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Educational Paraprofessional Careers and Jobs

Select, Find and Prepare for Educational Paraprofessional Careers and Jobs - all on one page

For people who want classroom experience and a faster path into schools than a full teaching credential. Use the tools below to see which educational paraprofessional roles fit your background and goals.

This role supports classroom teachers directly and typically requires less formal education than a teaching credential, making it a faster entry point into schools. Use the tools below to explore Educational Paraprofessional-related job titles sorted by growth rate, salary, or required education. You can start with entry points like Teacher's Aide, or look ahead to advanced roles such as Lead Paraprofessional or Program Coordinator. Along the way, you will see specific certifications, such as Paraprofessional Certification (state-specific), that can help you move up the career ladder.



4 Steps to Use This Page: 1-Explore Careers of Intrerest 2-See Job Listings Matched to Career 3-Prepare for the Career 4-See External Career Resources

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This page will take you through 4 steps to (1) Select from Educational Paraprofessional careers/jobs, (2) Find Educational Paraprofessional job listings, (3) Prepare for Educational Paraprofessional careers, and (4) Provide Educational Paraprofessional career-specific resources.

Step 1: Select a Career/Job: This page starts with 4 ways for you to identify and select from listings of Educational Paraprofessional careers/jobs:
A) Fastest Growing Educational Paraprofessional Careers - 2025 to 2035 (est.)
These listings are based on job growth estimates and helps you to identify the fastest growing and evolving Educational Paraprofessional careers. Some careers may not initially seem related to Educational Paraprofessional, so relevant Educational Paraprofessional jobs are listed alongside each listing. This can also help us to identify which careers (bottom of the listing) may have negative growth - perhaps due to automation or planned obsolescence.
B) Median Annual Salary U.S. Educational Paraprofessional Careers
These listings are sorted (descending) by median annual salary in the U.S. This may help us to identify our ideal career. We may not qualify at this time for the desired career, but this listing and the results provided can help us to explore job details, as well as learn how to appropriately prepare for the career.
C) Educational Paraprofessional Career Ladders (Educational Requirements)
These listings will help us to identify Educational Paraprofessional careers sorted by educational requirements (with the most difficult to obtain listed first). This may help us to identify career ladders (as we scroll down the list), and help us to get jobs that we qualify for now.
D) Select From a Listing of 38 Educational Paraprofessional Jobs.
The list may be quite long. There are two ways you might like to use this list:
1) Filter - As you enter a word, you will filter (limit) the list of job titles
2) Browse the list (Don't Filter) - You can simply explore the list of job titles. There may be many that you might never have considered to be of interest.
Once you have identified a job title of interest, simply click on it.

Step 2: Find a Job: After you have selected a career/job title above, you will see a form asking for your location. You will see several radio selection choices to utilize the job search site of your choice.

Step 3: Prepare For a Career: In this section you will gain access to detailed information to help you prepare for the chosen career. Information may include (not every career choice includes all of the elements below - updates occur quarterly):
Core Duties: Lists the primary worker-related tasks performed in this occupation
Supplemental Duties: Lists additional tasks that are performed but are secondary to the core duties
Work Activities: Summarizes the broad types of behaviors and actions related to this career
Specific Work Activities: Provides more granular day-to-day activities tied to the work performed
Essential Skills: Provides foundational skills that are core to performing this specific occupation
Transferable Skills: Provides career-portable skills that can be applied across multiple occupations and industries
Day-in-the-Life Summaries: Provides a snapshot of the key activities performed on a typical workday in this career
Knowledge Required: Provides the requirements regarding the acquisition of facts and principles
Software Skills: Lists software tools commonly used in this occupation, organized by category and priority
Preparation Required: Provides a summary of the required experience and education
Education Required: Detailed breakdown of the education required
Training and Experience Required: Detailed breakdown of the training and Training and Experience Required
Local Salary Information: Provides national and local salary ranges
Certifications: Provides appropriate government and private-sector certifications and/or credentials that may be required
Professional Associations: Provides professional associations that are related to the career selected
Job Listings: Provides links to active current job listings for the selected career, along with multiple similar job titles to explore. All information appears on this page without navigating away.
Related Careers to Consider: Lists up to 20 careers that might be of interest to you (related to your initial choice - what they do, what they know, and what they're called), ranked by best fit.

