VITICULTURE
Certificate of Achievement
The Viticulture certificate will prepare students to work in the grape or wine industry as a technician, member of a management team, or in other positions related to grape production.— Show Full Program Details
VITICULTURE 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
- Job growth: Declining
- Low salary: 51,700
- High salary: 156,530
- Average salary: 87980
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers
Bachelor's degree, High school diploma/GED
- Job growth: Stable
- Low salary: 39,610
- High salary: 90,840
- Average salary: 59330
All Careers in VITICULTURE (10)
| 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 |
| Soil and Plant Scientists | Master's degree, Bachelor's degree | Rising | 71,410 |
| Food Service Managers | High school diploma/GED, Some college | Declining | 65,310 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers | Bachelor's degree, High school diploma/GED | Stable | 59,330 |
| Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders | High school diploma/GED | Declining | 49,500 |
| Food Science Technicians | Bachelor's degree, Associate's degree | Rising | 49,430 |
| Food Batchmakers | High school diploma/GED, Some college | Rising | 40,790 |
| Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products | Bachelor's degree, High school diploma/GED | Rising |
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Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.
- Demonstrate how to prune, train and adjust crops
- Determine irrigation needs of the grapevine and identify how irrigation systems are built and maintained
- Develop basic strategies to control weeds, pests and diseases
- Estimate yield and conduct sugar, soil and plant samples
- Explain vine nutrition and how to apply nutrients
- Relate soil knowledge to fertilizer and irrigation strategies
- Select appropriate viticultural practices to reflect the goals and economic status of the vineyard