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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

Picture of Vincent McGrath, Alex McCarthy, Gearoid Maher

• A Farmers Journal article on US placement.       
• David O'Lone at Harper Adams               

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 level 6 FETAC Certificate is awarded to graduates of the this course)

This is approx 16months in duration at Pallaskenry Agricultural College conducted from,

1. September  to April 
   
2. May  to December
   Complete 24 weeks placement.
   
3. February / March to complete programme 

Course completed by April of the following Year.

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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 

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 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 2009-2010 will be 2800 euro 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 immediately.

(as places are limited, an interview and practical skill assessment will be held in June to allocate places)

 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 Farm Machinery 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