Engineering II - Engineering Applications

Overview

The Engineering II - Engineering Applications course from Warnborough College covers: surveying, earthworks, water management, environmental control (eg. heating, cooling, ventilation, etc.), fencing, chemical applications, mechanising manual tasks, improving engineering efficiency/operations and developing engineering solutions to different workplace tasks/problems.

Learning Outcomes

• 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 or traffic, in agricultural and horticultural situations.

• Explain the operation of machinery commonly used to mechanise manual tasks

• carried out in horticultural and agricultural workplaces.

• Evaluate the effectiveness of engineering applications in agricultural and horticultural workplaces.

• Determine procedures for improving work tasks in agricultural and horticultural situations.