Forestry & Ag Technology - Polk County Campus - Full Time - Day

Credential: Certificate, Diploma
Clock Hours: 1,296
Format: Full Time
Class Type: Day
Tuition/Fees:$4,623.00
Book/Supplies Cost: $642.53
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Courses / Curriculum

Courses outside the core curriculum may be available as electives.
First Trimester
Course Code Course Clock Hours
FAT 0001 Worker Characteristics 6
FAT 1010 Technology Foundations 30
FAT 1020 Forestry Technology 18
FAT 1030 Introduction to Forestry 40
FAT 1040 Manufacturing Forest Products 42
FAT 1050 Cruising Timber and Determining Volume 48
FAT 1060 Harvesting Timber 48
FAT 1070 Growing Trees 40
FAT 1080 Managing Forest Stands 40
FAT 1090 Protecting Forests 30
FAT 1100 Non-Timber Forest Resources 30
FAT 1110 Legal Issues in Forestry 30
FAT 1120 Working in Forestry 30
Second Trimester
Course Code Course Clock Hours
FAT 0002 Worker Characteristics 6
FAT 2010 Safety 30
FAT 2020 Introduction to Agriculture 30
FAT 2030 Agri-Business 36
FAT 2040 Computer Essentials 36
FAT 2050 Word Applications 36
FAT 2060 Hydrology 42
FAT 2070 Soil Science 42
FAT 2080 Introduction to Geographic information Systems 42
FAT 2090 Basic Industrial Electricity and Electronics 42
FAT 2100 Basic Agriculture Machinery and Maintenance 48
FAT 2110 Welding 42
Third Trimester
Course Code Course Clock Hours
FAT 0003 Worker Characteristics 6
FAT 3010 Spreadsheet Applications 30
FAT 3020 Equipment Safety 30
FAT 3030 Basic Sawmill Operation 42
FAT 3040 Saw Filing 30
FAT 3050 Lumber Grading 48
FAT 3060 Basics of Forestry Machinery 48
FAT 3070 Suspension, Steering and Brakes 54
FAT 3080 Heavy Equipment Operation 54
FAT 3090 Advanced Forestry Machinery and Maintenance 48
FAT 3100 Forestry Occupations 12
FAT 3110 Co-op and Work-Based Learning Experience 30