Ag Mechanics

Great Things To Learn This Week

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Week 2: April 13-17

Welding Equipment & Safety

Learning Goal:

This lesson will assist you in practicing sound safety procedures and in identifying common welding equipment and their uses.

Estimated Time for The Week: 3 hours

Learn & Practice:

  • You can find the needed reading material and assignments in Canvas.
  • Please contact your instructor with any questions.

Week 3: April 20-24

Agricultural Mechanics- SMAW

Learning Goal:

This lesson will assist you in understanding the proper set-up and operation of SMAW machines along with making the proper decisions on electrode selections.

Estimated Time for The Week: 3 hours

Learn & Practice:


  • You can find the needed reading material and assignments in Canvas.
  • Please contact your instructor with any questions.

Week 4: April 27 - May 1

Agricultural Mechanics- GMAW

Learning Goal:

This lesson will assist you in understanding the proper set-up and operation of GMAW machines along with making the proper decisions on electrode selections.

Estimated Time for The Week: 3 hours

Learn & Practice:


  • You can find the needed reading material and assignments in Canvas.
  • Please contact your instructor with any questions.

Week 5: May 4-8

Agricultural Mechanics

Electrical Safety and Oxy-fuel Video

Learning Goal:

This lesson will assist you in understanding the proper steps that should be taken when working with electrical equipment. The oxy-fuel video is a fifteen minute video starring Mr. Leatherwood that covers the step by step procedure for setting up the torch and its operation.

Estimated Time for The Week: 3 hours

Learn & Practice:


  • You can find the needed reading material and assignments in Canvas.
  • Please contact your instructor with any questions.

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