VIT-110 Summer Vineyard Technology Practicum

This field course is designed to develop relevant skills for summer maintenance of a commercial vineyard. Requirements will include: 105 hours of work at an approved vineyard; attending 25 hours of workshops dealing with seasonal vineyard operations; and participating in 15 hours of classroom discussion and lecture about their own and other students’ activities in their own work experiences. Students will maintain journals on their work experiences, and keep track of their hours of different activities. The focus will be on vineyard maintenance for maximum health and productivity of vines.

Credits

5

Prerequisite

VIT-105

Department

• Environmental Conservation and Horticulture

Semesters Course Will Be Offered

• Summer

Course Rotation Schedule

• Summer: In Person, Online

For more detailed course information view the Course Outline

VIT 110: Summer Vineyard Technology Practicum

Department

Environmental Conservation and Horticulture

Course Description

This field course is designed to develop relevant skills for summer maintenance of a commercial vineyard. Requirements will include: 105 hours of work at an approved vineyard; attending 25 hours of workshops dealing with seasonal vineyard operations; and participating in 15 hours of classroom discussion and lecture about their own and other students’ activities in their own work experiences. Students will maintain journals on their work experiences, and keep track of their hours of different activities. The focus will be on vineyard maintenance for maximum health and productivity of vines.

Credit Hours

5

Contact Hours

Lecture	2.67
Lab	2.33
Other	75

Grading Scheme

Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory

Semester(s) Course Will Be Offered

Summer

Prerequisites

VIT-105

Course Learning Outcomes

1. Explain operations they perform at a commercial vineyard during summer vineyard activities
2. Summarize physical demands of vineyard labor while demonstrating safe vineyard practices throughout the summer vineyard activities
3. Interpret professional ethics and values during their internship while critically evaluating their experience

Topic Outline

1. 1. Vineyard safety
2. a. Hazards
3. b. Prevention
4. c. Responsibilities
5. 2. Tractor driving safety training
6. a. PTO Safety
7. b. Pre-operational checks
8. c. Driving the tractor
9. 3. Insect management
10. a. Common pesticides
11. b. Other management techniques
12. 4. Weed management
13. a. Common pesticides
14. b. Other management techniques
15. 5. Disease management
16. a. Common pesticides
17. b. Other management techniques
18. 6. Pesticide Safety
19. a. Reentry interval
20. b. Pre harvest interval
21. c. Label
22. 7. Trellis
23. a. training techniques
24. b. operations
25. 8. Vineyard planting
26. a. Replants
27. b. New
28. 9. Nutrition
29. a. symptoms
30. 10. Water
31. a. Surplus
32. b. Deficit
33. c. Normal
34. 11. Testing
35. a. Soil
36. b. Petiole