Title: (Optional) Perform diagnostic, maintenance, and repair procedures on harvesting equipment.
Course: Agricultural Power Systems, Advanced (18402-II) > Section: Maintaining and Servicing Harvesting Machinery and Equipment

Procedures should include

- identifying hazards associated with harvesting equipment
- wearing required PPE
- undergoing safety instruction and testing prior to diagnostic, maintenance, repair and/or operating harvesting equipment
- demonstrating hand signals
- starting, transporting, towing, operating, stopping harvesting equipment according to manufacturer specifications and instructor guidelines.

Teacher Resources:

- Health and Safety Training Manual, College of Agricultural Sciences, Oregon State University (https://agsci.oregonstate.edu/mycas/section-4-%E2%80%93-agricultural-safety-rules)
- Safety in Agriculture for Youth, National Cooperative Extension, National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture (https://ag-safety.extension.org/safety-in-agriculture-for-youth/)

Process/Skill Questions:

- What maintenance should be done on harvesting equipment?
- When should preventative maintenance be performed on harvesting equipment?