Swine Producer. Ohio's Competency Analysis Profile.

Vocational Instructional Materials Lab, Ohio State University, 1900 Kenny Road, Columbus, OH 43210-1090 ($1.50).

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Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Vocational and Career Education.

Teachers; Practitioners

Agricultural Education; Agricultural Engineering; Agricultural Production; Agronomy; Animal Husbandry; Business Administration; Competency Based Education; Decision Making; Employment Potential; Entrepreneurship; Entry Workers; Ethics; Farm Management; High Schools; Job Analysis; Job Search Methods; Job Skills; Lifelong Learning; Livestock; Marketing; Problem Solving; Safety; State Standards; Task Analysis; Waste Disposal

This Ohio Competency Analysis Profile (OCAP), derived from a modified Developing a Curriculum (DACUM) process, is a comprehensive and verified employer competency list for a swine producer program. It contains units (with or without subunits), competencies, and competency builders that identify the occupational, academic, and employability skills needed to enter this occupation. Within the outline are three levels of items: core, advancing, and futuring. Core items are essential to entry-level employment and are required to be taught and will be the basis for questions on the state vocational competency tests. Advancing items are needed to advance in a given occupation. Futuring items are needed to enter and remain in a given occupation 3 to 4 years from now. This OCAP contains 11 units: (1) general safety precautions; (2) animal care; (3) genetics, reproduction, and breeding; (4) waste handling and disposal; (5) nutrition, feeds, and feeding; (6) herd health; (7) marketing; (8) business management; (9) agricultural mechanics; (10) crop and forage production; and (11) employability skills. (YLB)

1992

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