Agricultural Structures & Engineering
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Agricultural Structures & Engineering
The Agricultural Structures & Engineering pathway is designed to provide students with the scientific principles and methods required to understand the interrelationships of construction. Students practice real world applications and problem solving skills associated with agricultural designs and engineering principles. Students utilize problem solving as well as communication skills to develop engineering concepts and building practices that are sound and reliable.
The program prepares students for a variety of careers including carpentry, engineering, architectural design, electrical, plumbing, masonry, construction framing, business management, sales, building maintenance, home improvement, and green energy technologies.
Sequence of Courses:
Fundamentals of Agricultural
Structures and Engineering
Structural Systems in Agriculture
Essential Skills in Agricultural
Structures and Engineering
Early College Credit/Credentials:
NCCER Credentialed Craft
Professional’s Training –
Core Curriculum
OSHA 10-Hour Training
for Construction
NCCER Credentialed Craft
Professional’s Training – Welding Level
Advanced Standing in Polytech and Sussex Tech Adult Education Programs
Work-Based Learning:
Job Shadowing
Mock Interviews
Resume Workshops
Mentorships
Bachelor’s Degree
Average Salary:
$98,890
Construction Managers
Associate's Degree
Average Salary:
$42,910
Carpenters
Certificate
Average Salary:
$34,470
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians
Where to find this Pathway:
Pathway Languages:
RELEVANT LANGUAGES
- Chinese
- Haitian Creole
- French
- German
- Hindi
- Spanish
Wage Differential
Bilingual employees are compensated with a language differential of 5-20% more per hour than the base rate of a monolingual employee
Where To Find The Languages
Haitian Creole
Spanish
- Alexis I. du Pont High School
- Appoquinimink High School
- Brandywine High School
- Caesar Rodney High School
- Cape Henlopen High School
- Charter School of Wilmington
- Christiana High School
- Bryan Allen Stevenson School of Excellence
- Concord High School
- Conrad Schools of Science
- Delaware Academy of Public Safety & Secuirty
- Delaware Military Academy
- Delcastle Technical High School
- Design Thinking Academy
- Design-Lab High School
- Dover High School
- Early College High School
- Ferris School for Boys
- First State Military Academy
- Glasgow High School
- Howard Vo-Tech High School
- Hodgson Vo-Tech High School
- Indian River High School
- Lake Forest High School
- Laurel Senior High School
- Middletown High School
- Mount Pleasant High School
- Newark Charter School
- Newark High School
- Odessa High School
- POLYTECH High School
- Seaford Senior High School
- Smyrna High School
- Sussex Central High School
- Sussex Academy of Arts and Science
- Sussex County Vocational Technical School District
- Thomas McKean High School
- William Penn High School
- Woodbridge High School
- MOT Charter School
- Cab Calloway School of the Arts
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Student pathway Testimonials
Beatriz Ramirez , Student at William Penn
“Now I know what I want to do with my life, thanks to the focus on careers at William Penn. At first, I picked culinary arts because I didn’t know what else to do. But I fell in love with it!”