Agricultural Business Operations

College of the Desert (COD)

  • A program that prepares individuals to manage agricultural businesses and agriculturally related operations within diversified corporations. Includes instruction in agriculture, agricultural specialization, business management, accounting, finance, marketing, planning, human resources management, and other managerial responsibilities. Find Colleges Offering Agricultural Business Operations Degree.
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    • Job Description
      Plan, organize, direct, control, and coordinate activities of workers engaged in propagating, cultivating, and harvesting horticultural specialties, such as trees, shrubs, flowers, mushrooms, and other plants.
      Salary and Wages

      Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA

      • Total Employment: 30
      • Average Annual Salary: $60,580
      • Average Hourly Rate: $29.12
      Projections
      • Total Employment (2006): 258,156
      • Total Employment Projected (2016): 261,032
      • Percent Job Growth: 1.11%
      Important Abilities
      • Oral Comprehension
      • Written Comprehension
      • Oral Expression
      • Written Expression
      • Problem Sensitivity
      • Deductive Reasoning
      • Inductive Reasoning
      • Information Ordering
      • Category Flexibility
      • Near Vision
    • Job Description
      Direct and coordinate, through subordinate supervisory personnel, activities of workers engaged in agricultural crop production for corporations, cooperatives, or other owners.
      Salary and Wages

      Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA

      • Total Employment: 30
      • Average Annual Salary: $60,580
      • Average Hourly Rate: $29.12
      Projections
      • Total Employment (2006): 258,156
      • Total Employment Projected (2016): 261,032
      • Percent Job Growth: 1.11%
      Important Abilities
      • Oral Comprehension
      • Written Comprehension
      • Oral Expression
      • Written Expression
      • Problem Sensitivity
      • Deductive Reasoning
      • Inductive Reasoning
      • Near Vision
    • Job Description
      Direct and coordinate, through subordinate supervisory personnel, activities of workers engaged in fish hatchery production for corporations, cooperatives, or other owners.
      Salary and Wages

      Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA

      • Total Employment: 30
      • Average Annual Salary: $60,580
      • Average Hourly Rate: $29.12
      Projections
      • Total Employment (2006): 258,156
      • Total Employment Projected (2016): 261,032
      • Percent Job Growth: 1.11%
      Important Abilities
      • Oral Comprehension
      • Written Comprehension
      • Oral Expression
      • Written Expression
      • Problem Sensitivity
      • Inductive Reasoning
      • Near Vision
      • Speech Recognition
    • Job Description
      On an ownership or rental basis, operate farms, ranches, greenhouses, nurseries, timber tracts, or other agricultural production establishments which produce crops, horticultural specialties, livestock, poultry, finfish, shellfish, or animal specialties. May plant, cultivate, harvest, perform post-harvest activities, and market crops and livestock; may hire, train, and supervise farm workers or supervise a farm labor contractor; may prepare cost, production, and other records. May maintain and operate machinery and perform physical work.
      Projections
      • Total Employment (2006): 1,058,444
      • Total Employment Projected (2016): 968,838
      • Percent Job Growth: -8.5%
      Important Abilities
      • Problem Sensitivity
      • Manual Dexterity
      • Control Precision
      • Multilimb Coordination
      • Visual Color Discrimination
      • Depth Perception
    • Job Description
      Teach courses in the agricultural sciences. Includes teachers of agronomy, dairy sciences, fisheries management, horticultural sciences, poultry sciences, range management, and agricultural soil conservation.
      Important Abilities
      • Oral Comprehension
      • Written Comprehension
      • Oral Expression
      • Written Expression
      • Deductive Reasoning
      • Inductive Reasoning
      • Speech Recognition
      • Speech Clarity
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