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 205-102 Field Engineering

Availability

Dookie and Longerenong campuses.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

Mr Roger Wrigley

Semester

1, repeat 2 (view timetable)

Contact

4 hrs lectures, 2 hrs tutorials (per week)

Subject Description

The objectives of this subject are to help students apply basic engineering principles to the investigation, design and management of:

  • irrigation systems;

  • hydraulic networks;

  • agricultural and horticultural machinery and implements;

  • farm structures and buildings;

  • landscape modifications;

  • farmstead planning and farm layout;

  • rural enterprise establishment and development;

The content includes:

  • units and measurement;

  • environmental measurement;

  • surveying;

  • hydraulics, fluid mechanics and hydrology;

  • principles of traction;

  • agricultural and horticultural machinery;

  • strength of materials and structures;

  • buildings and environmental control;

  • and occupational health and safety; project management and project planning; and CAD/CAM.

Assessment

A three-hour examination (60%), and four practical/tutorial reports (40%).

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