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Agricultural Engineer
Agricultural engineers study and advise on the use of
engineering science and technology in agricultural production
and management of natural resources.
They apply their engineering knowledge and skills to solve
problems relating to such things as sustainable agricultural
production, the environmental impacts of intensive agriculture
and the post-harvest handling of agricultural products.
An agricultural engineer may perform the following tasks:
- plan, supervise and manage the building of irrigation,
drainage, flood and water control systems
- design, develop and manage the manufacture of
agricultural machinery, equipment and instrumentation, such
as sensing, measuring and recording devices
- plan and supervise the construction of farm and other
related buildings such as controlled environments (e.g.
intensively-housed livestock, greenhouses, nurseries,
aquaculture) and storage facilities (e.g. grain silos and
dryers)
- supervise ground preparation, seeding and harvesting,
spray technology, post-harvesting (processing and packaging)
and transport equipment
- supervise the cleaning, grading, milling, mixing, food
processing, packaging and distribution of produce
- perform environmental impact assessments
- analyse, advise and plan for effective soil conservation
and the control of water logging and soil salinity
- prepare and present reports
- conduct research and study the results of work on farms,
forests and research stations.
Agricultural engineers may work indoors or outdoors, in a
forest, laboratory or design office, or on a farm or research
station. Their work involves the use of computers.
Required Skills - Agricultural Engineer
- able to identify, analyse and solve problems
- good oral and written communication skills
- aptitude for computing and design
- able to work without supervision and accept
responsibility
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