** If you clicked on a link from section D (as described in Step 1 above), you will see one or more links to an occupation that is usually a bit more general than your initial job selection - the link(s) is directly related to the specific job you identified through your prior selections.
*NOTE: It is possible that there may not be a career path identified for the specific job you selected in Step 1. If this is the case, scroll up the page and click on a different career/job.

Step 4: Career-Specific Resources (detailed and constantly updated): Continue to scroll down the page and you will find tabs that provide detailed (updated) links specific to the career you selected. This information includes:
Videos: Provides a listing of video links related to this career. A great way to get a quick overview of the occupation.
Resumes: Sources for resume materials and techniques. This can help to get you started.
Job Description: Sources that provide job descriptions, which are vital to resume and interview preparation.
Interviews: Provides links that can help you to prepare for and successfully complete the job interview. Can also assist with coffee chats.
Step by Step: Provides links to resources that can help to organize the career search process.
LinkedIn: One of the best professional social media sites that provides links, opportunities, and networking specifically for careers and career development.




Step 1 of 4: Select a Career/Job

6 Educational Paraprofessional careers are listed below (sorted by Percentage Change in Total Job Openings - 2025 to 2035 est.). Educational Paraprofessional-related jobs specific to each career are also provided. This shows which careers are emerging and growing the fastest. Please Scroll and Select below:

Occupations U.S. Job Openings 2025-2035 (% change) Educational Paraprofessional-Related Jobs

Training and Development Specialists 10.8% Cyber Instructional Curriculum Developer
Occupation: Training and Development Specialists U.S. Job Openings 2025-2035: 10.8% Educational Paraprofessional-Related Jobs: Cyber Instructional Curriculum Developer
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers 3.5% Safety Instruction Police Officer
Occupation: Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers U.S. Job Openings 2025-2035: 3.5% Educational Paraprofessional-Related Jobs: Safety Instruction Police Officer
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 2.6% Instruction Librarian; Reference and Instruction Librarian
Occupation: Librarians and Media Collections Specialists U.S. Job Openings 2025-2035: 2.6% Educational Paraprofessional-Related Jobs: Instruction Librarian; Reference and Instruction Librarian
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 1.8% Instruction Dean; Instruction Vice President (Instruction VP)
Occupation: Education Administrators, Postsecondary U.S. Job Openings 2025-2035: 1.8% Educational Paraprofessional-Related Jobs: Instruction Dean; Instruction Vice President (Instruction VP)
Instructional Coordinators 1.6% Curriculum and Instruction Director; E-Learning Instructional Designer (Electronic Learning Instructional Designer); Instructional Coach; Instructional Coordinator; Instructional Design Analyst; Instructional Design Consultant; Instructional Design Specialist; Instructional Design Technologist; Instructional Designer; Instructional Manager; Instructional Material Director; Instructional Materials Director; Instructional Specialist; Instructional Systems Designer; Instructional Systems Specialist; Instructional Technologist; Instructional Technology Coordinator; Instructional Technology Facilitator; Instructional Technology Resource Teacher; Instructional Technology Site Technologist; Instructional Technology Specialist
Occupation: Instructional Coordinators U.S. Job Openings 2025-2035: 1.6% Educational Paraprofessional-Related Jobs: Curriculum and Instruction Director; E-Learning Instructional Designer (Electronic Learning Instructional Designer); Instructional Coach; Instructional Coordinator; Instructional Design Analyst; Instructional Design Consultant; Instructional Design Specialist; Instructional Design Technologist; Instructional Designer; Instructional Manager; Instructional Material Director; Instructional Materials Director; Instructional Specialist; Instructional Systems Designer; Instructional Systems Specialist; Instructional Technologist; Instructional Technology Coordinator; Instructional Technology Facilitator; Instructional Technology Resource Teacher; Instructional Technology Site Technologist; Instructional Technology Specialist
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary -0.3% Curriculum and Instruction Superintendent
Occupation: Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary U.S. Job Openings 2025-2035: -0.3% Educational Paraprofessional-Related Jobs: Curriculum and Instruction Superintendent

