How can a community college cater to the Precision Ag World?

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Permalink Reply by Melinda Martin on November 10, 2011 at 10:56am

I love the idea of this discussion.  We are struggling with this exact thing ourselves.  I would like to see some type of education standards or national curriculum created.  Not that I want us all teaching the exact same thing but I would like to see come commonality or continuity between programs. 

Permalink Reply by Adam Gittins on November 10, 2011 at 5:43pm

I represent a large precision ag dealership selling and servicing equipment, and a big help for me would be if students had a solid background with 12 volt wiring.  Sometimes it is the very simple things that are overlooked, but if you don't understand 12 volt DC wiring, how to operate a multimeter to check volts, amps, and ohms, then it is hard to be able to troubleshoot the electronics.

 

Seems like I spend a lot of time training new hires on these basic skills.

Permalink Reply by Kevin Butt on November 21, 2011 at 1:15pm

Hi Michelle,

I have been working on a complete 2 year AAS degree curriculum for a precision ag degree. I have also worked with the other posters on here (Adam and Melinda) and agree with both of them on their comments. I think there needs to be some standards on a national level and think it would be rather simple to develop (once we got all those involved on the same page). The other feedback from my advisory board was implementing what Adam said, basic electrical wiring.

Contact me if you want some more information on what we're doing here. My email is kevin.butt@iavalley.edu.

Thanks, Hope this helps!

Permalink Reply by Eric Stombaugh on May 1, 2012 at 10:14am

I teach dealer techninians in the installation and repair of precision ag equipment. Several of the things that I encounter is GPS Theory, GPS Signal Errors, GPS Accuracy & different types of accuracy (Statis or Dynamic), Correction Sources, 11783 ISO standards and J1939 CAN standards (how does the receiver talk to the vehcile or implement) and RTK & RTN.