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3.00 Credits
CAMPUS NAME AND ADDRESS: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) CIP CODE: 480799 CREDIT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 0/3/3 CONTACT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 135 CLASS LOCATION: ( To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION: ( To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) COURSE DESCRIPTION: Cooperative Education provides supervised on-the-job work experience related to the student's educational objectives. Students participating in Cooperative Education receive compensation for their work. PREREQUISITES: Consent of instructor COURSE OBJECTIVES: TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS: ( To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus) ATTENDANCE POLICY: EVALUATION AND GRADING: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus.) ACADEMIC HONESTY: Plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic dishonesty are prohibited. In addition to other possible disciplinary sanctions, which may be imposed through the regular institutional procedures as a result of academic misconduct, your instructor will assign a zero for the exercise or examination that evidences academic misconduct for the first offense and assign an "F" for the course for repeated offenses.STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: The Louisiana Technical College complies with Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Students with disabilities who seek accommodations must make their requests known by contacting the Disabilities Coordinator at the beginning of each semester. If a disability is identified later in the semester, a non-retroactive accommodation plan will be developed. COURSE SCHEDULE: (To be completed by the Louisiana Technical College Campus)
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3.00 Credits
CAMPUS NAME AND ADDRESS: Young Memorial Campus 900 Youngs Road Morgan City, LA 70380 CIP CODE: 490304 CREDIT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 1/0/1 CONTACT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 15/0/15 CLASS LOCATION: Diesel Classroom 026A INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION: Roger Thacker, email: rthacker@theltc.net; Steve Struble, email: sstruble@theltc.net. COURSE DESCRIPTION: A course designed to familiarize the student with the program the diving industry, and terms commonly used in the industry, safety, and common job hazards in commercial diving. PREREQUISITES: None COURSE OBJECTIVES: Interpret course overview. Identify general safety practices. Identify terms used in offshore and inland commercial diving. Recognize job tasks commercial divers perform. Describe particular job hazards and safety precautions. TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS: Note taking materials ATTENDANCE POLICY: In the Commercial Diving Program attendance limits are 30 hours per semester or 10% of any course. Exceeding these limits will result in being dropped from the program. An absence at test time will result in a zero for the test. EVALUATION AND GRADING: Evaluation is by written tests. Each individual test must be passed with a grade of 70% or more. A student is allowed a maximum of 2 attempts to pass a test. If a grade of 70% is still not achieved the course must be repeated. If a test is passed on the 2nd attempt a maximum grade of 70% will be recorded regardless of the score achieved. An absence at test time is regarded as the first attempt and receives a zero. The grading scale at Louisiana Technical College for all programs, except those regulated by a licensing board, is listed below. The students' transcript will include the letter grade only, not the percentage grade. 90% - 100% A 80% - 89% B 70% - 79% C 60% - 69% D 59% - Below F ACADEMIC HONESTY: Plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic dishonesty are prohibited. In addition to other possible disciplinary sanctions, which may be imposed through the regular institutional procedures as a result of academic misconduct, your instructor will assign a zero for the exercise or examination that evidences academic misconduct for the first offense and assign an "F" for the course for repeated offenses.STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: The Louisiana Technical College complies with Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Students with disabilities who seek accommodations must make their requests known by contacting the Disabilities Coordinator at the beginning of each semester. If a disability is identified later in the semester, a non-retroactive accommodation plan will be developed. COURSE SCHEDULE: To be announced
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3.00 Credits
