FEDERAL COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE ISHIAGU
Department of Agricultural and Bioenvironmental Engineering Technology
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Agricultural & Bioenvironmental Engineering Education
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Industrial safety [MEP 322]
Department of Agricultural & Bio-Environmental Engineering Technology
Higher National Diploma (HND I)
Course lecturer: Bello R. S.
Course objective
This course is designed to acquaint the student with industrial safety rules, acts and regulations guiding safety within industrial sector as well as know the causes and ways of preventing industrial accidents.This knowledge will be demonstrated by completion of assignment sheets and unit test with a minimum of 85 percent accuracy. On completion of this course, the students should be able to:
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Technical Drawing [PTD 110/MEC 112]
COURSE LECTURER: Bello R. S.
Goal: To develop the ability to produce accurate, correctly dimensioned and labelled engineering drawings
General objectives: On completion of this module, the student should be able to:
Horticultural machinery [HLT 443]
Department of Horticultural & Landscape Technology
Course Lecturer: Bello R. S.
Course objective
Technological advancements and innovations in horticultural practice have revolutionized this age long profession and have in turn provided comfort and luxury for the operators and investors. This course is designed to provide the students with a good understanding of the various horticultural fields of specialization, practices, tools, machinery and utilization. This course is also designed to acquaint the students with various power sources, required machinery and necessary skills for effective horticultural mechanization.
Specific objectives and competencies
On completion of this course, the students should be able to;
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Suggested activities
Identify all horticultural machinery in your institution.
Carry out maintenance on selected horticultural machinery in your institution
Calibrate some of specified equipment for field operation
Make a report of activities carried out.
Technical Report writing [ABE 227]
COURSE LECTURER: Bello R. S.
Course objective
This course is designed to acquaint the students with the meaning types and purposes of technical reports and to provide them with the necessary skills for effectively writing a technical report.
Specific objectives and competencies
On completion of this course, the students should be able to understand;
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Post-harvest Technology [AGT 128]
Department of Agricultural & Bio-Environmental Engineering Technology
National Diploma (ND I)
Course Lecturer: Bello R. S.
Course objectives
This course is designed to give the students a good knowledge of the importance, procedures, equipment and problems of processing, handling and storage of agricultural products.
Specific objectives and competencies.
On completion of this course, the students should be able to;
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Theory of machine elements [ABP 313]
Department of Agricultural & Bio-Environmental Engineering Technology
Higher National Diploma (HND I)
Course lecturer: Bello R. S.
Course objective
This course is designed to acquaint the student with the working knowledge of the approach to the theories of machine elements.This knowledge will be demonstrated by completion of assignment sheets and unit test with a minimum of 85 percent accuracy. On completion of this course, the students should be able to:
Joints in machine operation
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Safety [MEC 125]
Department of Agricultural & Bio-Environmental Engineering Technology
National Diploma (ND I)
Course Lecturer: Bello R. S.
Course objective
This course is designed to acquaint the student with the safety rules, acts and regulations guiding workplace and machinery operations.This knowledge will be demonstrated by completion of assignment sheets and unit test with a minimum of 85 percent accuracy.
Specific objectives and competencies
On completion of this course, the students should be able to:
Reference materials
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Suggested activities
Course Lecturer: Engr. Bello RS
Duration: 60 hours (4 hours practical per week)
Goal
To develop the ability to produce accurate, correctly dimensioned and labelled engineering drawings
General objectives
On completion of this module, the student should be able to:
Farm Power & Mechanization [AGT 223]
Department of Agricultural Technology
National Diploma (ND II)
Course Lecturer: Bello R. S.
Course objective
This course is designed to acquaint the students with the sources of farm power, required machinery and to provide them with the necessary skills for effective mechanization
Specific objectives and competencies
On completion of this course, the students should be able to;
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Farm Machinery & Mechanization I [ABE 112]
Department of Agricultural & Bio-Environmental Engineering Technology
National Diploma (ND I)
Course Lecturer: Bello R. S.
Course objective
After completion of this unit, students should be acquaint with the principles of farm machinery and mechanisation and to equip them with the necessary skills for effective operations involved in land development, tillage and crop establishment operations.
Specific objectives and competencies
At the completion of this course unit, the student should be able to:
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Industrial safety [MEP 322]
Department of Agricultural & Bio-Environmental Engineering Technology
Higher National Diploma (HND I)
Course lecturer: Bello R. S.
Course objective
This course is designed to provide the students with an understanding of the principles of engineering design and its application in the design and construction of farm machinery.
General objectives
On completion of this course, the students should be able to:
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Farm Machinery & Mechanization II [ABE 222]
Department of Agricultural & Bio-Environmental Engineering Technology
National Diploma (ND I)
Course Lecturer: Bello R. S.
Course objective
This course is designed to acquaint the student with the principles and practices of crop husbandry and harvesting operations and to equip them with the necessary skills for effective crop machinery operations. This knowledge will be demonstrated by completion of assignment sheets and unit test with a minimum of 85 percent accuracy.
