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What interests you?

  • Identifying leaves, plants, and trees
  • Growing a vegetable garden
  • Operating machinery
  • Protecting the environment
  • Caring for and studying animals
  • Studying rocks, soil, or mining
  • Visiting state or national parks
  • Hunting and fishing
  • Hiking and camping
  • smoke rises from a forest of trees and orange flames of a forest fire are visible
  • backlit meadow with four sheep staring at the camera
  • picturesque landscape view of rows of agricultural farmland against a green hill background with a blue sky above
  • green plants grow upward using climbing stakes for support
  • a brightly lit greenhouse of growing plants
  • 2 small lambs look toward the camera on a farm
  • huge sprinklers water in multiple directions over long rows of growing plants on a farm
  • yellow combine harvester working its way through a large field of gold-colored wheat under a deep blue sky
  • specially designed watering equipment sits on a farm field under a cloud-dotted blue sky
  • long rows of bright green fields stretch the entire length of the photo
  • eight leaves of a striped hosta plant
  • closeup photo of golden wheat growing in a field

Check out these careers:

lower half of a farmer holding a basket full of multi-colored eggs as they stand in a flowering field, with one brown and two white hens standing beside them
Farmers and Ranchers
annual salary range
$31,680 - $160,890
green smoothie in a clear glass sits on a rustic white counter with sliced and whole apples and open pea pods sitting next to it
Food Science Technicians
annual salary range
$27,830 - $62,920
smiling bearded man in teal-green veterinarian scrubs holding a black and white small Rat Terrier dog
Veterinary Assistants
annual salary range
$23,980 - $44,470
three empty terra cotta clay pots sit on a dirt pile next to two small flowering plants
Landscaping
annual salary range
$35,250 - $92,240
water resource plant showing low rows of white tubes in a white tent with a person wearing personal protective equipment, a mask and blue gloves inspecting the tubes
Water Resource Specialist
annual salary range
$78,310 - $208,000
red combine harvester drives over a green field on a farm with trees in the background and a blue sky above
Farm Equipment Mechanics
annual salary range
$27,680 to $70,350

Explore

Do you...

  • Enjoy working outdoors
  • Want to protect the environment
  • Have a green thumb
  • Prefer practical, hands-on problems and solutions

Gain Some Experience

  • Volunteer at a local animal shelter
  • Work at a gardening shop or florist
  • Help a neighbor with their yard and garden
  • Visit a working farm
  • Plant a vegetable or flower garden
  • Volunteer at a veterinarian’s office
  • Take care of a neighbor’s pets when they are away
  • Visit a natural sciences museum
  • Teach your pet new tricks
  • Encourage your family and friends to recycle
aerial overhead view of a woman wearing glasses reaching over a large cabbage plant and cutting the cabbage
tiny kitten stands on its hind legs and holds onto a hand as it drinks formula from a small plastic syringe
young woman with brown hair and red Converse shoes wraps an arm around a small black and white French bulldog
a hand grasps three small carrots by the stems, dirt still clinging to their roots

School

Related Programs at Local Colleges

Check out the Los Angeles Community College degree and certificate program finder to search for programs relevant to your interests nearby.

Work

Career Interviews

Let’s find out what people working in the careers you want to explore have to say. Download the Career Interview worksheet (PDF).