CAMPUS NAME AND ADDRESS: Young Memorial Campus 900 Youngs Road Morgan City, LA 70380 CIP CODE: 490304 CREDIT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 2/0/2 CONTACT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 30/0/30 CLASS LOCATION: Diesel Classroom 026A INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION: Roger Thacker, email: rthacker@theltc.net Steve Struble, email: sstruble@theltc.net COURSE DESCRIPTION: The physics of gas and water pressure applicable to diving. Covers normal air, water, partial pressure, atmospheric pressure, gauge pressure, absolute pressure, buoyancy, Archimedes' Principles, Boyle's Law, Charles' Law, Gay-Lussac's Law, Henry's Law, the General Gas Law, and definitions of buoyancy, density, area, volume. Provides application of physics formulas including gauge and absolute pressure at various depths, volume of cylinders, air supplies required by diver, required capacity of air compressors, and hose test formula, and helmet flow requiremen PREREQUISITES: None COURSE OBJECTIVES: Define normal air. Describe the properties, composition, characteristics, and gas laws affecting air. Describe the composition and characteristics of water. Define buoyancy, density, area, and volume. Solve problems using Archimedes' Principle. Describe partial pressure, atmospheric pressure, gauge pressure, and absolute pressure. Describe the characteristics of gases encountered in diving. Solve problems using Boyle's Law. Solve problems using Charles' Law. Solve problems using Gay-Lussac's Law. Solve problems using the General Gas Law. Solve problems using Dalton's Law. Explain the effects of Henry's Law and temperature on gas solubility. Identify the special characteristics of light, sound, and heat in water. Find gauge and absolute pressure at various depths. Find the volume of cylinders. Find time duration of air supply from cylinders. Identify air supplies required by a diver. Find the required capacity of an air compressor. Explain hose test formula. Identify flow requirements for masks and hats. TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS: Note taking materials and a simple calculator ATTENDANCE POLICY: In the Commercial Diving Program attendance limits are 30 hours per semester or 10% of any course. Exceeding these limits will result in being dropped from the program. An absence at test time will result in a zero for the test. EVALUATION AND GRADING: Evaluation is by written tests. Each individual test must be passed with a grade of 70% or more. A student is allowed a maximum of 2 attempts to pass a test. If a grade of 70% is still not achieved the course must be repeated. If a test is passed on the 2nd attempt a maximum grade of 70% will be recorded regardless of the score achieved. An absence at test time is regarded as the first attempt and receives a zero. The grading scale at Louisiana Technical College for all programs, except those regulated by a licensing board, is listed below. The students' transcript will include the letter grade only, not the percentage grade. 90% - 100% A 80% - 89% B 70% - 79% C 60% - 69% D 59% - Below F ACADEMIC HONESTY: Plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic dishonesty are prohibited. In addition to other possible disciplinary sanctions, which may be imposed through the regular institutional procedures as a result of academic misconduct, your instructor will assign a zero for the exercise or examination that evidences academic misconduct for the first offense and assign an "F" for the course for repeated offenses.STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: The Louisiana Technical College complies with Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Students with disabilities who seek accommodations must make their requests known by contacting the Disabilities Coordinator at the beginning of each semester. If a disability is identified later in the semester, a non-retroactive accommodation plan will be developed. COURSE SCHEDULE: To be announced
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3.00 Credits
CAMPUS NAME AND ADDRESS: Young Memorial Campus 900 Youngs Road Morgan City, LA 70380 CIP CODE: 490304 CREDIT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 1/0/1 CONTACT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 18/0/18 CLASS LOCATION: Diesel Classroom 026A INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION: Roger Thacker, email: rthacker@theltc.net Steve Struble, email: sstruble@theltc.net COURSE DESCRIPTION: The study of various organs and parts of the living body, their functions and activities. Includes anatomy and physiology of the circulatory and respiratory systems, body cavities containing air, effects of pressure applied to the body, narcotic and toxic effects of gases, and inert gas absorption and elimination, and principles involving prevention of decompression sickness. PREREQUISITES: Dive 1020 Diving Physics COURSE OBJECTIVES: Contrast the primary effects of pressure applied equally and unequally to the body. Describe the narcotic effect of nitrogen under pressure. Describe the toxic effect of oxygen. Describe the toxic effects of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and exhaust fumes. Explain the importance of exhaust fumes and compressor location. Describe inert gas absorption and elimination. Describe the principles involving prevention of decompression sickness. Describe normal respiration and circulation. Identify respiratory problems in diving. Identify barotraumas and mechanical effects of pressure. Describe pulmonary over inflation syndrome. Identify the physiological hazards of munitions. Describe High Pressure Nervous Syndrome (HPNS). Identify the circulatory system. Identify the respiratory system. Identify body cavities containing air. Describe the effects of pressure in excess of one (1) atmosphere on body tissue. TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS: Note taking materials and a simple calculator ATTENDANCE POLICY: In the Commercial Diving Program attendance limits are 30 hours per semester or 10% of any course. Exceeding these limits will result in being dropped from the program. An absence at test time will result in a zero for the test. EVALUATION AND GRADING: Evaluation is by written tests. Each individual test must be passed with a grade of 70% or more. A student is allowed a maximum of 2 attempts to pass a test. If a grade of 70% is still not achieved the course must be repeated. If a test is passed on the 2nd attempt a maximum grade of 70% will be recorded regardless of the score achieved. An absence at test time is regarded as the first attempt and receives a zero. The grading scale at Louisiana Technical College for all programs, except those regulated by a licensing board, is listed below. The students' transcript will include the letter grade only, not the percentage grade. 