Compare Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary & Soil and Plant Scientists District Of Columbia

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Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary Not Available
Soil and Plant Scientists $89,900

Similar skills & knowledge

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Customer and Personal Service
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Learning Strategies
Using the best training or teaching strategies for learning new things.

Writing
Writing things for co-workers or customers.

English Language
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Active Listening
Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.

Food Production
Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.

Speaking
Talking to others.

Administrative
Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

Personnel and Human Resources
Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

Monitoring
Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.

Biology
Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.

Active Learning
Figuring out how to use new ideas or things.

Reading Comprehension
Reading work-related information.

Judgment and Decision Making
Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.

Critical Thinking
Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.

Computers and Electronics
Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Administration and Management
Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Complex Problem Solving
Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.

Geography
Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.

Systems Evaluation
Measuring how well a system is working and how to improve it.


skills & knowledge Gaps

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Operations Analysis Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Very Low
Operations Analysis Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Soil and Plant Scientists
Soil and Plant Scientists
Medium

Operations Analysis
Figuring out what a product or service needs to be able to do.

Science Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Medium
Science Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Soil and Plant Scientists
Soil and Plant Scientists
High

Science
Using scientific rules and strategies to solve problems.

Chemistry Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Medium
Chemistry Skills & Knowledge Gaps for Soil and Plant Scientists
Soil and Plant Scientists
High

Chemistry
Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.

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Typical Level Of Training

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Typical level Of training for Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary

Doctoral or professional degree

Typical level Of training for Soil and Plant Scientists
Soil and Plant Scientists

Licensing

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Licensing for Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary

No license found in District of Columbia

Licensing for Soil and Plant Scientists
Soil and Plant Scientists

No license found in District of Columbia


Certification

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Certification for Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary

1 related certifications

Certification for Soil and Plant Scientists
Soil and Plant Scientists

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