Agricultural Mechanics and Equipment/Machine Technology. Academic Program Description

(NEW) A program that prepares individuals to maintain and repair specialized farm, ranch, and agribusiness power equipment and vehicles. Includes instruction in the principles of diesel, combustion, electrical, steam, hydraulic, and mechanical systems and their application to the maintenance of terrestrial and airborne crop spraying equipment; tractors and hauling equipment; planting and harvesting equipment; cutting equipment; power sources and systems for silos; irrigation and pumping equipment; dairy, feeding and, shearing operations; and processing systems.

Related Occupations

• Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
• Farm Equipment Mechanics
• Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics

Colleges Offering this Curriculum

• Butte College
• Central Arizona College
• College of the Sequoias
• East Central Technical College
• Garden City Community College
• Illinois Central College
• Kishwaukee College
• Lake Land College
• Lassen Community College
• Madison Area Technical College
• Merced College
• Michigan State University
• Modesto Junior College
• Mt San Antonio College
• North Dakota State College of Science
• Northeast Community College
• Pratt Community College
• Reedley College
• San Joaquin Delta College
• Shasta College
• Southwest Georgia Technical College
• Southwest Wisconsin Technical College
• Spoon River College
• University of Northwestern Ohio
• Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College