90% - 100% A 80% - 89% B 70% - 79% C 60% - 69% D 59% - Below F ACADEMIC HONESTY: Plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic dishonesty are prohibited. In addition to other possible disciplinary sanctions, which may be imposed through the regular institutional procedures as a result of academic misconduct, your instructor will assign a zero for the exercise or examination that evidences academic misconduct for the first offense and assign an "F" for the course for repeated offenses.STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: The Louisiana Technical College complies with Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Students with disabilities who seek accommodations must make their requests known by contacting the Disabilities Coordinator at the beginning of each semester. If a disability is identified later in the semester, a non-retroactive accommodation plan will be developed. COURSE SCHEDULE: To be announced
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3.00 Credits
CAMPUS NAME AND ADDRESS: Young Memorial Campus 900 Youngs Road Morgan City, LA 70380 CIP CODE: 490304 CREDIT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 2/0/2 CONTACT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 30/0/30 CLASS LOCATION: Diesel Classroom 026A INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION: Roger Thacker, email: rthacker@theltc.net Steve Struble, email: sstruble@theltc.net COURSE DESCRIPTION: Decompression beginning with history and definition. Covers U.S. Navy tables and procedures, no-decompression dives, repetitive groups, Standard Air Table, Surface Oxygen Table, Surface Air Table, exceptional exposures, and altitude diving tables and computations. Practical application of tables in theoretical dives. Students keep track of each other's decompression during dives. PREREQUISITES: DIVE 1030 Diving Physiology COURSE OBJECTIVES: Define decompression. Identify the types of decompression. Discuss the history of decompression. Discuss air diving procedures. Describe repetitive groups. Use the No-Decompression Limits and Repetitive Group Designation Table in hypothetical situations. Use the Residual Nitrogen Timetable for Repetitive Air Dives in hypothetical situations. Use the U.S. Navy Standard Air Decompression Table in hypothetical situations. Use the Surface Decompression Table Using Oxygen in hypothetical situations. Use the Surface Decompression Table Using Air in hypothetical situations. Explain exceptional exposures. Explain the need for altitude diving tables and procedures. Describe the computation of altitude diving tables. TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS: Note taking material ATTENDANCE POLICY: In the Commercial Diving Program attendance limits are 30 hours per semester or 10% of any course. Exceeding these limits will result in being dropped from the program. An absence at test time will result in a zero for the test. EVALUATION AND GRADING: Evaluation is by written tests. Each individual test must be passed with a grade of 70% or more. A student is allowed a maximum of 2 attempts to pass a test. If a grade of 70% is still not achieved the course must be repeated. If a test is passed on the 2nd attempt a maximum grade of 70% will be recorded regardless of the score achieved. An absence at test time is regarded as the first attempt and receives a zero. The grading scale at Louisiana Technical College for all programs, except those regulated by a licensing board, is listed below. The students' transcript will include the letter grade only, not the percentage grade. 90% - 100% A 80% - 89% B 70% - 79% C 60% - 69% D 59% - Below F ACADEMIC HONESTY: Plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic dishonesty are prohibited. In addition to other possible disciplinary sanctions, which may be imposed through the regular institutional procedures as a result of academic misconduct, your instructor will assign a zero for the exercise or examination that evidences academic misconduct for the first offense and assign an "F" for the course for repeated offenses.STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: The Louisiana Technical College complies with Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Students with disabilities who seek accommodations must make their requests known by contacting the Disabilities Coordinator at the beginning of each semester. If a disability is identified later in the semester, a non-retroactive accommodation plan will be developed. COURSE SCHEDULE: To be announced
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3.00 Credits