7 Educational Paraprofessional careers are listed below (sorted by U.S. National Median Salary). Educational Paraprofessional-related jobs specific to each occupation are also provided. Please Scroll and Select below::

Occupations National Median Salary Educational Paraprofessional-Related Jobs

Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary $ 105,870 Curriculum and Instruction Superintendent
Occupation: Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary National Median Salary: $ 105,870 Educational Paraprofessional-Related Jobs: Curriculum and Instruction Superintendent
Education Administrators, Postsecondary $ 104,590 Instruction Dean; Instruction Vice President (Instruction VP)
Occupation: Education Administrators, Postsecondary National Median Salary: $ 104,590 Educational Paraprofessional-Related Jobs: Instruction Dean; Instruction Vice President (Instruction VP)
Instructional Coordinators $ 77,440 Curriculum and Instruction Director; E-Learning Instructional Designer (Electronic Learning Instructional Designer); Instructional Coach; Instructional Coordinator; Instructional Design Analyst; Instructional Design Consultant; Instructional Design Specialist; Instructional Design Technologist; Instructional Designer; Instructional Manager; Instructional Material Director; Instructional Materials Director; Instructional Specialist; Instructional Systems Designer; Instructional Systems Specialist; Instructional Technologist; Instructional Technology Coordinator; Instructional Technology Facilitator; Instructional Technology Resource Teacher; Instructional Technology Site Technologist; Instructional Technology Specialist
Occupation: Instructional Coordinators National Median Salary: $ 77,440 Educational Paraprofessional-Related Jobs: Curriculum and Instruction Director; E-Learning Instructional Designer (Electronic Learning Instructional Designer); Instructional Coach; Instructional Coordinator; Instructional Design Analyst; Instructional Design Consultant; Instructional Design Specialist; Instructional Design Technologist; Instructional Designer; Instructional Manager; Instructional Material Director; Instructional Materials Director; Instructional Specialist; Instructional Systems Designer; Instructional Systems Specialist; Instructional Technologist; Instructional Technology Coordinator; Instructional Technology Facilitator; Instructional Technology Resource Teacher; Instructional Technology Site Technologist; Instructional Technology Specialist
Adapted Physical Education Specialists $ 76,580 APE Instructional Specialist (Adapted Physical Education Instructional Specialist)
Occupation: Adapted Physical Education Specialists National Median Salary: $ 76,580 Educational Paraprofessional-Related Jobs: APE Instructional Specialist (Adapted Physical Education Instructional Specialist)
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers $ 76,210 Safety Instruction Police Officer
Occupation: Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers National Median Salary: $ 76,210 Educational Paraprofessional-Related Jobs: Safety Instruction Police Officer
Training and Development Specialists $ 69,280 Cyber Instructional Curriculum Developer
Occupation: Training and Development Specialists National Median Salary: $ 69,280 Educational Paraprofessional-Related Jobs: Cyber Instructional Curriculum Developer
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists $ 68,270 Instruction Librarian; Reference and Instruction Librarian
Occupation: Librarians and Media Collections Specialists National Median Salary: $ 68,270 Educational Paraprofessional-Related Jobs: Instruction Librarian; Reference and Instruction Librarian

9 Educational Paraprofessional careers are listed (sorted by Education/Preparation Requirements - descending) to provide career ladders. Educational Paraprofessional-related jobs specific to each career are also provided.

