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.
Floral Design, Fruit & Vegetable Crop Production, Landscape & Turfgrass Management, or Ornamental Plant Production
The objective of the Horticulture Specialist Career Program Area is to
- 1. Students apply their overall horticulture knowledge of a chosen division (Floral Design, Fruit & Vegetable Crop Production, Landscape & Turfgrass Management, or Ornamental Plant Production) on the general knowledge exam.
- 2. Students employ their identification skills relating to the plants, plant problems, and/or related tools for their division (Floral Design, Fruit & Vegetable Crop Production, Landscape & Turfgrass Management, or Ornamental Plant Production). Plant identification will refer to the scientific name, which is the industry standard.
- 3. Students successfully research and present on a provided topic relating to their chosen division (Floral Design, Fruit & Vegetable Crop Production, Landscape & Turfgrass Management, or Ornamental Plant Production).
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.