CAMPUS NAME AND ADDRESS: Young Memorial Campus 900 Youngs Road Morgan City, LA 70380 CIP CODE: 490304 CREDIT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 2/1/3 CONTACT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 30/30/60 CLASS LOCATION: Diesel Classroom 026A INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION: Roger Thacker, email: rthacker@theltc.net Steve Struble, email: sstruble@theltc.net COURSE DESCRIPTION: Covers the symptoms and causes of the various diseases and injuries that occur in diving. Provide information on the various psychological aspects of diving. Includes selection and use of tables for treatment of decompression sickness and air embolism, field neurologic examinations of diving casualty, and first aid and CPR. PREREQUISITES: DIVE 1030 Diving Physiology COURSE OBJECTIVES: Perform a field neurological examination. Describe anoxia and hypoxia. Describe carbon dioxide excess (hypercapnia). Describe squeeze. Describe decompression sickness. Describe gas embolism. Describe nitrogen narcosis. Describe oxygen toxicity. Describe spontaneous pneumothorax. Describe carbon monoxide poisoning. Describe drowning and near drowning. Describe lipoid pneumonia. Describe bone necrosis. Describe Treatment Table 1A. Describe Treatment Table 2A. Describe Treatment Table 3. Describe Treatment Table 4. Describe Treatment Table 5. Describe Treatment Table 6. Describe Treatment Table 6A. Describe Treatment Table 7. Describe Treatment Table 8. Describe treatment table selection. Demonstrate use of treatment table in hypothetical situations. Describe field neurological examinations. Demonstrate the use of first aid. Demonstrate the use of CPR. Describe the psychological aspects of diving. Describe HPNS. TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS: Note taking material. ATTENDANCE POLICY: In the Commercial Diving Program attendance limits are 30 hours per semester or 10% of any course. Exceeding these limits will result in being dropped from the program. An absence at test time will result in a zero for the test. EVALUATION AND GRADING: Evaluation is by written tests. Each individual test must be passed with a grade of 70% or more. A student is allowed a maximum of 2 attempts to pass a test. If a grade of 70% is still not achieved the course must be repeated. If a test is passed on the 2nd attempt a maximum grade of 70% will be recorded regardless of the score achieved. An absence at test time is regarded as the first attempt and receives a zero. The grading scale at Louisiana Technical College for all programs, except those regulated by a licensing board, is listed below. The students' transcript will include the letter grade only, not the percentage grade. 90% - 100% A 80% - 89% B 70% - 79% C 60% - 69% D 59% - Below F ACADEMIC HONESTY: Plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic dishonesty are prohibited. In addition to other possible disciplinary sanctions, which may be imposed through the regular institutional procedures as a result of academic misconduct, your instructor will assign a zero for the exercise or examination that evidences academic misconduct for the first offense and assign an "F" for the course for repeated offenses.STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: The Louisiana Technical College complies with Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Students with disabilities who seek accommodations must make their requests known by contacting the Disabilities Coordinator at the beginning of each semester. If a disability is identified later in the semester, a non-retroactive accommodation plan will be developed. COURSE SCHEDULE: To be announced
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3.00 Credits
CAMPUS NAME AND ADDRESS: Young Memorial Campus 900 Youngs Road Morgan City, LA 70380 CIP CODE: 490304 CREDIT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 0/2/2 CONTACT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 0/60/60 CLASS LOCATION: Commercial Diving Shop 031 INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION: Roger Thacker, email: rthacker@theltc.net Steve Struble, email: sstruble@theltc.net COURSE DESCRIPTION: Provides theory of operation, nomenclature, and precautions in the use of recompression chambers. Includes operation of the chamber simulation decompression operations and treatment. PREREQUISITES: Dive 1040 (May be taken concurrently) COURSE OBJECTIVES: Describe a decompression chamber. Describe decompression chamber safety considerations. Demonstrate maintaining a steady rate of ascent. Demonstrate maintaining required pressure while venting. Demonstrate the use of a man lock and treatment lock. Explain the purpose of medical locks. Identify safety precautions in chamber use. Demonstrate simulated treatments. Operate a decompression chamber simulating surface decompression. Demonstrate lock in / lockout procedure. Identify gas supply for chamber. TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS: A watch and a pen. ATTENDANCE POLICY: In the Commercial Diving Program attendance limits are 30 hours per semester or 10% of any course. Exceeding these limits will result in being dropped from the program. An absence at test time will result in a zero for the test. EVALUATION AND GRADING: Evaluation is by performance testing. Each individual test must be passed with a grade of 70% or more. A student is allowed a maximum of 2 attempts to pass a test. If a grade of 70% is still not achieved the course must be repeated. If a test is passed on the 2nd attempt a maximum grade of 70% will be recorded regardless of the score achieved. An absence at test time is regarded as the first attempt and receives a zero. The grading scale at Louisiana Technical College for all programs, except those regulated by a licensing board, is listed below. The students' transcript will include the letter grade only, not the percentage grade. 