Education/Preparation Categories:
5 = Usually requires graduate school (e.g., Master's degree, Ph.D., M.D., or J.D.)
4 = Usually requires a four-year Bachelor's degree
3 = Usually requires vocational training, related on-the-job experience, or Associate's degree
2 = Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, but not always
Please Scroll and Select below:
Occupations Education/Preparation Educational Paraprofessional-Related Jobs

Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 5 Curriculum and Instruction Superintendent
Occupation: Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Education/Preparation: 5 Educational Paraprofessional-Related Jobs: Curriculum and Instruction Superintendent
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 5 Instruction Dean; Instruction Vice President (Instruction VP)
Occupation: Education Administrators, Postsecondary Education/Preparation: 5 Educational Paraprofessional-Related Jobs: Instruction Dean; Instruction Vice President (Instruction VP)
Instructional Coordinators 5 Curriculum and Instruction Director; E-Learning Instructional Designer (Electronic Learning Instructional Designer); Instructional Coach; Instructional Coordinator; Instructional Design Analyst; Instructional Design Consultant; Instructional Design Specialist; Instructional Design Technologist; Instructional Designer; Instructional Manager; Instructional Material Director; Instructional Materials Director; Instructional Specialist; Instructional Systems Designer; Instructional Systems Specialist; Instructional Technologist; Instructional Technology Coordinator; Instructional Technology Facilitator; Instructional Technology Resource Teacher; Instructional Technology Site Technologist; Instructional Technology Specialist
Occupation: Instructional Coordinators Education/Preparation: 5 Educational Paraprofessional-Related Jobs: Curriculum and Instruction Director; E-Learning Instructional Designer (Electronic Learning Instructional Designer); Instructional Coach; Instructional Coordinator; Instructional Design Analyst; Instructional Design Consultant; Instructional Design Specialist; Instructional Design Technologist; Instructional Designer; Instructional Manager; Instructional Material Director; Instructional Materials Director; Instructional Specialist; Instructional Systems Designer; Instructional Systems Specialist; Instructional Technologist; Instructional Technology Coordinator; Instructional Technology Facilitator; Instructional Technology Resource Teacher; Instructional Technology Site Technologist; Instructional Technology Specialist
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 5 Instruction Librarian; Reference and Instruction Librarian
Occupation: Librarians and Media Collections Specialists Education/Preparation: 5 Educational Paraprofessional-Related Jobs: Instruction Librarian; Reference and Instruction Librarian
Adapted Physical Education Specialists 4 APE Instructional Specialist (Adapted Physical Education Instructional Specialist)
Occupation: Adapted Physical Education Specialists Education/Preparation: 4 Educational Paraprofessional-Related Jobs: APE Instructional Specialist (Adapted Physical Education Instructional Specialist)
Training and Development Specialists 4 Cyber Instructional Curriculum Developer
Occupation: Training and Development Specialists Education/Preparation: 4 Educational Paraprofessional-Related Jobs: Cyber Instructional Curriculum Developer
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers 3 Safety Instruction Police Officer
Occupation: Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers Education/Preparation: 3 Educational Paraprofessional-Related Jobs: Safety Instruction Police Officer
Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education 3 BSIP Instructional Aide (Basic Skills Improvement Program Instructional Aide); Instructional Aide; Instructional Assistant; Instructional Paraprofessional; Preschool Instructional Assistant (Preschool IA)
Occupation: Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education Education/Preparation: 3 Educational Paraprofessional-Related Jobs: BSIP Instructional Aide (Basic Skills Improvement Program Instructional Aide); Instructional Aide; Instructional Assistant; Instructional Paraprofessional; Preschool Instructional Assistant (Preschool IA)
Teaching Assistants, Special Education 3 Basic Skills Improvement Program Instructional Aide (BSIP Instructional Aide); Special Programs Instructional Assistant; SPED Instructional Aide (Special Education Instructional Aide); SPED Instructional Assistant (Special Education Instructional Assistant)
Occupation: Teaching Assistants, Special Education Education/Preparation: 3 Educational Paraprofessional-Related Jobs: Basic Skills Improvement Program Instructional Aide (BSIP Instructional Aide); Special Programs Instructional Assistant; SPED Instructional Aide (Special Education Instructional Aide); SPED Instructional Assistant (Special Education Instructional Assistant)

