ONTrack
Extension Activities
Careers in Agriculture
1. With a partner record a mock interview for a position in a rural industry
2. Write a letter of application for a position in the rural industries
3. You have been employed in a rural industry position describe your first day at work
4.
If you met one of the people
interviewed what five questions would ask them about
their career
5.
List three things you now
know about rural careers that you didn’t know before
you viewed this CD-ROM.
6. Develop a poster Promoting a rural career
Working in Agriculture
7.
Using the internet – compile
a page of photographs of people working in the
rural industries
8. Construct a model or design a poster of a perfect dairy or sheering shed
Be Your Own Boss
9.
In a group identify possible
avenues for making money form agriculture. Set up
a business with your group growing
the product, marketing and finally selling the
end product.