90% - 100% A 80% - 89% B 70% - 79% C 60% - 69% D 59% - Below F ACADEMIC HONESTY: Plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic dishonesty are prohibited. In addition to other possible disciplinary sanctions, which may be imposed through the regular institutional procedures as a result of academic misconduct, your instructor will assign a zero for the exercise or examination that evidences academic misconduct for the first offense and assign an "F" for the course for repeated offenses.STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: The Louisiana Technical College complies with Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Students with disabilities who seek accommodations must make their requests known by contacting the Disabilities Coordinator at the beginning of each semester. If a disability is identified later in the semester, a non-retroactive accommodation plan will be developed. COURSE SCHEDULE: To be announced
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3.00 Credits
CAMPUS NAME AND ADDRESS: Young Memorial Campus 900 Youngs Road Morgan City, LA 70380 CIP CODE: 490304 CREDIT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 2/2/4 CONTACT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 30/60/90 CLASS LOCATION: Diesel Classroom 026A INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION: Roger Thacker, email: rthacker@theltc.net Steve Struble, email: sstruble@theltc.net COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course provides awareness of applicable sections of API RP2D as well as the construction, use, and care of fiber and wire rope, splices in fiber and wire rope, use of terminal fittings on wire rope, rigging of block and tackles, and knot tying. Also covers the application of seamanship and rigging. PREREQUISITES: None COURSE OBJECTIVES: Discuss fiber rope. Discuss synthetic rope. Discuss splices. Discuss wire rope clips. Discuss terminal fittings. Describe the mechanical advantages of block and tackle. Describe come-alongs, chain hoists, winches, and air tuggers. Calculate safe working loads and breaking strain for rope, and slings. Describe API Standards for operation and maintenance of offshore cranes under RP2D. Discuss wire rope and wire rope slings. Construct eye, short, and ling splices in fiber rope. Construct a Flemish eye in wire rope. Tie knots and hitches. Describe and use shackles. Use rigging skills on underwater projects. Describe grip hoist. Identify hand signals for controlling crane operations. Construct a back splice in fiber rope. TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS: Note taking material and a simple calculator. ATTENDANCE POLICY: In the Commercial Diving Program attendance limits are 30 hours per semester or 10% of any course. Exceeding these limits will result in being dropped from the program. An absence at test time will result in a zero for the test. EVALUATION AND GRADING: Evaluation is by written tests. Each individual test must be passed with a grade of 70% or more. A student is allowed a maximum of 2 attempts to pass a test. If a grade of 70% is still not achieved the course must be repeated. If a test is passed on the 2nd attempt a maximum grade of 70% will be recorded regardless of the score achieved. An absence at test time is regarded as the first attempt and receives a zero. The grading scale at Louisiana Technical College for all programs, except those regulated by a licensing board, is listed below. The students' transcript will include the letter grade only, not the percentage grade. 90% - 100% A 80% - 89% B 70% - 79% C 60% - 69% D 59% - Below F ACADEMIC HONESTY: Plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic dishonesty are prohibited. In addition to other possible disciplinary sanctions, which may be imposed through the regular institutional procedures as a result of academic misconduct, your instructor will assign a zero for the exercise or examination that evidences academic misconduct for the first offense and assign an "F" for the course for repeated offenses.STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: The Louisiana Technical College complies with Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Students with disabilities who seek accommodations must make their requests known by contacting the Disabilities Coordinator at the beginning of each semester. If a disability is identified later in the semester, a non-retroactive accommodation plan will be developed. COURSE SCHEDULE: To be announced
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3.00 Credits
CAMPUS NAME AND ADDRESS: Young Memorial Campus 900 Youngs Road Morgan City, LA 70380 CIP CODE: 490304 CREDIT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 1/0/1 CONTACT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 15/0/15 CLASS LOCATION: Diesel Classroom 026A INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION: Roger Thacker, email: rthacker@theltc.net Steve Struble, email: sstruble@theltc.net COURSE DESCRIPTION: An overview of the U.S. Coast Guard, OSHA, Army Corps of Engineers, and ADC Consensus Standards. Includes instruction on the types and uses of dive logs, records, and reports. PREREQUISITES: None COURSE OBJECTIVES: Describe the use of a diver's logbook. Identify commercial diving standards under the U.S. Coast Guard. Identify commercial diving standards under OSHA. Identify commercial diving standards under the Army Corp of