WEPS Sample Training Agenda

Presenters: (List the names for the instructors)

·  All students will have their own laptop.

·  We will use the same software that the Field Offices have

·  All cell phone will be set to vibrate mode.

·  We will have internet access, so email can be done at BREAK TIME.

·  All students will need to bring an example of a problem wind erosion scenario from home.

Time / Item / Instructor
Tuesday, September 27
8:00 am / Check Computers (load software if needed) / All
8:15 am / Welcome, Introduction, & Purpose / Inst Name
8:30 am / Soil Erosion, Wind and its Control (DVD) / Inst Name
9:10 am / WEPS Full Introduction (power point) / Inst Name
9:50 am / Break
10:00 am / WEPS Overview and Introduction (WEPS Tutorial Mod 1) (computer video) / Inst Name
10:30 am / Program Basics (WEPS Tutorial Mod 2, DVD) / Inst Name
10:40 am / Make a quick run (class participation, hands on) Irrigated Corn, silage on Plainfield LS / Inst Name
11:30 am / Lunch
12:30 pm / Interface Demo (short demo of the main interface) / Inst Name
1:15 pm / Exercise 1-Wisconsin, The basic wind run using existing management files / Inst Name & all (hands on)
1:45 pm / Break
2:00 pm / Demonstrate Management Editor (MCREW) / Inst Name
2:30 pm / Exercise 2-Texas, Add a Crop to a Rotation / Inst Name & all (hands on)
3:30 pm / Tips to get Started (power point) / Inst Name
4:00 pm / Exercise 3- South Dakota, Templates and add Irrigation / Inst Name & all (hands on)
4:30 / Home for the day
Wednesday, September 29
8:00 am / WEPS Database Mgt (power point) / Inst Name
8:45 am / Exercise 4 – Minnesota-Simulate Cover Crop and Wind Break (on computer) / Inst Name & all (hands on)
9:30 am / Break
9:45 am / Skel Mgt and File Update (power point) / Inst Name
10:30 am / Exercise-Export a management from RUSLE to WEPS & Update a Mgt with new data (on computer) / Inst Name & all (hands on)
10:45 am / Climate (power point) / Inst Name
11:00 am / Crop Yield Calibration (computer demo) / Inst Name
11:15 am / Discuss Model Outputs and Reports / Inst Name
11:30 am / Lunch
12:30 pm / Policy & Instruction Review (NRCS) / Inst Name
12:45 pm / Exercise-5 Washington – Alfalfa, editing and Irr / Inst Name & all (hands on)
1:15 pm / Barriers for Wind Erosion Control, (power point) / Inst Name
1:45 pm / Break
2:00 pm / Exercise 6 New York- Tomatoes, Rye cover crop and Plastic Mulch / Inst Name & all (hands on)
2:45 pm / Exercise 8 Critical Dominate (discussion) / Inst Name
3:00 pm / Exercise 7 New Mexico Corn silage and Manure / Inst Name
3:30 pm / Exercise 9 Selecting the correct Region (unsheltered distance, discussion) / Inst Name
3:45 pm / Home Run (each student will make a run using information from their state and work region) / Inst Name and Inst Name & all (hands on)
4:30 pm / Home for the day