Specific objectives and competencies
On completion of this course, the students should be able to:
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Fruits & Vegetable Processing Storage [HLT 442]
Department of Horticultural & Landscape Technology
Higher National Diploma (HND II)
Course lecturer: Bello R. S.
Course objective
This course is designed to provide the students with a good understanding of the principles and techniques of fruits and vegetables processing storage in order to minimize postharvest losses.
Specific objectives and competencies
At the completion of this course the student should be able to;
Suggested activities
Reference materials
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Course Lecturer: Engr. Bello RS
Goal
This course is designed to enable the students know the use of farm machinery for tillage, planting and fertilizer applications.
General objectives
On completion of this course, the students should be able to:
Agricultural & Bioenvironmental Engineering Technology/ Agricultural Technology
Programme: National Diploma (ND)
Course Lecturer: Bello R. S.
Course Practical Instructors: Umahi Okechukwu
Course goal
This course in designed to enable the students understand the scope of Agricultural Engineering and its application in agricultural (crop, fiber and animal) production.
Course objective
This article provide introductory notes on the general concepts of agricultural and bio-environmental, engineer as relevant to an agricultural technologist who is expected to have a background knowledge of agricultural machine (power sources and machinery, especially operational principles of tractor) selection, operations and maintenance. After completion of this unit, students should be able to describe the factors involved in selecting machinery and make calculations that facilitate the selection of machinery. This knowledge will be demonstrated by completion of assignment sheets and unit test with a minimum of 85 percent accuracy.
Specific objectives and competencies
At the completion of this course, the student should be able to:
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Agricultural & Bioenvironmental Engineering Technology
Course title: Agricultural Machinery Management
Course code: ABE 230
Credit unit: 2 units
Lecture duration: 2hrs
Course details:
Course coordinator: Engr. Bello RS
Email: segemi2002@fcaishiagu.edu.ng
Office address: Office of the Dean, School of Engineering Technology
Other lecturer: Engr. Uka Nnanna
Course objective
This course is designed to develop a working understanding of the importance of effective machinery management for efficient agricultural production
Specific objectives and competencies
On completion of this course, the students should be able to:
1. Understand management concepts
2. Select appropriate farm machinery for specific activities.
3. Match implements and tractors for efficient utilization of tractor power.
4. Determine field performance and outputs of individual machines.
5. Manage machinery systems for maximum performance.
6. Determine the costs of machinery operations.
Reference materials
Bello R.S. and M.B. Bello, 2015. Agricultural Machinery Management. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing October 9, 2015 https://www.lap-publishing.com/
Bello R. S., 2012: Agricultural Machinery & Mechanization. Createspace Charl US. ISBN-13: 978-145-632-876-4. https://www.createspace.com/3497673 June 2012
Suggested activities
Locate a client(such as the school, a local business or a farmer) who is planning an equipment purchase and evaluate the situation as to what size of equipment should be obtained, whether it should be rented, purchased or custom hired, what the cost would be per year, etc.
Take an inventory of an average farm in the area to determine just how much money that farm has tied up in machinery.
Agricultural & Bioenvironmental Engineering Technology
Course title: Farm Power & Machinery Management
Course code: AEP 422
Credit unit: 2 units
Lecture duration: 2hrs
Course details:
Course coordinator: Engr. Bello RS
Email: segemi2002@fcaishiagu.edu.ng
Office address: Office of the Dean, School of Engineering Technology
Other lecturer: Engr. Uka Nnanna
Course objective
This course is designed to give the students an in depth knowledge of the factors involved in the selection, acquisition, and operation of farm power and machinery to enable them to make sound decisions for the effective use of machinery in farm businesses.
Specific objectives and competencies
On completion of this course, the students should be able to: Know the available tractors for farm operations; Understand tractor power requirements for agricultural implements; Understand tractor testing procedures and codes; Evaluate field capacities of various farm machinery; Understand the selection of farm machinery; Understand the economics of farm machinery usage; Understand multi–farm use of farm machinery; carry out machinery management in relation to selected case studies.
Reference materials
Bello R.S. and M.B. Bello, 2015. Agricultural Machinery Management. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing October 9, 2015 https://www.lap-publishing.com/
Bello R. S., 2012: Agricultural Machinery & Mechanization. Createspace Charl US. ISBN-13: 978-145-632-876-4. https://www.createspace.com/3497673 June 2012
Bello R. S., Adegbulugbe T. A. and Odey S. O., 2010: Farm Power and Machinery Climax Printers, Enugu Nigeria ISBN: 978-332-2-254-4-3
Bello R. S., 2007. Fundamental Principles of Agricultural Engineering Practice. Climax Printers, Enugu Nigeria ISBN- 978-080-015-8 (298 pages)
Suggested activities
Carry our selected studies on equipment needs and cost requirements for a small-scale farm; medium-scale farm; and large-scale farm.
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