Career overview
Farm and Home Management Educators
O*NET-SOC 25-9021.00
Median pay / yr$58,120
OutlookBelow Average
Instruct and advise individuals and families engaged in agriculture, agricultural-related processes, or home management activities. Demonstrate procedures and apply research findings to advance agricultural and home management activities. May develop educational outreach programs. May instruct on either agricultural issues such as agricultural processes and techniques, pest management, and food safety, or on home management issues such as budgeting, nutrition, and child development.
What it takes
The skills, knowledge, and credentials employers look for in Farm and Home Management Educators.
Skills employers look for
- Active ListeningGiving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- SpeakingTalking to others to convey information effectively.
- Reading ComprehensionUnderstanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
- InstructingTeaching others how to do something.
- Judgment and Decision MakingConsidering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Knowledge areas
- Education and TrainingKnowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
- English LanguageKnowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, and rules of composition and grammar.
- Food ProductionKnowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.
- Customer and Personal ServiceKnowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- BiologyKnowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
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