(Optional) Perform diagnostic, maintenance, and repair procedures on tillage equipment.
Procedures should include
- identifying hazards associated with tillage equipment
- undergoing safety instruction and testing prior to diagnostic, maintenance, repair and/or operating tillage equipment (e.g., grease fittings or repair tines on tiller) such as
- moldboard plows
- disk plows
- disk tillers
- chisel plow
- disc harrows and offset disks
- field cultivators
- toothed harrows
- packers
- undercutters
- rod weeders.
Teacher Resources:
- Health and Safety Training Manual, College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University (https://agsci.oregonstate.edu/mycas/section-4-%E2%80%93-agricultural-safety-rules Links to an external site.)
- Safety in Agriculture for Youth, National Cooperative Extension, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture (https://ag-safety.extension.org/safety-in-agriculture-for-youth/ Links to an external site.)
Process/Skill Questions:
- What maintenance should be performed on tillage equipment?
- How is the use of lubricant determined?