Agriculture Mechanics CDE Date:  March 11, 2023

CDE Chairs: Steve Howerton, Joe Shrader, Buddy Crass

Pre-regisration link: HERE

Registration Closes on March 3, 2023.

Start Time:  9:00 am

Location:  Grainger County High School
2201 US- 11W
Rutledge, TN

Click here for directions

Team: 
Team will consist 4 members (no drop score)

Event Components: 
Contestant scores will consist of 2 skill areas drawn at random prior to the event (75 pts. each). (30 minutes each skill) & a 25-question Mathematical Problem Solving Test taken from the past 5 years National FFA Written Exams  (70 minutes - Test Bank is saved in Page Documents at bottom of this page)

Scoring: 

Individual
Problem Solving………………50 pts. (25 questions x 2 points each)
  Skills………………………………………..150 pts. (2 skills x 75 pts each) 

 Total Individual………………………..200 pts.

Team:
Top 4 individual scores…………………….800 pts.

Skill Areas:
-Surveying
-Land Measurement
-Welding
-Electrical Wiring
-Rafter Cutting
-Plumbing and Masonry rotate every year (2023 will be plumbing) 
-Equipment - 450 M John Deere Silage Baler- Manual found below in documents
-Small Engines

Problem Solving:
The test will be made of problems from the past 5 National Ag Mechanics Knowledge     
Test, which is problem solving. (125 potential questions to select the 25 from).
The format of the question will be as originally asked, but the numbers will be changed.


Equipment That Each Student Should Bring to the Contest:
Clear Clipboard
Two #2 Pencils
Electronic, non-programmable calculator
Personal Protective Gear: Safety Glasses, Welding Helmets, long pants, long-sleeved shirts and closed toed shoes
(refer to Tennessee State AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY AND MECHANICAL SYSTEMS CDE Rules on tnffa.org)