How to become an Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Technician or Popularizer
Official title: Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Technicians and Popularizers
Assists with research in zoology, botany, forestry, agronomy and horticulture, or promotes techniques in agriculture, forestry, fishing and animal farming and gives practical advice.
Main tasks
- Prepare plant and animal specimens, and grow plant and animal cells and tissues for experiments
- Carry out tests and analyses with instruments and other equipment under supervision or instruction, and record observations
- Help agricultural professionals with research and development in agricultural, forestry, fishery and animal science
- Give field demonstrations, visits and talks to improve production techniques and methods, and provide technical advice and extension activities to raise farm productivity
Ways in
- Technical college: Technical and vocational college programme. Universities of science and technology and junior colleges run departments in related fields: crop and livestock production (0811); horticulture (0812); agriculture, other (0819). Departments in academic year 114 (2025-26): four-year technical bachelor's (四技) 4, five-year junior college (五專) 1, two-year junior college (二專) 1. Fields matched to the occupation by Peernovo.; Technician certificate: Farm irrigation and drainage. National technician skill test (技術士技能檢定) run by the Workforce Development Agency, trade 157 農田灌溉排水. Tested at grade B (乙級), grade C (丙級). Peernovo links this trade to the occupation.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Average pay: NT$778,000 a year
- Demand for Science and engineering jobs is projected at about 952,000 in 2024 and about 1,072,000 in 2030. (+12.6%)
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How do I become an Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Technician or Popularizer?
Ways in include: Technical and vocational college programme; Technician certificate: Farm irrigation and drainage.
How much does an Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Technician or Popularizer earn in Taiwan?
Average pay is NT$778,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).
Is an Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Technician or Popularizer a growing career in Taiwan?
Demand for this job family is projected to change 12.6% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).
Will AI change the work of an Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Technician or Popularizer?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026