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Agriculture, Food, and Environment Certificate in Animal Agriculture

Kentucky State University

CertificateCIP: 01.0302

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Locations

Where this program is offered

  • Frankfort, Kentucky

    400 East Main Street, Frankfort, Kentucky, 40601-2355

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Skills & Competencies

Skills developed through this program

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Skills

Active ListeningSpeakingCritical ThinkingReading ComprehensionJudgment and Decision MakingComplex Problem SolvingActive LearningMonitoringCoordinationManagement of Personnel ResourcesInstructingWritingScienceTime ManagementSocial PerceptivenessLearning Strategies

Knowledge

Customer and Personal ServiceAdministration and ManagementBiologyEnglish LanguageMathematicsProduction and ProcessingEducation and TrainingSales and MarketingMechanicalFood ProductionPersonnel and Human Resources

Abilities

Problem SensitivityDeductive ReasoningOral ComprehensionInductive ReasoningInformation OrderingOral ExpressionSpeech ClarityCategory FlexibilityWritten ComprehensionWritten ExpressionNear VisionSpeech RecognitionArm-Hand SteadinessFinger DexterityMultilimb CoordinationOriginalityFluency of Ideas

Tasks

  • Feed and water animals, and clean and disinfect pens, cages, yards, and hutches.
  • Observe animals in heat to detect approach of estrus and exercise animals to induce or hasten estrus
  • Treat minor injuries and ailments and contact veterinarians to obtain treatment for animals with ser
  • Assign tasks such as feeding and treatment of animals, and cleaning and maintenance of animal quarte
  • Record the numbers and types of fish or shellfish reared, harvested, released, sold, and shipped.
  • Monitor workers to ensure that safety regulations are followed, warning or disciplining those who vi
  • Advise farmers and demonstrate techniques in areas such as feeding and health maintenance of livesto
  • Conduct classes or deliver lectures on subjects such as nutrition, home management, and farming tech
  • Collaborate with producers to diagnose and prevent management and production problems.
  • Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, an
  • Advise students on academic and vocational curricula and on career issues.
  • Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
  • Collect and record growth, production, and environmental data.
  • Manage nurseries that grow horticultural plants for sale to trade or retail customers, for display o
  • Direct and monitor trapping and spawning of fish, egg incubation, and fry rearing, applying knowledg

Technology

Data base user interface and query softwareGraphics or photo imaging softwareEnterprise resource planning ERP softwareAccounting softwareCalendar and scheduling softwareDocument management softwareDesktop publishing softwareElectronic mail softwareProject management softwareWeb page creation and editing softwareGeographic information systemMulti-media educational softwareComputer based training softwareWord processing softwareInformation retrieval or search softwareIndustrial control software

Tools

Agar platesAnimal blood analyzersAnimal blood collection syringesAnimal pregnancy testing kitsAnimal vaccination syringesArtificial insemination syringesArtificial vaginasAutomated feed batch mixersAutomatic watering devicesBirth alarmsBranding equipmentCompact digital camerasComputer laser printersDNA typing kitsDehornersAdjustable hand wrenchesAdjustable widemouth pliersAeration pumpsAir compressorsAnimal injection syringesAnimal trailersAutomatic fish feedersAxesBackhoesBalling gunsBlast chillersDesktop computersDigital camerasLaptop computersOverhead display projectors

Work Values

IndependenceWorking ConditionsAchievementSupportRecognitionRelationships
Career Pathways

Occupations this program prepares you for

  • Animal Breeders45-2021.00
  • First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers45-1011.00
  • Farm and Home Management Educators25-9021.00
  • Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary25-1041.00
  • Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers11-9013.00
What You'll Learn

Key competencies developed through this program

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Mastery: developing (Level 2)(based on Certificate)

  • Independent AI on routine breeding herds — perform reliably on cattle, swine, or small ruminants.
  • Heat-detection and timed-AI programs — execute per the operation's protocol with measurable conception rates.
  • Pedigree records and breed-association registrations — maintain accurately for a commercial operation.
  • Bull/buck/boar selection by EPDs, indexes, and pedigree — apply with the breeding plan.
  • Routine calving, farrowing, or lambing — manage with timely escalation to a vet.
  • Cross-fence and pasture-mating logistics — plan and execute on a working ranch.
  • Equipment troubleshooting (tanks, ultrasounds, syringes) — perform with documented checklists.
  • Junior workers and apprentices — train on safety, recordkeeping, and technique.
  • Standard health programs (vaccinations, parasite control) — administer per veterinarian's protocol.
  • Breeding-season production records — maintain and summarize for the manager.

Some details on this page are auto-populated from public workforce data sources: O*NET (opens in new tab), BLS (opens in new tab), College Scorecard (opens in new tab), DOL Training Provider Results (opens in new tab), NSX (opens in new tab). Provided in partnership with LER.me Career Intelligence.

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