Scroll through the picklist (below). There are 38 specific Educational Paraprofessional job titles listed. Select those that may be of interest - you will get active job listing links, along with detailed resources to help you prepare for a career related to that job.
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Range Managers

Description: Research or study range land management practices to provide sustained production of forage, livestock, and wildlife.
Please click on a section below to expand and see detailed occupational information related to "Range Managers":

Core Duties

Important Core Job Duties (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation.
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 100 (%) Description: Study rangeland management practices and research range problems to provide sustained production of forage, livestock, and wildlife.
Importance: 96 (%) Description: Study grazing patterns to determine number and kind of livestock that can be most profitably grazed and to determine the best grazing seasons.
Importance: 96 (%) Description: Tailor conservation plans to landowners' goals, such as livestock support, wildlife, or recreation.
Importance: 96 (%) Description: Offer advice to rangeland users on water management, forage production methods, and control of brush.
Importance: 92 (%) Description: Manage forage resources through fire, herbicide use, or revegetation to maintain a sustainable yield from the land.
Importance: 92 (%) Description: Study forage plants and their growth requirements to determine varieties best suited to particular range.
Importance: 92 (%) Description: Coordinate with federal land managers and other agencies and organizations to manage and protect rangelands.
Importance: 92 (%) Description: Measure and assess vegetation resources for biological assessment companies, environmental impact statements, and rangeland monitoring programs.
Importance: 88 (%) Description: Plan and direct construction and maintenance of range improvements, such as fencing, corrals, stock-watering reservoirs, and soil-erosion control structures.
Importance: 88 (%) Description: Maintain soil stability and vegetation for non-grazing uses, such as wildlife habitats and outdoor recreation.
Importance: 83 (%) Description: Plan and implement revegetation of disturbed sites.
Importance: 83 (%) Description: Regulate grazing, such as by issuing permits and checking for compliance with standards, and help ranchers plan and organize grazing systems to manage, improve, protect, and maximize the use of rangelands.
Importance: 83 (%) Description: Develop technical standards and specifications used to manage, protect, and improve the natural resources of range lands and related grazing lands.
Importance: 83 (%) Description: Mediate agreements among rangeland users and preservationists as to appropriate land use and management.
Importance: 83 (%) Description: Develop methods for protecting range from fire and rodent damage and for controlling poisonous plants.
Importance: 75 (%) Description: Manage private livestock operations.
Importance: 71 (%) Description: Develop new and improved instruments and techniques for activities, such as range reseeding.
Supplemental Duties
Important Supplemental Job Duties (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation.
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 88 (%) Description: Apply herbicide to eliminate harmful plants.
Work Activities

Important General Work Activities (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation.
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 90 (%) Description: Communicating with People Outside the Organization: Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
Importance: 88 (%) Description: Getting Information: Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
Importance: 87 (%) Description: Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates: Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
Importance: 86 (%) Description: Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships: Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
Importance: 85 (%) Description: Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings: Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
Importance: 84 (%) Description: Making Decisions and Solving Problems: Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
Importance: 82 (%) Description: Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge: Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
Importance: 80 (%) Description: Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events: Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
Importance: 80 (%) Description: Analyzing Data or Information: Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
Importance: 79 (%) Description: Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others: Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
Importance: 79 (%) Description: Documenting/Recording Information: Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
Importance: 78 (%) Description: Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment: Running, maneuvering, navigating, or driving vehicles or mechanized equipment, such as forklifts, passenger vehicles, aircraft, or watercraft.
Importance: 78 (%) Description: Working with Computers: Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
Importance: 78 (%) Description: Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards: Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
Importance: 77 (%) Description: Processing Information: Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
Importance: 76 (%) Description: Performing for or Working Directly with the Public: Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
Importance: 73 (%) Description: Providing Consultation and Advice to Others: Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
Importance: 73 (%) Description: Developing Objectives and Strategies: Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
Importance: 73 (%) Description: Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work: Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
Importance: 72 (%) Description: Performing General Physical Activities: Performing general physical activities includes doing activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling materials.
Importance: 72 (%) Description: Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others: Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
Importance: 68 (%) Description: Scheduling Work and Activities: Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
Importance: 68 (%) Description: Developing and Building Teams: Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
Importance: 67 (%) Description: Thinking Creatively: Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
Importance: 67 (%) Description: Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People: Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
Importance: 67 (%) Description: Training and Teaching Others: Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others: Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
Importance: 65 (%) Description: Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates: Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
Importance: 65 (%) Description: Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information: Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.
Importance: 64 (%) Description: Performing Administrative Activities: Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
Importance: 62 (%) Description: Coaching and Developing Others: Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
Specific Work Activities

