FFA Career Development Events
Career Exploration
- FFA members participate in hands-on work experiences, allowing them to apply knowl-edge learned in class.
- Collectively, FFA members earn $4 billion annually through their hands-on work experiences.
- Members participate in and learn advanced career skills in 47 national proficiency areas based on their hands-on work experiences ranging from food science and technology to agricultural communications to wildlife management to production agriculture.
- According to the student magazine readership study, 87% of our students are interested in learning about career exploration, 81% about college preparation and 81% about technology.
- Through 23 national career development events and one activity, FFA members are chal-lenged by real-life, hands-on tests of skills that prepare them for career success.
Career Preparation
The agricultural education program provides a well-rounded, practical approach to learning through three components: classroom educa-tion in agricultural topics such as plant and animal sciences, horticulture, forestry, agrimar-keting, etc.; hands-on supervised agricultural experience such as starting a business or working for an established company; and FFA, which provides leadership opportunities and tests students' agricultural skills.