How can Machinery and Technology make Work Easier on a Farm or in a Garden?
This course explores innovative engineering solutions, to improve efficiency and productivity in agriculture and horticulture. CONTENTS There are nine lessons as follows: • Surveying • Earthworks • Water management • Environmental control • Chemical applications • Fencing • Mechanisation • Engineering efficiency • Developing engineering solutions Aims • Explain surveying, including basic principles and techniques, appropriate for horticulture and agriculture • Determine earthworks required for an agricultural or horticultural site • Determine appropriate water management for an horticultural/agricultural site. • Determine technological solutions for environmental control problems, in rural or horticultural situations. • Explain the operation of equipment commonly used to apply pesticides and other chemicals in both horticultural and agricultural workplaces. • Determine appropriate fencing to use for different purposes; including security and restricting the movement of animals, pests o
