Team Career Program Areas
The following Career Program Areas are found at the local, state and national levels.* These Award Program Areas provides the student/member the opportunity to enhance and improve their competency levels (including but not inclusive) in the areas of learning communities, process management, consensus problem solving, presentation, information analysis, and time management.
Contests: PAS member can compete in:
- ONE College Bowl team
- ONE other team event (Livestock, Soils, Crops, etc.)
- ONE Career Planning (1st year students) or Career Progress (2nd year students) area
- ONE other individual event (Ag Sales, Employment Interview, Speaking, etc.)
The objective of the Agronomy Specialist Career Program Area is to
1. Demonstrate knowledge and skills used in agronomic sciences.
2. Explore career opportunities, skills, and proficiencies in the agronomy industry.
3. Determine the ability to identify agronomic:
a. Crops
b. Weeds
c. Seeds
d. Insects
e. Diseases
f. Plant nutrient deficiencies
g. Plant disorders
h. Equipment
4. Evaluate a scenario and develop a crop management plan including crop selection, production, and marketing.
5. Demonstrate understanding of sustainable agriculture and environmental stewardship using integrated pest management and best management practices.
The objective of the Livestock Specialist Career Program Area is to
1. Engage student’s depth of knowledge on current livestock production.
2. Create and present logical information on current topics or issues in livestock production.
3. Develop skills that can be utilized in future careers in the livestock industry.
The objective of the College Bowl Career Program Area is to
1. Facilitate interaction among students from different chapters and state
2. Stimulate student's desires to accumulate and retain agricultural related knowledge
3. Provide a forum for members to engage in friendly competition, in other words, to have a good time!
The objective of the Conservation & Natural Resources Specialist Career Program Area is to
• Prepare students to enter careers in the conservation and natural resources.
• Promote conservation and natural resource skills and knowledge.
• Encourage students to better understand and protect the natural resource that sustains us all.
The objective of the Livestock Specialist Career Program Area is to
1. Engage student’s depth of knowledge on current livestock production.
2. Create and present logical information on current topics or issues in livestock production.
3. Develop skills that can be utilized in future careers in the livestock industry.
The objective of the Equine Specialist Career Program Area is to
1. Demonstrate general knowledge of equine production.
2. Identify equine breeds, colors/markings, equipment, pests, and conformation.
3. Demonstrate problem solving of issues in the equine industry.
The objective of the Farm Business Management Career Program Area is to
1. Analyze the business management information of a modern farm operation.
2. Apply economic principles and concepts of business management to the decision-making process.
3. Work together cooperatively as a team.
The objective of the Greenhouse Specialist Career Program Area is to:
1. Encourage students to learn about the plants used in the field and the plant problems that each may be susceptible to. Identification of plants using the scientific name is the industry standard and students should strive to meet this standard.
2. Motivate students to gain knowledge about the field of greenhouse production; the plants grown, structures, material, and equipment used for production.
3. Develop the ability to calculate costs associated with growing a greenhouse crop (seed, soil, plant material, overhead) and to schedule crops being grown from sowing to sale.
The objective of the Landscape Specialist Career Program Area is to:
1. Encourage students to learn about the plants used in the field and the plant problems that each may be susceptible to. Identification of plants using the scientific name is the industry standard and students should strive to meet this standard.
2. Motivate students to gain knowledge about the field of landscaping; the plants used, the design, installation, and maintenance of landscapes. An understanding of soils, climate, and urban conditions and how they influence plant selection and growth is also key.
3. Develop the ability to interpret a landscape plan, determine the plants and materials needed, and figure the cost to implement the plan. Students should also be able to determine options to the original plan should plants or materials be unavailable.
The objective of the Livestock Specialist Career Program Area is to
1. Engage student’s depth of knowledge on current livestock production.
2. Create and present logical information on current topics or issues in livestock production.
3. Develop skills that can be utilized in future careers in the livestock industry.
The objective of the Livestock Specialist Career Program Area is to
1. Engage student’s depth of knowledge on current livestock production.
2. Create and present logical information on current topics or issues in livestock production.
3. Develop skills that can be utilized in future careers in the livestock industry.
The objective of the Soil Science Specialist Career Program Area is to
1. Encourage students to better understand and protect the natural resource that sustains us all.
2. Motivate students to gain knowledge on surface features, the soil profile, land capability and productivity, evaluation of land use and management practices, and suitability of
soils for agricultural uses.
3. Develop the ability to observe selected soil properties and to interpret and evaluate these properties for recommendations for land use.
The objective of the Livestock Specialist Career Program Area is to
1. Engage student’s depth of knowledge on current livestock production.
2. Create and present logical information on current topics or issues in livestock production.
3. Develop skills that can be utilized in future careers in the livestock industry.
*Iowa CPA events will follow by the same rules set forth by the National PAS Organization.