FOT 3020 - Ag Building & Design Construction

Clock Hours: 100

Course Description:
This course acquaints the student with planning, design, and construction skills for agriculture facilities. It focuses on the selection of building materials, cost and production of farm buildings. Studies the various types of livestock facilities, storage and materials handling systems on farms. The student will look at the planning, design, cost and management of their livestock or row crop operation.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:

Understand the importance of storage and materials handling related to a farmstead.
Understand the basic concepts of agricultural building site selection and overall layout of a farmstead.
Select and estimate the cost of building or repairing material for a specific project.
Perform free hand sketching.
Knowledge of line conventions used on architectural plans.
Familiar with architectural abbreviation, codes, symbols and terms.
Understand and plan the aspects that make architectural drawings.
Understand properties and characteristics of materials.
Determine proper structural components.
Understand estimating cost for construction materials.
Identify and properly use tools for carpentry/construction.
Become familiar with livestock building facilities.