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• Introduction
• Qualifications Attainable
• Course content
• Admission to Course
• Fees and Grants
• Application and further details
• Printable Application Form
• Places of employment of Past Machinery Students
• Details of students' Major Projects and Work Placements
• Photographs of Machinery Projects

Gearoid Maher, Alex McCarthy and Vincent McGrath

Introduction

The aim of the Course is to provide the in-depth knowledge and skills required for a career as a farmer, agricultural contractor, fabricator, salesperson or sales demonstrator.(students are not qualified as agricultural mechanics)

Students who successfully complete the course will have fulfilled all the requirements for Stamp Duty Relief and Installation Aid, etc. (A evel 6 FETAC Certificate is awarded to graduates of the this course)

1. 11^th September 2007 to April 2008

Complete Class/Practical machinery components of the course. This will mean combining related modules that were formerly covered in Year 1 and Year 2.

2. April 2008 to October 2008

Complete 24 weeks placement.

3. November 2008 – Jan 2009

           Return to college to complete syllabus i.e. Management Module and Proficiency Testing (approx. 5 weeks).

• All Management Modules will now be delivered in November 2008 unlike previously where they were delivered over the two years.

• Timing of some proficiency tests will depend on the weather.

• Course content does not change.

• American placement is still an option for interested students.

• Placement is reduced from 36 weeks to 24 weeks.

Course completed by January 2009

Placement can be

In Ireland

• With a Farm Machinery Dealer
• With Farm Machinery Manufacturer
• With an Agricultural Contractor

Or Abroad

• With Combine Crews in America
• With a Tillage Farmer in America
• In a Farm Dealership in America
• On Tillage Farms in Germany or Denmark

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Edmund McDonald with combine crew in the USA

Qualifications Attainable

The syllabi for the following examinations are covered:

• FETAC Advanced Certificate in Agricultural Mechanisation
   
• City & Guilds, 3942, A Certificate in Land Based Service Engineering.
   
• City & Guilds, 4351, Computer Aided Design (AutoCAD LT)

Relationships have been created with other colleges which allow our students to progress to the final stages of a similar course in those colleges. For example a student can progress to Institute of Technology in Tralee or to the final year of the General National Vocational Qualification level-II in Reaseheath College, England.

Course Content

• Tractor and work processes
• Tractor Electrics & Electronics
• Tractor Engineering
• Machinery Operation
• Computer Studies
• Project
• Placement
• Farm Business Management

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Admission to Course

1. Students must have completed one year in an agricultural college or an equivalent college, i.e. Institute of Technology.
2. Must be recommended by the Principal of the college attended.
3. Places will be awarded on the basis of an interview and workshop knowledge.

The approximate fee payable to the college for the academic year 2008-2009 will be 2800Euro for residential students and 1300 Euro for non-residential students.
(The fees payable are net of the N.D.P. grant)

For further information and application form please contact the college. Completed application forms should be returned to the Principal together with birth certificate, agricultural college reference and 10 Euro application fee NOT LATER THAN FRIDAY 6^st JUNE 2008.
 
 A medical certificate will be required at a later date should a candidate be successful in obtaining a place on the course. Parents or Guardians will be liable for any medical expenses incurred by there son or daughter while attending the college.

Printable Application Form

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Places of Employment of some past students who completed the Advanced Certificate in Agricultural Mechanisation course at Pallaskenry

• Harvest Machinery
• Farmhand
• ECI JCB
• Castle Hyde Farm Machinery
• Teva Engineering
• McHale Engineering
• John Geary Tractors(John Deere)
• Declan Geary Tractors(New Holland)
• Dromone Engineering
• John Deere Dealership, Drogheda

• Atkins, Cork.

• Meath Farm Machinery
• Kilrossanty Farm Machinery(Case)

Derek Bovenizer-- Shear Grab

FETAC and HETAC students.

Direct Entry Students

Student (HETAC)	Direct Entry    Students	Major Project	Work Placement
Meath		Recondition a John Deere Gator	Kellys of Kilkenny
Wexford		Recondition of an International Tractor	Lacken Machinery, New Ross
Cork		MF 390 Front Axle	John McCarthy Agri, Co Cork
Limerick		Recondition Tractor	Whelan Plant Sales