I. General Information

1. Course Title:
Lawn and Garden Service

2. Course Prefix & Number:
MAPS 1121

3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:

Credits: 3

Lecture Hours: 1

Lab Hours: 4

4. Course Description:

This course covers chain saws, brush saws, and other lawn and garden equipment. Students will perform maintenance procedures, tune ups, off season storage and chain saw sharpening.

5. Placement Tests Required:

Accuplacer (specify test):

No placement tests required

Score:

6. Prerequisite Courses:

There are no prerequisites for this course.

9. Co-requisite Courses:

There are no corequisites for this course.

II. Transfer and Articulation

III. Course Purpose

1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course is required for the following program(s):

Marine and Powersports, Diploma

IV. Learning Outcomes

1. College-Wide Outcomes

College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies	Students will be able to:
Demonstrate reading and listening skills	Perform tasks to manufacturers specifications after lecture and reading the service manual.
Analyze and follow a sequence of operations	Follow service manual procedures in diagnosing and repairing marine and powersport equipment.
Utilize appropriate technology	Operate computers to create estimates, service orders and maintain inventory controls.

2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of the course:

• Apply safe work practices in a manner compatible with OSHA requirements and industry expectations;
• Demonstrate industry standard applications of selected tools and equipment for lawn and garden equipment maintenance, diagnostic and repair tools;
• Demonstrate off-season storage procedures of lawn and garden equipment;
• Identify a variety of components on a selection of lawn and garden equipment;
• Demonstrate the ability to sharpen and service chain saw chains;
• Demonstrate the ability to sharpen and balance lawn mower blades;
• Demonstrate the ability to quickly diagnose equipment to determine if it's worth fixing;
• Apply preventative maintenance on lawn and garden equipment; and
• Use a variety of computer, Web and technical resources to find information, troubleshoot problems and prepare estimates.

V. Topical Outline

Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.

1. Lecture Sessions

1. Lawn equipment
• Blades
• Types
• When to sharpen and when to replace
• Belts
• Types of belts
• How to measure belts
• Bearings
• Types of bearings
• Where various types of bearings are used
• Push mowers
• Self-propel systems
• Operator safety systems
• Chain saws
• Chains
• Types and components
• How to measure
• Bars
• Types of bars
• Bar inspection
• Carburetors
• Cube style Carburetor theory
• Component of cube carburetors
2. Lawn and garden tractors
• Transmissions
• Gear type
• Hydrostatic
• Drive disc style
3. Snow throwers
• Drive systems
• Auger types
• Single stage
• Two stage

2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions

1. Lawn equipment
• Off season storage
• Blades
• Sharpening
• Balancing
• Belts
• Inspection
• Measuring
• Bearings
• Inspection of various bearings
• Push mowers
• Maintenance and repair of self-propel systems
• Inspection and repair of Operator safety systems
• Chain saws
• Chains
• Sharpen chains
• Break and splice chains
• Bars
• Repair bars
• Bar inspection
• Carburetors
• Rebuild a cube type carburetor
• Explain passages and components of cube carburetors
2. Lawn and garden tractors
• Tune up and repair
• Transmissions
• Repair of various transmissions
3. Snow throwers
• Tune up snow throwers