Brick masonry: brick laying and bonding; damp proofing; reinforced brick work; types of walls (load bearing and non-load bearing wall, partition wall); thickness of wall
Stone masonry: types (rubble and ashlar masonry); general principles of stone masonry and dry-stone masonry
Hollow block masonry
Floors, Roofs and Staircase (6 hours)
Types of floors: ground floor and upper floor
Types of ground floor: mud flooring, flag-stone flooring, brick flooring, timber flooring, cement concrete flooring, plastic or PVC flooring
General principles for the selection of floor types and flooring materials
Requirements of a good roof
Classification of roofs: flat and pitched
Basic terms related to pitched roof
Types of pitched roofs: lean-to-roof, coupled roof, collar beam roof
Methods of securing pitched roofs against uplift
Constructional details of flat and pitched roofs
Roof covering materials and their selection
Staircase: location, types, elements
Requirements of a good stair
Design of dog-legged stair
Introduction to ramps
Opening and Ventilation (4 hours)
Location, size and materials of doors and windows
Minimum openings for window
Components of door and window
Fittings of doors and windows
Types of lintels and their use
Types of arches and their use
Necessity, types and fundamental requirement of ventilation
Protection and Finishing Works (5 hours)
Sources and effect of dampness
Techniques and methods of damp prevention
Water proofing mixtures and water proof surface treatments
External and internal finishes of building
Plastering on new and old surfaces, plastering materials
Defects in plaster
Pointing: types and use
Types of paints and defects on painting
Distempering; white washing and color washing
Electricity and Plumbing Service (2 hours)
Natural and artificial lighting
Requirements of electricity
Electrical wiring materials and electrical fittings and symbols
Introduction to pipes and fittings used for water supply, sanitary and irrigation purpose
Fundamentals of Farm Structures and Planning (3 hours)
Components and types of farm structures, criteria for efficient design of farm structures
Principles of farmstead planning and layout
Functional requirements, orientation, and sizing basics
Challenges and future trends in farm structures
Livestock Housing Structures (7 hours)
General requirements of livestock housing: functional requirements, sizing, and orientation; ventilation, sanitation, and waste management
Dairy cattle housing: types, merits and demerits, structural details; milking parlor (functional and structural requirements); calf pens housing and design of barns
Poultry housing: functional requirements and components, types and their merits and demerits, structural details, feeding and watering structures
Swine housing, goat and sheep housing: types and structural details, functional requirements, orientation and sizing
Aquaculture Structures (3 hours)
Functional requirements of fish ponds, parts and components of fish ponds
Site selection criteria, construction and maintenance of fish ponds
Design of fish ponds
Fish hatchery: layout, components, and design
Feed, Forage and Agricultural Storage Structures (6 hours)
Bag and bulk storage structures, warehouse
Silo, sizing and structural details of trench, pit and tower silo
Zero grazing units
Functional requirement, components and sizing of rustic storage and cellar storage
Functional requirement, sizing of cold storage and cold room
Protected Cultivation and Auxiliary Farm Structures (4 hours)
Greenhouse and polyhouse: purpose and applications, types and functional requirements, construction materials and structural details
Farm fences and gates: barbed wire, plain wire, electric, wooden, mesh, live fence and their merits and demerits
Low-cost mushroom cultivation structures: site selection criteria and challenges, components of mushroom farm and functional and structural requirements
Practicals
Tutorial (15 hours)
Preparation of site plan: planning and layout of farm house/building
Structural detailing of various types of roofs and floor
Structural detailing of various types of foundations
Design and layout of dairy cattle, poultry and swine housing
Design and layout of a small farm house
Design and layout of simple fish pond
Design of silo, baggage storage structures and warehouse
Design, drawing and detailing of a simple dog-legged stair
Practical (22.5 hours)
Detailed drawing of a small building from measurement
Structural drawing of various types of roof and floors
Structural drawing of various types of foundations
Planning, layout and drawing of dairy cattle, poultry, swine and goat and sheep housing
Planning, layout and drawing of fish pond and Silo
Planning and layout of farm shed with farm machineries and equipment
Design and drawing of a greenhouse shed
Planning and layout of electrical fixtures on existing drawing
Planning and layout of complete mushroom unit having compost facility and cropping room
Preparation of master plan of an agricultural farm
