SKOWHEGAN REGIONAL VOCATIONAL CENTER



STUDENT TRAINING PLAN FOR COOPERATIVE EDUCATION

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D.O.T. CODE: 409.686-010 Farmworker, Machine (Agriculture)

General goals for student learner: Agricultural products and processing, general and instructional program that prepares individuals to process food and nonfood products and to inspect those products preparatory to manufacturing and marketing. Including the instruction in the characteristics and properties of agricultural products and of agriculture-related processing techniques and skills. (Including quality control and mechanical operations involved in marking, grading, inspecting, packaging, storing, and marketing.)

Objectives to be completed by the student learner:

1. Planting, hilling, cultivating, and irrigation of potatoes.

2. Harvesting, grading, sizing, and storing of potato seed.

3. General operations dealing with crop farming, i.e. driving tractor, preparing equipment that needs to be utilized by the farm operation, and basic farming skills.

4. Maintaining and repairing farm equipment.

Skills the student should acquire during their training program:

1. Tractor driving

2. Driving potato planter

3. Working on potato harvester

4. Plowing

5. Disc harrows

6. Chisel plows

7. Operations that involve irrigation, tractor selection, tractor operations, and general farm duties.

Safety features the student should know about their place of employment:

1. First aid kit

2. Fire extinguishers

3. Fire door exits

4. How to dial 911

5. Emergency phone numbers

6. Fire blanket

7. Sprinkler system

8. Miscellaneous safety areas

9. Eye wash

10. Disposal of chemical containers

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