Clovis Unified Agriculture Program & Facility

Clovis Unified has one of the top Agriculture
Education programs in the State of California, along with the best high school agriculture facility. The McFarlane-Coffman Agriculture Center was established in August of 2000 to serve students from throughout Clovis Unified School
District. Currently, the twenty-two-acre facility consists of two traditional classrooms, two science laboratory classrooms, three engineering classrooms, and a biotechnology
facility. The Farm Laboratory includes animal units for beef, sheep, swine, goats and rabbits. Four acres of irrigated pasture houses cattle, sheep, and horse projects. Ten acres of row crop grounds, permanent orchard plantings, and state of the art greenhouses round out the land laboratory.

Clovis East High School

2940 Leonard Clovis, CA 93619 559-327-4000

Clovis FFA Webpage

https://sites.google.com/site/clovisffaca

Clovis East Agriculture Staff
	
Agriculture Science Teacher & Department Chair
	Steve Gambril stevegambril@cusd.com
	
Animal Science & Agriculture Science Teacher
	Jennifer Knight jenniferknight@cusd.com
	
Agriculture Science & Floral Design Teacher
	Aireal Covey airealcovey@cusd.com
	
Agriculture Science Teacher
	Amanda Shoffner amandashoffner@cusd.com
	
Agriculture Science Teacher
	David Valdez davidvaldez@cusd.com
	
Agriculture Science Teacher
	Emily Benson emilyBenson@cus
	
Agriculture Mechanics & Engineering Teacher
	Gregory Ravy gregoryravy@cusd.com

Agriculture Mechanics CTE Pathway

Clovis East High School

Agriculture Department

The agricultural mechanics pathway is part of the Agriculture Department at Clovis East High School. All CUSD high school students are welcome to enroll in our Agriculture Department courses.

2020-2021

Agriculture Education is a Comprehensive Program offering students classroom laboratory experience, leadership development through involvement in the National FFA Organization, and experiential learning though Supervised
Agriculture Education projects.

Welding Fabrication & Applications (Level 3) and/or
	
Ag Welding processes and
	
Fabrication (Level 4) Grades eligible: 11-12
Prerequisite: Agriculture Engineering 2/3 or Welding Processes and Procedures
Graduation Requirement Area: Elective UC/CSU A-G Designation: Elective
		
Ag Welding Processes/Fabrication and Fabrication/Application courses develop students’ knowledge and technical skills in the broad field of agriculture welding, construction, and engineering. The course emphasizes procedure, skills, and setup in welding and fabrication, including nonferrous metals in the advanced phases of Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW), Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW), and though project fabrication, repair, and industry procedure

Why is Agriculture Mechanics Important?

Every area of Agriculture relies on Agriculture Mechanics. Plants and animals require water, shelter, and proper temperatures. Ag products need to be harvested and transported. Agriculturalists rely on mechanical systems throughout the entire production process.

All of the plumbing and irrigation systems in farms and ranches are designed, constructed, and installed by ag mechanics.

The electrical wiring that provides lights, heating, ventilation, and cooling, as well as computers, sensors, controllers, and timers must be designed and installed by people skilled in ag mechanics.

Ag mechanics are also responsible for constructing fences, barns, walkways, processing buildings and pack lines, as well as storage buildings and other ag structures.

The design and construction of trailers and tractor implements as well as welding of many other items used in agriculture also is the job of an ag mechanic.

Tractors, landscaping and land clearing equipment, harvesting equipment, and special purpose agriculture equipment is designed, constructed, and operated by ag mechanics.

All of the things designed, built, and used in agriculture also must be maintained, and the agriculture

Occupations	Occupations	Occupations Requiring no	Requiring an	Requiring a degree	Associate                Baccalaureate
Degree	Degree
Farm	Farm equipment	Ag or Irrigation equipment	sales manager	Engineer
parts repair/sales
Welder	Caterpillar	Urban or Equipment Tech	Regional Planner
Ag Industrial	Certified AC,	Ag Teacher Mechanic	Electrical, or
Hydraulic Tech
Fabricator	Agriculture	Ag Construction Equipment	Project Manager Operator
Sheet metal	Farm Equipment	Farm/Industrial worker	Mechanic and	Equipment
Service	Designer Technician
Farm Machine	Farm Shop	Agricultural operator	Manager	Engineer

Agriculture Mechanics CTE Pathway Courses

Agriculture Engineering 1 Grades eligible: 9 – 12
Prerequisite: none
Graduation Requirement Area: Elective UC/CSU A-G Designation: Elective
Dual Enrollment: MAG 40 Reedley College

This class is intended to expose students to the careers in Agriculture Mechanics and Engineering industry in the area of welding, woodworking electrical wiring, plumbing, and other related fields.

Agriculture Engineering 2 (P)

Grades eligible: 10-12
Prerequisite: Agriculture Engineering1 with a “C” or better Graduation Requirement Area: Visual and Performing Arts UC/CSU A-G Designation: Elective

Agriculture Engineering 2 is a second level class in
which students will continue their learning in the area of electrical wiring, welding, and woodworking and also learn new skills such as computer aided drafting, plasma arc cutting, fabrication techniques, and project design. Students can use these skills to promote their understanding of industry trends and techniques, and transfer these same techniques to a two or four-year college, or even straight to the workforce.

Agriculture Engineering 3 Grades eligible: 11-12
Prerequisite: Agriculture Engineering 2 “C” or better
Graduation Requirement Area: Elective UC/CSU A-G Designation: Elective

Students will use advanced welding procedures, learn electrical wiring principals, create portfolios and gain job seeking skills, use computer aided drafting and design software, as well as design budgets for and build projects
Example Pathway Course Sequence Grade	Introductory	Concentrat	Capstone

Course	or Course	Course
9th	Ag Science 1 or	Agriculture Sustainable	Engineering 1 Agriculture Biology

10th	Agriculture Engineering 2

simulations
	
Agriculture Related Enrichment Activities

The Clovis East Agriculture Program offers many opportunities for students to enrich their Agriculture Mechanics Experience.
	
	• FFA Competitive Teams in Agriculture Mechanics and Agriculture Welding

• Supervised Agriculture Experience Projects which include plant, animal, soil, or ag mechanics

• Ag Mechanics shop work days and after school shop time for additional projects and skill enrichment time

• Class Field Trips, Lab Activities, and Guest Speakers also enhance the learning experience

Electrician	Surveyor	AND MANY MORE!

11/12th

12th

Agriculture Engineering 3

ROP Welding
· Process Class

· Fabrication Class year)

Welding Fabrication & Applications (odd)