EDUCATION

Polytechnics that Offer ND/HND Agricultural & Bio-Environmental Engineering With their Entry Requirements

The programme is designed to produce Agricultural Engineering Technicians Capable of utilizing and carrying out repairs and routine maintenance of farm machinery, irrigation and drainage facilities as well as storage and processing equipment and who can assist in the design of farms, farm structures and other farm facilities.

On the completion of the programme the diplomat of ND in Agricultural and Bio-environmental Engineering Technology should be able to:

Operate, maintain and repair farm tractors, and other farm implements, tools equipment and machinery.
Supervise and manage mechanized farms and farming operations.
Construct and maintain small earth dams, drainage and water distribution system and structures for irrigation purposes.
Carry out the construction and layout of contours, terraces, strip cropping for soil conservation purposes.
Erect simple farm storage structures (silos, cribs, rhumbus etc.)
Maintain and repair simple primary crop processing machines like sellers, decorticators, graters, milling machine, grinders etc.
Install, maintain and repair irrigation equipment.
Design, maintain and repair electrical wiring systems in farm buildings and houses.
Prepare brief technical reports on small scale farm enterprises.
Prepare a farm survey plan and land capability classification of a farm.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Applicants with any of the following may be considered for admission into the National Diploma Programme in Agricultural and Bio-environmental Engineering Technology:

1. At least a pass in English Language and Credit level passes in four subjects obtained in not more than two sittings in GCE ‘O’ Level, or Secondary School Certificates (SSCE). The four subjects include Mathematics, Physics, Biology/Agriculture Science or Chemistry and the other subjects.

2. At least a pass in English Language and four credit passes in an NBTE recognized preliminary National Diploma Course offered in a Polytechnic or similar post Secondary technical institution. The credit passes must include Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, biology.