ESSENTIAL RANCHING SKILLS
Noncredit Certificate
The Essential Ranching Skills program offers workforce preparation skills to students seeking employability in ranching related industries.
ESSENTIAL RANCHING SKILLS Pathways
Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2025-2026. Maps for previous years are available on each pathway page. What is a catalog year?
Featured Careers
Find your calling. Explore high-earning careers with entry-level data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Doctoral degree, Post-doctoral training
- Job growth: Stable
- Low salary: 49,080
- High salary: 160,870
- Average salary: 86350
Agricultural Technicians
High school diploma/GED, Bachelor's degree
- Job growth: Rising
- Low salary: 32,860
- High salary: 69,010
- Average salary: 46790
Animal Scientists
Doctoral degree, Master's degree
- Job growth: Rising
- Low salary: 48,440
- High salary: 235,750
- Average salary: 79120
All Careers in ESSENTIAL RANCHING SKILLS (9)
| Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers | - n/a | Declining | 87,980 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary | Doctoral degree, Post-doctoral training | Stable | 86,350 |
| Food Scientists and Technologists | Bachelor's degree, Doctoral degree | Rising | 85,310 |
| Animal Scientists | Doctoral degree, Master's degree | Rising | 79,120 |
| Soil and Plant Scientists | Master's degree, Bachelor's degree | Rising | 71,410 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers | Bachelor's degree, High school diploma/GED | Stable | 59,330 |
| Farm and Home Management Educators | Master's degree, Bachelor's degree | Declining | 58,120 |
| Agricultural Technicians | High school diploma/GED, Bachelor's degree | Rising | 46,790 |
| Precision Agriculture Technicians | Bachelor's degree, Associate's degree | Rising | 46,790 |
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Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.
- Analyze and demonstrate basic construction and maintenance of various livestock animal facilities while caring for livestock.
- Analyze and explain how to care for livestock while demonstrating sustainable environmental conditions.
- Demonstrate knowledge of general safety procedures and sustainable environmental practices of various livestock facilities.
- Describe various livestock species anatomy and physiology using correct terminology.
- Examine and analyze land use planning regulations as they relate to agricultural operations.
- Identify the components of and create a business plan for a viable ranching, livestock facility, equine facility, or targeted grazing business.