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Farm Machinery Operations

Agriculture And Extension · Level 5  ·  6 Chapters

Compiled by: Beatrice Anyango

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Chapters

1
Operate hand tools and equipment.
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Operate tillage machinery
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3
Operate planting machinery
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Operate crop protection machinery
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Operate harvesting machinery
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Operate agro-processing machinery
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What Farm Machinery Operations covers: 47 main topics in 6 chapters

1. Operate hand tools and equipment.

  1. 1.1 Principles of sustainable procurement
  2. 1.2 Principles of sustainable waste management
  3. 1.3 Principles of resource efficiency and conservation
  4. 1.4 Economic efficiency/cost minimization Eco-friendly Personal protective equipment
  5. 1.5 Hand tools and equipment
  6. 1.6 Uses and operation of hand tools and equipment’s
  7. 1.7 Use of green energy to operate equipment and machinery
  8. 1.8 Maintenance of hand tools and equipment’s
  9. 1.9 Calibration of equipment
  10. 1.10 Operate farm hand tools and equipment as per the checklist.
  11. 1.11 Maintain farm hand tools and equipment

2. Operate tillage machinery

  1. 2.1 Eco-friendly PPEs
  2. 2.2 Tillage machinery
  3. 2.3 Use of green energy
  4. 2.4 Types of tillage machinery
  5. 2.5 Uses and operation of tillage machinery
  6. 2.6 Maintenance of tillage machinery
  7. 2.7 Calibration of tillage machinery
  8. 2.8 Operate tillage machinery used in the farm
  9. 2.9 Maintain farm tillage machinery in 2.5

3. Operate planting machinery

  1. 3.1 Planting machinery
  2. 3.2 Types of planting machinery
  3. 3.3 Uses and operation of planting machinery
  4. 3.4 Maintenance of planting machinery
  5. 3.5 Calibration of planting machinery
  6. 3.6 Operate planting machinery used in the farm
  7. 3.7 Maintain planting machinery in 3.5

4. Operate crop protection machinery

  1. 4.1 Crop protection machinery
  2. 4.2 Types of Crop protection machinery
  3. 4.3 Uses and operation of Crop protection machinery
  4. 4.4 Maintenance of Crop protection machinery
  5. 4.5 Operate Crop protection machinery used in the farm
  6. 4.6 Maintain crop protection machinery in

5. Operate harvesting machinery

  1. 5.1 Harvesting machinery
  2. 5.2 Types of harvesting machinery
  3. 5.3 Uses and operation of harvesting machinery
  4. 5.4 Maintenance of harvesting machinery
  5. 5.5 Calibration of harvesting machinery
  6. 5.6 Operate harvesting machinery used in the farm
  7. 5.7 Maintain harvesting machinery in 5.5

6. Operate agro-processing machinery

  1. 6.1 Agro-processing machinery
  2. 6.2 Types of Agro-processing machinery
  3. 6.3 Uses and operation of Agro-processing machinery
  4. 6.4 Maintenance of Agro-processing machinery
  5. 6.5 Calibration of agro-processing machinery
  6. 6.6 Operate Agro-processing machinery used in the farm
  7. 6.7 Maintain Agro-processing machinery

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Exam-style questions 14 Written to CDACC standard, with answers Test yourself Multiple-choice, one at a time Practise questions Quick recall — check you know the facts
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