Catalog Year:
2021 - 2022, 2022 - 2023, 2023 - 2024, 2024 - 2025, 2025 - 2026
The Certificate of Achievement in Mechanized Agriculture offers students interested in agriculture the opportunity to gain practical skills that prepare them to work in various agricultural environments. Students who obtain this Certificate will be able to enter the dynamic mechanized agriculture field to work in a farm shop as an operator or maintenance technician.
Career Opportunities
Farm Shop Manager, Farm Shop Laborer, Maintenance Technician, Service Technician, Application Technician, Equipment Operator, Technical Sales and Service, Vineyard Equipment Service, Ranch Operations Maintenance, Agriculture Warehouse/Distribution Technician
Required Courses (20 credits)
Units: 20.0
AGM 220
FARM POWER, MACHINERY, AND SAFETY
3.0
AGM 221
INTRODUCTION TO AGRICULTURE MECHANICS
3.0
AGM 222
AGRICULTURAL SAFETY
2.0
AGM 223
AGRICULTURE INDUSTRIAL POWER
3.0
WELD 270A
BASIC WELDING
3.0
WELD 275
BLUEPRINT READING AND INDUSTRY PRACTICES
3.0
AGB 204
AGRICULTURAL SALES AND COMMUNICATION
3.0
Total: 20.0
Program Outcomes
Outcome
Demonstrate the knowledge and skills required to operate and maintain farm equipment
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Understand the key components and basic repair of diesel engines
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Identify and correct common agricultural production hazards
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