10/31/2024 6:04:01 PM	DET 80 Course Outline as of Spring 2002	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  DET 80	Title:  DIESEL SHOP PRACTICES
Full Title:  Diesel Shop Practices
Last Reviewed:1/22/2018

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	2.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	35.00
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	2.25		8 min.	Lab Scheduled	39.38
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	4.25			Contact Total	74.38
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  70.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 144.38

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade Only
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
Formerly:  DET 60

Catalog Description:

Diesel shop practices, including career information, safety procedures, tool and equipment use. Includes a discussion of workplace environment and labor/management issues, shop expectations, practices and routines.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

Diesel shop practices, including career information, safety procedures, tool and equipment use. Includes a discussion of workplace environment and labor/management issues, shop expectations, practices and routines.

(Grade Only)
Prerequisites:
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:		Inactive:
Area:
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 2000	Inactive:	Fall 2014
UC Transfer:		Effective:		Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Certificate Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Outcomes and Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1. Categorize and evaluate the occupations for which students will be

  prepared.

2. Analyze labor / management issues in the workplace.

3. Summarize general and specific industrial shop safety standards and

  practices and demonstrate their appropriate application in a shop

  setting.

4. Discuss occupational survival skills for the industrial shop setting

  and practice team building skills.

5. Determine and describe the appropriate use and maintenance of hand,

  shop, and precision tools and demonstrate the same in a shop setting.

6. Describe and demonstrate the safe use of forklifts, overhead cranes,

  and other material handling equipment.

7. Correctly identify and use fasteners and mechanical fitting devices

  and determine appropriate use for each.

[Outcomes and objectives meet or exceed NATEF Applied Academic & Workplace

Skills for Medium/Heavy Truck Technicians (Ref. Standard 6.5, ASE Program

Certification Standards Manual, 1998.)]

Describe the values, themes, methods, and history of diesel equipment

technology.

Topics and Scope

I. Career Information

  a. Categories of industrial occupations

  b. Wages, salaries, benefits

  c. Local and regional opportunities

  d. Labor / management issues

  e. Shop expectations, practices, and routines

II.  Shop safety standards and practices

  a. Fire and disaster procedures

  b. Cleanliness and order in the workplace

  c. Tool and equipment organization and handling

  d. Fire and emergency prevention and intervention practices

  e. Proper lifting procedures

  f. Personal safety practices

  g. Environmental health and safety compliance

III. Use and maintenance of hand, shop and precision tools

  a. Precision measuring tools

  b. Hand and shop tools

  c. Tool and equipment maintenance

IV. Fasteners and mechanical fitting devices

  a. Appropriate fastener use

  b. Fastening techniques

  c. Fitting application

  d. General torque specifications

V. Material handling equipment

  a. Lifting and carrying devices

  b. Overhead lifting equipment

  c. Material hauling and transferring

VI. Workplace environment

  a. Labor / Management issues

  b. Shop expectations, practices, and routines

  c. Work ethics

Orientation to the values, themes, methods and history of diesel equipment

technology.

Assignments:

1.  Classroom discussion and role playing activities related to labor /

   management issues and occupational survival skills.

2.  Readings and written exercises.

3.  Lab assignments and worksheets.

4.  Conduct research on government and industry safety standards.

5.  Research a variety of related occupational areas.

6.  Practice safe work habits while in the lab.

7.  Practice safe and efficient tool use and maintenance.

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 10 - 20%
Written homework, Lab reports
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 15 - 20%
Homework problems, Quizzes
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 20 - 40%
Class performances, Performance exams
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 20 - 40%
Multiple choice, True/false, Matching items, Completion
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 10 - 20%
Attendance and participation.

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

Diesel Technology Safety Skills, Student Edition, MAVCC, Inc., 1996.

Diesel Technology Instruction, MAVCC, Inc. 1st ed., 1997.

Instructor and industry handouts.

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