Agriculture – Equipment Operations & Maintenance

Program description

This curriculum is designed to provide employable skills essential to several occupations and emphasizes the "learning-by-doing" method of instruction on modern up-to-date equipment.

This certificate is approved through the California Community College Chancellor’s Office. Upon satisfactory completion of the listed requirements and filing an application for graduation with Admissions and Records, the student’s transcript will reflect completion of this certificate.

Program learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this certificate, the student should be able to:

1. Understand and demonstrate safe heavy equipment operational and maintenance practices.
2. Use heavy equipment to move soil to grade.
3. Perform basic equipment inspections and maintenance procedures.
4. Demonstrate the knowledge and skills to survey, layout and set grade on a construction project.
5. Operate and maintain heavy equipment resulting in minimum impact to the watershed and use appropriate Best Management Practices to control erosion.

Certificate requirements