Student Learning Outcomes
Student Learning Outcomes
Graduates of the technical certificate in Agricultural Systems and Mechanics will be able to complete the following tasks:
- Calculate heat load, ventilation and cooling requirements, and heating needs for agricultural structures.
- Demonstrate proper safety procedures for working with 120 and 240-volt electrical service, metal welding and cutting equipment, and small engines.
- Wire a three-way lamp circuit to a load center.
- Join two pieces of metal using stick (SMAW), MIG (GMAW), and brazing.
- Cut metal using gas, plasma, and abrasive techniques.
- Demonstrate the proper methods to construct an agricultural building.
- Plumb water connections using galvanized, copper, and PVC pipe.
- Demonstrate the personal and professional ethics and interpersonal skills that are expected in the workplace.
Graduates of the technical certificate in
Precision Agriculture will be able to complete the following tasks:
- Understand how GIS can be used to improve the production of agronomic crops.
- Collect information about soil and field attributes, yield data, or field boundaries, using field data recorders and basic geographic information systems (GIS).
- Demonstrate the uses and applications of geospatial technology, such as Global Positioning System (GPS), geographic information systems (GIS), automatic tractor guidance systems, variable rate chemical input applicators, surveying equipment, and computer mapping software.
- Illustrate how GIS systems can be used to improve agricultural production and management systems.
- Demonstrate the personal and professional ethics and interpersonal skills that are expected in the workplace.