10915 Flashcards
An Act Strengthening, Modernizing and Aligning the Practice of Agricultural Engineering in the Country into the Internationally Recognized Practice of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering, and for Other Purposes
10915
to promote, strengthen and regulate the practice of agricultural and biosystems engineering profession in the Philippines by instituting measures that will result in relevant agricultural and biosystems engineering education and enhanced roles and better career prospects for agricultural and biosystems engineers.
RA 10915
guarantees the application and delivery of agricultural and biosystems engineering services to accelerate agricultural and fishery modernization; and ensure food and water security, bio-energy development, natural resources conservation, environmental protection and human health and safety by fostering the training and development of an adequate and well-trained pool of agricultural and biosystems engineers in the country.
10915
refers to the application of engineering science and designs to the processes and systems involved in the sustainable production, post production and processing of safe food, feed, fiber, timber and other agricultural and biological materials and the efficient utilization, conservation, and management of natural and renewable resources in order to enhance human health in harmony with the environment. Agricultural and biosystems consist of crops, forestry and other plants, poultry, livestock, fisheries and aquaculture resources and other animals, wildlife and other living things
Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
refers to local activity or series of activities to maintain or raise the quality or change the form or characteristics of agricultural, fishery, forestry and biological products/materials and includes, but is not limited to, cleaning, sorting, grading, treating, drying, dehydrating, grinding, mixing, milling, canning, dressing, slaughtering, freezing, pasteurizing, conditioning, packaging, repacking, transporting of agricultural, fishery, forestry and other biological products/materials
Agricultural and Bio-Processing
refers to the development of systems, processes, and equipment for agricultural waste disposal and utilization and environment-friendly technologies such as, but is not limited to, compost plants, biogas plants, biomass utilization technologies, systems and processes;
Agricultural and Biological Waste Utilization and Management
refers to utilization of information systems, database, and other information management tools for agricultural use, biological systems modeling to understand the mutual response between life and the environment; and application of Geographic Information System (GIS) technology for inventory, analysis, and management of agricultural and biological resources, and remote sensing technology for observation and examination of the landscape and its local forms and agricultural activities;
Agricultural and Bio-Information System
refers to the use and application of agricultural and biosystems sensors such as, but is not limited to, computer models for control and automation in the agricultural and fishery production industry and the biological systems and likewise, robotics for farm operation when use of machines are difficult or impossible, agricultural and biosystems machine design and automated controls, precision farming systems, agricultural safety and controlled-environment agriculture; and the development and application of metrology equipment such as moisture meters, weighing scale and other metrology equipment
Agricultural and Biosystems Automation and Instrumentation
refers to the professional organization of agricultural and biosystems engineers duly accredited by the Professional Regulatory Board of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering and the PRC
Accredited Integrated Professional Organization
refers to the administrative body created by law to supervise and regulate the practice of agricultural and biosystems engineering and is the ultimate authority in the practice of the agricultural and biosystems engineering profession in the Philippines.
Professional Regulatory Board of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
refers to measures that control soil and water degradation and enhance farm productivity; and shall consist of small farm reservoir, farm ponds, small water impoundments, contour farming, and terracing; soil erosion control, land conditioning and mulching, and flood control.
Soil and Water Conservation
The ___, subject to approval of the Commission, may add to, or exclude from, this section any activity or act of professional practice, or revise it as the need arises to conform to changes and new developments brought about by the latest trends in Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering
Board
There is hereby created a Board to be composed of a Chairperson and ___ members under the administrative control and supervision of the Commission. They shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines from a list of ___ recommendees for each position which were ranked by the Commission from a list of ___nominees for each position submitted by the AIPO in the Philippines.
two (2);three (3);five (5)
A registered Agricultural and Biosystems Engineer with a valid professional license and an active practitioner for not less than ___ years prior to his/her appointment;
ten (10)
Must not, for a period of ___ consecutive years prior to the appointment, be a member of the faculty of, directly or indirectly, any school, academy, institute, college or university where a regular course in Agricultural Engineering or Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering is being taught; or have any pecuniary interest, directly or indirectly, in or administrative supervision over any such institutions of learning
three (3)
