Provide a Poultry House Maintenance Preparation Business

SAE:

Description:

The student would provide the equipment and tools necessary to properly maintain a poultry house. The student would have to develop public relation skills and learn to accept that the public is not always easy to deal with. Record keeping will be a vital part of this business.

The skills would be taken from the classroom to his/her poultry house maintenance business. The student will learn how to schedule and manage his/her time to their benefit.

Written by Dana Perkins, 2002

Factors To Consider	Ranking: 1 = lowest 10 = highest
Time required	6.5
Investment	7
Equipment needed	8.5
Skills required	9
Facilities required	3
Land required	3
Labor Intensity	8
Potential for income	9
Transportation required	7
Expansion possibilities	8
Expertise needed	6.5
Advertising needed	7
Susceptible to disease	2
Susceptible to insects	2
Suitable for residential areas	7
	Other (specify)
Length of production cycle	Year round
Regional	Statewide
When to start project	Anytime

Notes:

A student would reinforce all skills in the electrical, electric motors & controls, plumbing, woodworking, and other QCC’s.

Skills needed:

1. Public relations
2. Figuring bill of materials
3. Ordering parts
4. Electrical Theory
5. Electric Motors & Controls Theory
6. Plumbing Theory
7. Woodworking Theory
8. Using test meters
9. Marketing the business
10. Record Keeping