How to examine occupations?
Agricultural Workers – Example
Agricultural workers maintain crops and tend to livestock.
What do I care for in this profession?
Results
- grow plants for food, reforestation, medicine, creating a pleasing natural atmosphere or gardening
- increase of food supply leads to healthier lives
- an increase in medicinal plants leads to people’s well-being
- Gardening leads to beautiful, peaceful and natural atmospheres which lead to well-being
- Growth of experience and research in plant production and its benefits
Topics
- greenhouse farmer
- microgreen grower
- honey producer
- grow medicinal plants for pharmaceuticals or process them directly into usable medicine
- grow trees for reforestation, gardening and food production
- nature, outdoors, beauty
- grow food
- healthy living
- nature research and development of plant production
Activities
- follow the plants needs, schedule or automate irrigation and lighting systems.
- healthy physical work
- research and conduct experiments to develop plant production
- decide which types of plants to grow, and supply the market with needed plants
- handle plants, soils, seeds, water, fertilizers, nutrients
- set up greenhouses
- use hand tools such as pruners and spades
- use mechanized tools and transportation vehicles
- selling my products online, local markets, restaurants and retailers
- thinking about and experimenting with new products for different client needs
Tools
- mechanized equipment
- transportation equipment
- types of plants, soils, seeds, irrigation systems, greenhouses, and lights
- light sensors, humidity sensors
- ground nutrients
- animals
Atmospheres
- greenhouse
- quiet, peaceful
- nature sounds and surroundings
- natural sunlight
- outdoors
- large spaces
- possibility of working alone or with few people far from each other
What is missing in this profession?
Results
- the production of ideas and distribution of the resulting knowledge
Topics
- work with thoughts and ideas
Activities
- less physical activity
- more writing, reading and listening
- intellectual work
Tools
- the use of technology and computers
- the use of books
Atmospheres
- a peaceful inside space with a desk and a comfortable chair
How do I add what is missing in this profession?
Results
- produce valuable research that can be of use for food production, medicinal plants, nutrient production and reforestation
- book explaining the research conducted and its findings
Topics
- redirect my production towards research resulting from conducted experiments
- study of plants characteristics and benefits they can produce
- study of plants to solve human problems
- agricultural engineering
Activities
- reserve part of the day to study existing research and knowledge about plants and their characteristics and possible uses
- grow plants and conduct experiments indoors
- write and share the experiments I conduct
- study of agricultural engineering
Tools
- increase the use of technology
- use a computer and adequate software to conduct, register, develop and share research
- technical books with theoretical and practical research
- notebook & pen to write, draw, and develop ideas
- microscope and other measurement tools to observe differences with each experiments
Atmospheres
- spend more time indoors
- lab to conduct experiments
- comfortable office to note all the results of research
Is the plant research topic and the resulting possible benefits something that I care for, or I wish cared for?
Results
- I would rather dedicate myself to the development and distribution of knowledge
- also, promote and improve paths for a person’s well-being
- developing thoughts and sharing ideas about surpassing human difficulties is more in tune with my preferences
Topics
- I seem to be more interested in the promotion of knowledge and wisdom
- human behavior and how it relates to well-being is more captivating to me
- the study of plants seems to be secondary to me
Activities
- no issues
Tools
- no issues
Atmospheres
- no issues
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