New Jersey Department of Education

Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources

The Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources Career Cluster® focuses on the production, processing, marketing, distribution, financing, and development of agricultural commodities and resources including food, fiber, wood products, natural resources, horticulture, and other plant and animal products/resources.

Career Pathways

  • Agribusiness Systems
  • Animal Systems
  • Environmental Service Systems
  • Food Products and Processing Systems
  • Natural Resources Systems
  • Plant Systems
  • Power, Structural and Technical Systems

Eligible Classification for Instructional Program (CIP) Codes

As stated in the New Jersey Perkins V State Plan, career and technical education programs of study must support career pathways meeting two out of the following three criteria, high-wage, high-skill, and in-demand occupations. The following CIP codes have been identified as meeting these requirements at the state level.

CIP Code Program Name
010000  Agriculture, General
010101  Agricultural Business & Management, General
010201  Agricultural Mechanization, General
010204  Agricultural Power Machinery Operation
010601  Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations
010605  Landscaping & Groundskeeping
010901  Animal Sciences, General
010903  Animal Health
011001  Food Science
011002  Food Technology and Processing
011101  Plant Sciences, General
030101  Natural Resources/Conservation, General
030104  Environmental Science

 

Industry-Valued Credentials

Industry-valued credentials (IVCs) are identified by the New Jersey Department of Labor (NJDOL) as:

  • Valued — demanded by employers.
  • Portable — skills learned are transferable and provide broad opportunities.
  • Stackable — skills learned may lead to opportunities for continuous or advanced training and education.
  • Rewarding — lead to higher wages, career advancement and or increased job security.

The NJDOE analyzed the NJDOL IVC list by cross referencing every credential for each Career Cluster and identified them as either a Tier I or a Tier II IVC.

  • Tier I IVC — stackable credential
  • Tier II IVC — advanced credential and available for CTE program of study designation.

No IVC’s are identified for this cluster.

Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO)

Each CTE program of study must provide students with the opportunity to participate in a CTSO. The CTSO that is most aligned with this Career Cluster is FFA.

FFA

Erin Noble, State Program Leader/State FFA Advisor
New Jersey Department of Agriculture
Office of Food, Agricultural & Natural Resources Education
200 Riverview Plaza (Third Floor)
P.O. Box 330, Trenton, NJ 08611
NJ FFA Association

Resources

Cluster Contact

(609) 376-9067
agriculture.careercluster@doe.nj.gov


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