6 courses with the subject AGTK, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
AGTK 1810Beginning Hydraulics3
Study the use of hydraulic pumps and systems. Special emphasis is given to pumping, controlling, and measuring flows and to system design and analysis. Also emphasized is distinguishing the difference between types of valves, pumps, hoses, and connection arrangement and flow patterns.
AGTK 1910Preventive Equipment Maintenance and Management2
A course stressing the fundamentals of preventive maintenance of farm equipment to reduce failures, save on operating costs, and keeping equipment safe. Establishes good habits in the continuous care of equipment through periodic adjustments and servicing as required.
Students will be introduced to essential aspects of precision agriculture concepts including soil and crop spatial variability; new technologies such as GIS, DEM, GPS, sensors, variable rate machinery, PA software, remote sensing; geostatistics, sampling, experimental designs; precision integrated crop management; data acquisition, process, and management; and socio-economical and e-marketing aspects.
In this course, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations and how to register, obtain your license, and fly an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) are covered.
This course introduces advanced GIS, GPS technology and how to apply to the field. Planting, fertilizer and chemical applications will be covered as they relate to precision agriculture.
