Essential Functions

The purpose of the essential functions list is to allow prospective students who are considering a career to be informed of the physical, emotional, and psychological demands related to training and employment in a field of study. These lists are provided to allow prospective students to make informed career choices by providing them with a summary of the physical abilities and personality traits that are generally required for the successful completion of a curriculum and result in employment in their field of study after graduation. For students to be successful in the Agriculture Program they must be able to perform the following essential functions:

• Engage in effective verbal and written communications with supervisor, and coworkers.
• Receive, comprehend, write, and interpret verbal and written instructions.
• Work effectively as a team member, follower, and a leader.
• Ability to work in a wide variety of environments including hot, humid, cold, dusty, unclean, odiferous, and/or wet conditions.
• Manual dexterity to efficiently and safely use equipment, power tools, hand tools, and other small and large equipment in a safe manner, while utilizing appropriate personal protective equipment.
• Demonstrate problem solving skills to meet challenges of the agricultural environment and industry.
• Use environmental controllers and computers to control equipment and log data.
• Perform mathematical calculations that relate to the agriculture.
• Ability to read and properly interpret warning labels on agricultural products.
• Lift materials weighing up to 50 pounds.
• Computer skills that enable them to input, manipulate, and analyze data.