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Agriculture Business

   Winter 2010 Program Outline

Start: Fall, Winter, Spring

Degrees and Certificates

Program Website:

www.scc.spokane.edu/?agbus

Additional Costs

Books$150
Supplies and Equipment$20

Program Description

The Agriculture Business program is designed to train students for entry-level employment in the agricultural chemical and fertilizer industry as well as grain and farming operations. Program graduates are qualified for advancement into sales, service, field representative and branch management positions.

Program Goals

One of the serious problems facing agricultural industries has been the lack of available qualified personnel for employment. A broad base of skills is required to enable the employee to move into the highly technical and highly specialized agribusiness industries.

Students who successfully complete this program will have taken courses that meet the industry's technical, financial, management, communication, and human relations’ skill requirements for the entry-level positions.

Career Opportunities

Industries in which students have been placed as a result of program training include: agrichemical, seed, warehouse, grain elevator, farm supply management trainee, consultant trainee, farmer, marketing trainee, transportation, office computer operator, soil conservation technician, irrigation equipment sales, etc.