Important Specific Work Activities
How can you begin to build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation. Specific Work Activities appear below:
Advise others about land management or conservation.
Apply chemical solutions to plants to protect against disease or insects or to enhance growth.
Care for plants or animals.
Communicate with government agencies.
Confer with others to conduct or arrange operational activities.
Determine operational compliance with regulations or standards.
Develop agricultural methods.
Develop environmental sustainability plans or projects.
Develop plans to manage natural or renewable resources.
Issue permits or other legal documents.
Manage agricultural or forestry operations.
Measure environmental characteristics.
Mediate disputes.
Plan natural resources conservation or restoration programs.
Research crop management methods.
Research livestock management methods.
Knowledge Required

Knowledge Required (in order of importance)
For the Top 5 most important - How can you build experience and skill doing these? This will help now, to begin preparing for this type of occupation.
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 85 (%) Description: Biology: Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.
Importance: 73 (%) Description: English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, and rules of composition and grammar.
Importance: 71 (%) Description: Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
Importance: 69 (%) Description: 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.
Importance: 64 (%) Description: 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.
Importance: 62 (%) Description: 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.
Importance: 60 (%) Description: Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Essential Skills

Essential Skills (in order of importance)
These are the foundational skills most central to success in this occupation. For the Top 5 most important, how can you begin building experience and confidence using these skills now?
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Importance: 66 (%) Description: Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Importance: 64 (%) Description: Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Importance: 64 (%) Description: Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Importance: 56 (%) Description: Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Importance: 54 (%) Description: Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Importance: 52 (%) Description: Science: Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
Transferable Skills

Transferable Skills (in order of importance)
These are skills that can transfer across occupations and industries. For the Top 5 most important, how can you strengthen these skills now so they support both this career and future career flexibility?
Importance (%) Description
Importance: 64 (%) Description: Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Importance: 62 (%) Description: Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Importance: 58 (%) Description: Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Importance: 58 (%) Description: Systems Evaluation: Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
Importance: 54 (%) Description: Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Importance: 52 (%) Description: Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Day-in-the-Life Summaries

Day-in-the-Life Summaries
These summaries show the main types of activities you are likely to perform on a regular basis in this occupation. How can you imagine your typical workday — using these examples to see if this type of work fits you?
Activity: Advise others on environmental sustainability or green practices.
Activity: Apply protective solutions or coatings.
Activity: Care for plants or animals.
Activity: Communicate with others about operational plans or activities.
Activity: Coordinate activities with clients, agencies, or organizations.
Activity: Develop operational or technical procedures or standards.
Activity: Develop plans for managing or preserving natural resources.
Activity: Issue documentation.
Activity: Manage agricultural or forestry operations.
Activity: Mediate disputes.
Activity: Monitor environmental conditions.
Activity: Monitor operations to ensure compliance with regulations or standards.
Activity: Research agricultural processes or practices.
Software Skills

