Agricultural Construction and Maintenance
Catalog Description:
Credits:3 Selection and use of materials and tools used in planning, constructing and maintaining buildings. Students will participate in class lectures and hands-on laboratory activities to build full-scale projects involving framing, plumbing, electrical, windows, etc. Building codes and building science will be combined to provide an introduction to the changing world of construction.
Pre-requisites/Co-requisites:
None
Course Objectives:
Through laboratory experiences and subject matter covered, the student is expected to gain rudimentary skill proficiencies and knowledge that will enable him/her to have basic understandings of the following:
- Selection, safe use, service and operation of common shop and field construction tools.
- Common structures, materials and estimating construction.
- Uses and characteristics of concrete and masonry building products
- Electrical wiring and maintenance for agricultural and light construction.
- Plumbing materials and techniques
- Light construction techniques that will result in a completed structure built by the students.
- Management issues required for successful project completion
Time does not permit everything to be covered in lecture and lab, therefore, reading and homework will be assigned. Exams will include outside reading material as well as that provided in the lectures and labs.
Instructor:
Dr. Wendell A. Porter, P.E.
Lecturer
Rogers Hall, Rm 105
352-392-1864 x105
waporter@ifas.ufl.edu
Material/Supply Fees :
$60.00
Class Materials Required:
Text: No Textbook is required for AOM 3220. Course materials will be provided on-line. It is the student's responsibility to check the following website for updated links to materials: AOM 3220 Course Materials
Course Outline:
LECTURE TOPICS |
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| Construction Drawing | Shop safety |
| Frame construction | Building Codes |
| Wraps, flashing, windows | Building physics |
| Material specifications | Plumbing |
| Electrical systems | Concrete |
LABORATORY TOPICS |
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| Construction Drawing | Safety |
| Framing | Windows |
| Field Trips | Plumbing |
| Electrical | Concrete |
1. Attendance is required at the lab you are registered. This is a very hands-on course, the only way to learn in lab and to do the project (both of which earn points) is through attendance. Therefore, it is to the student's great advantage to make every effort to attend. Missed labs can not be made up once the week in which that lab is taught, has passed.
2. Skills and psychomotor proficiencies take longer to develop than the cognitive skills, therefore it may take some people additional time and practice to gain mastery of some skills. Much of this course is psychomotor or skill oriented and proficiency will be evaluated for grading purposes. An "A" will require considerable effort and may demand extra time by the student.
3. Since this is a shop course, please dress accordingly (i.e. no sandals, loose fitting sleeves, dangling jewelry or hair, shirt tails and clothing that might get caught in the machinery).
4. You will be asked to help clean up the lab toward the end of the period.
5. Students are not only expected to attend each lab but the ENTIRE scheduled period . Therefore, arrangements should be made ahead of time in order to leave early and still receive credit.
6. The classroom and laboratory are both NON-SMOKING.
7. Many assignments, whether homework or lab projects, will be due on a given date. Late assignments will lose points in grade for each day late. Missed exams may be rescheduled only with proper documented excuses within one week of the original date given, otherwise they will be made up only during finals week .
8. There is no cumulative final exam. The last exam is given in the last class of the semester.
Grading:
| exams | 3 tests | 45% |
| labs | 12 labs | 30% |
| homework | 15% | |
| Attendance (other) | 10% |
| grading scale | |
| A | 90-100% |
| B+ | 88-89% |
| B | 80-87% |
| C+ | 78-79% |
| c | 70-77% |
| d+ | 68-69% |
| d | 60-67% |
| e | <60% |
Labs and homework will be due on or before the date assigned in class. Late work will not be accepted without prior approval. Class participation, including attendence, is expected. Complaining about the assignment of any and all grades will be listened to only if the student participates in class discussions and activities.
NO CELL PHONE USE DURING CLASS!!
Academic Honesty :
All students admitted to the University of Florida have signed a statement of academic honesty committing themselves to be honest in all academic work and understanding that failure to comply with this commitment will result in disciplinary action. This statement is a reminder to uphold your obligation as a UF student and to be honest in all work submitted and exams taken in this course and all others.
Accommodation for Students with Disabilities
Students requesting classroom accommodation must first register with the Dean of Students Office. That office will provide the student with documentation that he/she must provide to the course instructor when requesting accommodation.
Use of Library, Personal References, PC Programs and Electronic Databases:
These items are university property and should be utilized with other users in mind. Never remove, mark, modify nor deface resources that do not belong to you. If you're in the habit of underlining text, do it only on your personal copy. It is inconsiderate, costly to others, and dishonest to use common references otherwise.
Software Use :
All faculty, staff and students of the University are required and expected to obey the laws and legal agreements governing software use. Failure to do so can lead to monetary damages and/or criminal penalties for the individual violator. Because such violations are also against University policies and rules, disciplinary action will be taken as appropriate. We, the members of the University of Florida community, pledge to hold ourselves and our peers to the highest standards of honesty and integrity.
UF Counseling Services :
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