Level 3 · Operator · Curriculum outline · external review pending
Controlled Environment & Climate
Temperature, moisture, gases, airflow, sensors, controls and equipment-safety awareness.
5lessons
5full lessons
15self-check questions
ENlanguages
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Learning outcomes
After this course, you should be able to:
- Interpret connected environmental readings
- Map a room
- Respect engineering boundaries
Course map
Every lesson opens with objectives and a diagram, carries sourced numbers, ends with a farm task and three questions.
- 01Air & Compost TemperatureA grow room does not have one temperature. It has at least three, and the one on your wall thermometer is usually the least important of them.
- 02RH, Evaporation & CondensationHumidity is the number growers guess most and measure worst. Water in a mushroom room is always moving between the air, the bed and the walls.
- 03CO₂, Fresh Air & DistributionMushrooms breathe out carbon dioxide all day. Whether that gas helps you or ruins the crop depends entirely on which stage the room is in.
- 04Sensors, Mapping & Control LogicEvery control decision rests on a reading. If the reading is wrong, a better controller only repeats the mistake faster.
- 05Refrigeration & Electrical AwarenessA controlled mushroom room is a wet building full of motors, pressure and refrigerant. Knowing which jobs are not yours is part of running it well.