Engineers. Identify commercial diving standards under Association of Diving Contractors International. Identify training requirements. Identify diver qualifications. Discuss diver accident reports. TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS: Note taking materials. ATTENDANCE POLICY: In the Commercial Diving Program attendance limits are 30 hours per semester or 10% of any course. Exceeding these limits will result in being dropped from the program. An absence at test time will result in a zero for the test. EVALUATION AND GRADING: Evaluation is by written tests. Each individual test must be passed with a grade of 70% or more. A student is allowed a maximum of 2 attempts to pass a test. If a grade of 70% is still not achieved the course must be repeated. If a test is passed on the 2nd attempt a maximum grade of 70% will be recorded regardless of the score achieved. An absence at test time is regarded as the first attempt and receives a zero. The grading scale at Louisiana Technical College for all programs, except those regulated by a licensing board, is listed below. The students' transcript will include the letter grade only, not the percentage grade. 90% - 100% A 80% - 89% B 70% - 79% C 60% - 69% D 59% - Below F ACADEMIC HONESTY: Plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic dishonesty are prohibited. In addition to other possible disciplinary sanctions, which may be imposed through the regular institutional procedures as a result of academic misconduct, your instructor will assign a zero for the exercise or examination that evidences academic misconduct for the first offense and assign an "F" for the course for repeated offenses.STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: The Louisiana Technical College complies with Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Students with disabilities who seek accommodations must make their requests known by contacting the Disabilities Coordinator at the beginning of each semester. If a disability is identified later in the semester, a non-retroactive accommodation plan will be developed. COURSE SCHEDULE: To be announced
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3.00 Credits
CAMPUS NAME AND ADDRESS: Young Memorial Campus 900 Youngs Road Morgan City, LA 70380 CIP CODE: 490304 CREDIT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 1/0/1 CONTACT HOURS (Lecture/Lab/Total): 15/0/15 CLASS LOCATION: Diesel Classroom 026A INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION: Roger Thacker, email: rthacker@theltc.net Steve Struble, email: sstruble@theltc.net COURSE DESCRIPTION: A course covering environmental hazards that the diver may encounter, diving procedures, and safety precautions when diving in a contaminated environment, and noxious gases that may be encountered in diving operations. PREREQUISITES: None COURSE OBJECTIVES: Identify hazardous marine life. Describe hazards from exposure. Describe hazards of wave motion, surf, surge, current, tides, and bottom conditions. Identify the hazards of contaminated water diving. Describe contaminated water diving procedures. Identify the hazards of noxious gases in enclosed spaces. Describe the instruments used in detecting gases. Discuss rule for mask or helmet removal. Describe the hazard from underwater explosions. Identify the regulations governing underwater explosions in diving operations. Identify underwater suctions and discharges. Identify explosive gases. Explain the elimination and prevention of gas hazards. Identify means of avoiding accidents from gas hazards. TEXTBOOKS AND OTHER MATERIALS: Note taking material. ATTENDANCE POLICY: In the Commercial Diving Program attendance limits are 30 hours per semester or 10% of any course. Exceeding these limits will result in being dropped from the program. An absence at test time will result in a zero for the test. EVALUATION AND GRADING: Evaluation is by written tests. Each individual test must be passed with a grade of 70% or more. A student is allowed a maximum of 2 attempts to pass a test. If a grade of 70% is still not achieved the course must be repeated. If a test is passed on the 2nd attempt a maximum grade of 70% will be recorded regardless of the score achieved. An absence at test time is regarded as the first attempt and receives a zero. The grading scale at Louisiana Technical College for all programs, except those regulated by a licensing board, is listed below. The students' transcript will include the letter grade only, not the percentage grade. 90% - 100% A 80% - 89% B 70% - 79% C 60% - 69% D 59% - Below F ACADEMIC HONESTY: Plagiarism, cheating, and other forms of academic dishonesty are prohibited. In addition to other possible disciplinary sanctions, which may be imposed through the regular institutional procedures as a result of academic misconduct, your instructor will assign a zero for the exercise or examination that evidences academic misconduct for the first offense and assign an "F" for the course for repeated offenses.STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES: The Louisiana Technical College complies with Section 504 and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Students with disabilities who seek accommodations must make their requests known by contacting the Disabilities Coordinator at the beginning of each semester. If a disability is identified later in the semester, a non-retroactive accommodation plan will be developed. COURSE SCHEDULE: To be announced
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