LEE COUNTY CAREER AND TECHNICAL CENTER

AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY SERVICE
8016, 8018, 36 Weeks

Instructor: Bill Anderson

 

Course Title/Prerequisites

8016 - Agricultural Power and Equipment III

Prerequisite: Agricultural Mechanics and Basic Animal Science II

Agricultural Power and Equipment III allows students to prepare for entry-level employment and advancement in the agricultural equipment industry, or for the operation and maintenance of farm equipment. This class allows students to learn how to use selected hand tools, precision measuring tools, and testing equipment in the maintenance of small engines.

 

8018 - Agricultural Mechanization Sales and Service IV

Prerequisite: Agricultural Power and Equipment III

Students enrolled in this course learn operating procedures in a parts department, focusing on newly developed agricultural machines, engine analysis and troubleshooting, basic hydraulics, mechanical power transfer systems, the implement industry, metal fusion and fabrication welding, and adjustment and repair of tillage equipment

 

8020 - Advanced Agricultural Mechanization V

Prerequisite: Agricultural Mechanization Sales and Service IV

Much of the instruction may be individualized or offered as an independent study. Major learning areas include operation of an agricultural machinery service department; adjustment, maintenance, and repair of planting, spraying, fertilizing, and crop harvesting equipment; diesel engine systems; organization and management of agricultural machinery dealerships; and agricultural sales techniques.