observing/Assisting a welder Attending a Career Fair

Entrepreneurship Own your own business Assume Financial risk May be a production or agribusiness enterprise

SAE “Enterprise” A type of animal or plant Cattle Poinsettia Crop Sheep Poultry

Production Entrepreneurship Raise a commodity for profit: Produce vegetables Raise horses / livestock Grow field crops Grow nursery crops

Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Own / operate an AG related business Pet Sitting Feed sales Running a pay-to-fish operation Horseback riding lessons Landscaping business

The students are employed by an agricultural related business Placement Activity The students are employed by an agricultural related business Typically paid an hourly wage

Placement Jobs Work on a farm Work in a greenhouse Work at a florist, feeds tore or landscaping business

Improvement Activities Improve the appearance, convenience, efficiency, safety, or value of a home, farm, or ranch No wages earned No ownership necessary

Improvement Examples Landscape your grandparents home Build a fence Build a storage shed Assist with landscape maintenance Grow container herbs/vegetables

Analytical SAE Choose an AG problem not easily tested by experimentation Gather and evaluate data Marketing plan for a Poinsettia crop Research and present the effects of temperature change in the yield of production corn

Experimental SAE Conduct an Ag experiment using the scientific method Comparing various fertilizers and their effect on plant growth

Supplemental SAE Short term activities No wages Helps you learn skills you may not normally have an opportunity to learn Skill Specific, non-wage earning Change a spark plug Change oil in a lawnmower Mowing a baseball infield Changing a tire

Changing a Spark Plug Example of a supplementary skill that should be recorded in a record book