A study was conducted to identify competencies needed by workers in new and emerging occupations in agriculture; to identify occupations in agriculture that are on the decline and occupations that may no longer be needed; to work toward the elimination of sex bias in preparation for entry into occupations in agriculture; and to assess the…

This report contains guidelines to vocational/occupational instructors who are developing or evaluating curricula to train workers for entry into a particular job and guidelines for students to determine the competencies they must have to enter a particular job or group of jobs. It includes descriptions (job sheets) of forty-one jobs, with job…

This report details Task D (of a seventeen-task project), which identified safety and health concepts, knowledge, and skills included in print and non-print materials designed to develop performance outcomes needed by employers and employees. (The project intends to develop performance-based modularized instructional materials for teaching job…