Software Skills
These are examples of software tools commonly used in this occupation, organized from most to least important for your career preparation. How can you start learning or practicing the highest-priority tools so that you feel confident using them on the job?
Emerging Tech Skills
Analytical or scientific software:
SAS
The MathWorks MATLAB
Data base user interface and query software:
Microsoft Access
Geographic information system:
ESRI ArcGIS software
Graphics or photo imaging software:
Adobe Photoshop
Object or component oriented development software:
Oracle Java
Perl
Python
R
Office suite software:
Microsoft Office software
Operating system software:
Linux
Microsoft Windows
UNIX
Presentation software:
Microsoft PowerPoint
Spreadsheet software:
Microsoft Excel
Web page creation and editing software:
Facebook
Web platform development software:
Microsoft Active Server Pages ASP
Word processing software:
Microsoft Word
General Software Tools
Analytical or scientific software (scroll table below):
Aquatic Plant Information Retrieval System APIRS
Automated Geospatial Watershed Assessment AGWA
BehavePlus
Clark Labs IDRISI Selva
ESSA Technologies Path Landscape Model
ESSA TechnologiesTool for Exploratory Landscape Scenario Analyses TELSA
FARSITE
FEAT/Firemon integrated FFI
Fire Spread Probability FSPro
FlamMap
Fuel Characteristic Classification System FCCS
National Resources Conservation Service Grazing Spatial Analysis Tool
Parbat
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Livestock and Environment Toolbox LEAD
University of Arizona RangeView
USDA Comet
USDA Database for Inventory, Monitoring and Assessment (DIMA)
USDA SamplePoint
Viper Tools
Data base user interface and query software (scroll table below):
National Resources Conservation Service Ecological Site Information System ESIS
National Resources Conservation Service Web Soil Survey WSS
Satellite image databases
The Nature Conservancy Weed Information Management System WIMS
USDA NRCS VegSpec
Geographic information system:
ESRI software
Geographic information system GIS systems
Graphics or photo imaging software:
GNU Image Manipulation Program GIMP
Map creation software (scroll table below):
CorridorDesigner
Geographic resources analysis support system GRASS
Leica Geosystems ERDAS IMAGINE
RSAC Riparian Mapping Tool
USDA NRCS Soil Data Viewer
Mobile location based services software:
Global positioning system GPS software
Time accounting software:
Microsoft Great Plains Personal Data Keeper
Preparation Required
Preparation Required - How much preparation is needed to obtain this type of job?
Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, conservation scientists, art directors, and cost estimators.
Education Required

Education Required - by frequency of educational attainment
This shows you details about the level of education most commonly held by workers in this occupation. How can you begin planning the educational pathway that will prepare you best for this type of work?
Frequency of Attainment (%) Level of Education
Frequency of Attainment: 75.0 (%) Level of Education: Bachelor's Degree
Frequency of Attainment: 8.3 (%) Level of Education: Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree
Frequency of Attainment: 8.3 (%) Level of Education: Master's Degree
Frequency of Attainment: 4.2 (%) Level of Education: High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Frequency of Attainment: 4.2 (%) Level of Education: Doctoral Degree
Training and Experience Required

Training and Experience Required - by frequency of training and work experience attainment
This section shows you how often different types of training and work experience are required for this occupation. How can you start gaining the kinds of experience and training that are most common for this type of work?
Frequency of Attainment (%) Level of Training and Work Experience
Frequency of Attainment: 25.0 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
Frequency of Attainment: 20.8 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year
Frequency of Attainment: 20.8 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
Frequency of Attainment: 12.5 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: None
Frequency of Attainment: 8.3 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
Frequency of Attainment: 4.2 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months
Frequency of Attainment: 4.2 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 3 months, up to and including 6 months
Frequency of Attainment: 4.2 (%) Level of Training and Work Experience: Over 10 years
Certifications
Certifications
These are examples of certifications that may be important for this occupation. How can you begin exploring which certifications fit your goals and what steps you would need to take to earn them?
Certified Forage and Grassland Apprentice External Link
Certified Forage and Grassland Professional External Link
Equine Facility Manager Level 3 - Herd Manager External Link
Equine Facility Manager Level 4 - Equine Facility Manager External Link
Professional Associations
Professional Associations
These associations connect people who work in this occupation or related fields. How can you start using these associations to learn more, build your network, or find mentoring opportunities?
Society for Range Management (SRM) External Link
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Step 4 of 4: Career-Specific Resources

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Videos

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Resumes

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Job Description

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Interviews

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Salary Data

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Raises

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Jobs

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Jobs

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Classifieds

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Step-by-Step

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Career Change

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LinkedIn®

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Career Path

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