Content

This course is part of the curriculum specific courses of the specialisation Greenery management.

The course covers the following topics:

• Operation two-stroke and four-stroke engine, little tractors
• The carburetor and the electric ignition
• Benefits of battery-designs
• Chainsaws, brush cutters, Hedge Clippers, wood chippers, . ..(safety and use)
• Lawn mowers, aerators, scarifiers and seeders, fertilizer spreader, ...
• Machines for roadside management, tree nursery
• New techniques for weed control
• Soil cultivation (milling, spader, rotoreg, ...)

Course material

Study material can be consulted here.

Language of instruction: more information

Course is taught in Dutch.

Format: more information

Colleges with occasional demonstrations

Distance education: monitored self study. Bachelor Degree students via Distance Education review the study material on an independent basis and will be in contact with their fellow students (distance learning platforms). Student coaching sessions during the semester (in the evening) will allow you to ask questions about the theory.