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| | Preparing land | Crop care | Operating equipment | Employability | Grain crops | Forage crops
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Preparing, Fertilizing & Seeding Land
- Demonstrate knowledge of farm’s cropping program
- Demonstrate knowledge of farm equipment & truck road regulations
- Follow safe farm vehicle driving regulations
- Safely use basic hand/shop & equipment servicing tools
- Demonstrate knowledge of seeding machines types and technologies
- Handle anhydrous ammonium fertilizer products during application
- Perform farm site seed treatment
- Safely operate, maintain, service & store:
- farm tractors
- trucks & tractors with equipment in tow
- two & three axle farm trucks
- cultivation implements
- seeding equipment
- granular fertilizer applicators
- grain augers
- skid, fork, lift & front end loaders
- trailers, wagons and other equipment
Crop Care
- Identify signs of weed infestations in fields
- Demonstrate new techniques to minimize introduction of and spread of weeds
- Identify signs of insect pest damage in fields
- Identify signs of damage caused by large and small pests
- Identify signs of suspected crop diseases & disorders
- Carryout routine crop sprayer servicing and maintenance
- Operate sprayers in fields and on roads
Operating Irrigation Equipment
- Demonstrate knowledge of health & safety hazards associated with irrigation systems
- Perform pre-season check over & basic servicing of piping and pumping systems
- Inspect & prepare for operation of farm’s main distribution system
- Operate a ditcher to construct fields ditches
- Operate a diker machine to construct field dikes
- Operate a land floater & plane for field leveling
- Demonstrate knowledge of local regulations & bylaws affecting irrigation
- Demonstrate knowledge of the farms cropping plans and irrigation strategies
- Operate a gravity type irrigation system
- Operate a wheel move system
- Operate a pivot system
- Operate & maintain the water pumping system
- Monitor irrigation system during operation & inform supervisor for servicing needs
- Prepare & secure piped systems for winter storage
Employability, Communication & Safety
- Manage your training & continuing education
- Effectively communicate and interact on the job
- Manage time effectively
- Demonstrate knowledge of personal financial principles (Optional)
- Manage your health and safety on the job
- Use a fire extinguisher and combat a small fire
- Perform basic first aid procedures
- Safely handle hazardous farm materials
Harvesting Grain Crops
- Demonstrate knowledge of the farm’s marketing plan or program
- Operate & service a swather on fields & roads
- Determine a crop’s moisture level using testing equipment
- Demonstrate knowledge of combine operation & servicing
- Operate combines in field and in transport
- Operate grain bin aeration systems and equipment
- Prepare grain harvesting equipment for offseason storage
- Prepare crop storage facilities for harvest use
- Operate a grain dryer
Harvest, Handle & Store Forage Crops
- Safely operate and maintain:
- hay cutting equipment
- forage harvester
- square baler (~40kg)
- round baler
- hay rake/windrow inverter
- silage dump wagon
- silage bagger
- big bale wrapper
- silo blower
- forage additive applicator
- bale collector
- Prepare forage crop storage facilities
- Store forage harvesting equipment
- Pack bunker silage using a tractor
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For more information about the content of this document, contact Kenda Lubeck.
This information published to the web on June 19, 2003.
Last Reviewed/Revised on May 14, 2010.
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