Agricultural Engineers
Apply knowledge of engineering technology and biological science to agricultural problems concerned with power and machinery, electrification, structures, soil and water conservation, and processing of agricultural products.
Also called: Agricultural Engineer, Engineer, Project Engineer, Research Agricultural Engineer
Knowledge:
Engineering and Technology
- product and service development
- design
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
- physics
Manufactured or Agricultural Goods
Skills:
- thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
Abilites:
- listen and understand what people say
- read and understand what is written
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- notice when problems happen
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
- pay attention to something without being distracted
Personality:
Description: People interested in this work like activities that include ideas, thinking, and figuring things out.
They do well at jobs that need
- Attention to Detail
- Analytical Thinking
- Integrity
- Dependability
- Initiative
- Cooperation
Technology:
Computer aided design CAD software
- Autodesk AutoCAD
- Dassault Systemes SOLIDWORKS
Data base user interface and query software
- Microsoft Access
- Oracle software
Project management software
- Microsoft Project
- Microsoft SharePoint
Education:
certificate after college
