Small Animal Management

Design and provide proper animal nutrition to achieve desired outcomes for performance, development, reproduction and/or economic production.

Apply principles of effective animal health care.

Describe career opportunities and means to achieve those opportunities in each of the AFNR career pathways.

Demonstrate employability skills for college and career readiness.

Identify and demonstrate personal financial management and planning.

Identify and demonstrate workplace safety.

Evaluate the nature and scope of the AFNR Career Cluster and the role of agriculture, food and natural resources (AFNR) in society and the economy.

Identify and demonstrate leadership skills and traits in demand of leadership roles in the agriculture industry.

Analyze nutritional needs of animals.

Analyze feed rations to examine if they meet the nutritional requirements of animals.

Utilize industry tools to make animal nutrition decisions.

Design programs to prevent animal diseases, parasites, and other disorders and ensure animal welfare.

Develop a biosecurity plan and procedures to prevent the spread of disease.

Evaluate and implement the steps and requirements to pursue a career opportunity in an AFNR career pathway.

Examine and choose career opportunities that are matched to personal life skills, talents, and career goals in an AFNR pathway of interest.

Model personal responsibility in the workplace and community.

Synthesize information, knowledge and experience to generate original ideal and challenge assumptions in the workplace and community.

Apply reason and logic to evaluate workplace and community situations from multiple perspectives.

Investigate, prioritize and select solutions to solve problems in the workplace community.

Contribute to team-oriented projects and builds consensus to accomplish results using cultural global competence in the workplace and community.

Design and implement a personal financial management plan.

Identify and explain the implication of required regulations to maintain and improve safety, health and environments management systems.

Apply health and safety practices to AFNR workplaces.

Use appropriate protective equipment and demonstrate safe and proper use of AFNR tools and equipment.

Identify public policies and examine their impact on AFNR systems.

Examine the components of the AFNR systems and assess their impact on the local, state, national and global society and economy.

Craft SMART goals to achieve by the end of a specific agricultural education course.

Write a career objective.

Write and deliver a speech focused on a currently controversial topic within the agricultural industry while arguing both points of view.