7 Different SAE Categories
Leadership, Education & Communications
The ability to:
- Exhibit the skills and competencies needed to achieve a desired result
- Build a constituency through listening, coaching, understanding and appreciating others
- Establish a clear image of what the future should look like
- Desire purposeful understanding related to professional and personal activities
- Pursue learning and growth opportunities related to professional and personal aspirations and applying skills for career success
- Demonstrate oral, written and verbal skills
- Analyze situations and execute an appropriate course of action
- Manage organizational structures and processes to better serve customers
- Examine the components of the AFNR systems and address their maintenance requirements
- Research geographical data related to AFNR systems
- The importance of health, safety, and environmental management systems in organizations and their importance to performance and regulatory compliance
- Envision emerging technology and globalization to project its influence on widespread markets
- Application of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) in agriculture
Agribusiness Systems
The ability to:
- Business development through applying principles of supply and demand Developing a business plan (SAE plan)
- Management of resources (ex: land, labor, capital and management)
- Record keeping, financial statements and inventory management
- Cost of production and measurement of profit
- Marketing and brand development
- Risk management techniques and strategy
- Other skills in technology and math
Plant Systems
The ability to:
- Classify plants according to taxonomy systems
- Apply knowledge of plant physiology and energy conversion to plant systems
- Determine the influence of environmental factors on plant growth
- Develop and implement a fertilization plan for specific plants or crops Demonstrate plant propagation techniques
- Develop and implement a plant management plan for crop production.
- Apply knowledge of plant anatomy and the functions of plant structures to activities associated with plant systems
- Develop and implement a plan for integrated pest management
- Apply principles and practices of sustainable agriculture to plant production
- Harvest, handle and store crops
- Create designs using plants
Food Products & Processing Systems
The ability to:
- Evaluate the significance and implications of changes and trends in the food products and processing industry.
- Work effectively with industry organizations, groups and regulatory agencies affecting the food products and processing industry.
- Manage operational procedures and create equipment and facility maintenance plans.
- Implement Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) procedures to establish operating parameters.
- Apply safety and sanitation procedures in the handling, processing and storing of food products.
- Demonstrate worker safety procedures with food product and processing equipment and facilities.
- Apply principles of science to food processing to provide a safe, wholesome and nutritious food supply.
- Evaluate, grade and classify processed food products.
- Process, preserve, package and present food and food products for sale and distribution
- The application of science, technology, engineering and math.
Power, Structural & Technical Systems
The ability to:
- Select energy sources in power generation appropriate to the situation
- Apply physical science laws and principles to identify, classify and use lubricants
- Identify and use hand and power tools and equipment for service, construction and fabrication
- Perform service routines to maintain power units and related equipment
- Create sketches and plans of agricultural structures
- Apply structural plans, specifications and building codes
- Examine structural requirements for materials and procedures and estimate construction cost
- Follow architectural and mechanical plans to construct and/or repair equipment, buildings and facilities
- Use instruments and meters to test and monitor electrical and electronic processes
- Prepare and/or use electrical drawings to design, install and troubleshoot control systems
- Use geospatial technologies in agricultural applications
- Applications of math, science, engineering and technology
Natural Resources Systems
The ability to:
- Apply knowledge of natural resource components to the management of natural resource systems and classification of resource
- Apply scientific principles to natural resource management activities, such as safety,catastrophic plans and conservation
- Production, harvest, process and use natural resource products.
- Manage fires in natural resource systems
- Diagnose plant and wildlife diseases/insect infestation and follow protocol to prevent their spread
- Communicate natural resource information to the public
Environmental Service System
The ability to:
- Analyze and interpret samples in environmental analysis
- Interpret laws affecting environmental service systems.
- Apply meteorology principles, such as climate change.
- Apply soil science principles to environmental service systems.
- Use pollution control measures to maintain a safe facility environment, such as comparing point and non-point water pollutants.
- Manage safe disposal of all categories of solid waste.
- Apply the principles of public drinking water treatment operations to ensure safe water at a facility.
Animal Systems
The ability to:
- Classify, evaluate, select and manage animals based on anatomical and physiological characteristics
- Apply principles of comparative anatomy and physiology to uses within various animal systems and selecting animals for specific purposes
- Provide for the biosecurity of agricultural animals and production facilities
- Prescribe and implement a prevention and treatment program for animal diseases, parasites and other disorders
- Formulate feed rations to provide for the nutritional needs of animals and supplements for optimal growth
- Evaluate the male and female reproductive systems in selecting animals
- Evaluate animals for breeding readiness and soundness
- Apply scientific principles in the selection and breeding of animals
- Demonstrate safe animal handling and management techniques
- Implement procedures to ensure that animal products are safe
- Design animal housing, equipment and handling facilities for the major systems of animal production
- Evaluate the effects of environmental conditions on animals
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