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COURSE SYLLABUS

1. TITLE OF COURSE: SAFETY IN COLLISION REPAIR
  PREFIX/NUMBER: ACT 110 CREDIT HOURS: 2 CR. (1L/1.5 LBV)
2. PREREQUISITE: None
3.

RESOURCES NEEDED:

 
 

TEXT:

 

SUPPLIES:

As required
4.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Introduces the student to safety techniques and operation as it relates to shop safety and industry standards.  The student is exposed to regulations and collision shop operations.  In addition, the student becomes involved with VICA, developing writing and speaking skills.
5.

COURSE GOAL:

 
6. COURSE OBJECTIVES:
  By the end of the course, students will:
  (A) demonstrate the ability to follow shop and campus rules.
  (B) demonstrate the ability to protect themselves and other students while in the lab.
  (C) demonstrate the use of proper personal protective equipment and clothing.
  (D) demonstrate power and hand tool safety.
  (E) demonstrate knowledge for handling and proper disposal of hazardous materials.
  (F) demonstrate knowledge of the four classes of fires and proper extinguisher for controlling a fire.
  (G) actively participate in VICA activities and learn the pledge, motto, emblem.
  (H) actively participate in a mock meeting.
  (I) become familiar with Collision Repair Shop operations and regulations.

7.

EVALUATION PROCEDURES:

 

Each student enrolled in the Automotive Collision program will be graded as follows:

 

Lab skills attitude

 

1.

Lab work consists of:

 

 

(A)

speed

 

 

(B)

accuracy

 

 

(C)

neatness and order

 

 

(D)

care of tools

 

 

(E)

attitude: student work habits, promptness, good attendance, project decision making.  The ability to work without constant instruction.  Responsibility to any given project or assignment.  Laboratory projects will be evaluated on a weekly basis.

 

 

Lab Skills

60%

 

 

Written Assignments

20%

 

 

Written Tests and Quizzes

20%

 

 

Each hour of absence constitutes a deduction of one point from the total final grade.  Tardiness will be counted in 15-minute increments.  The student will be dropped when he/she misses over 12 hours.

 

 

Grading Scale
Raw Score Range

Letter Grade

 

 

100 to 93

A

 

 

92 to 85

B

 

 

84 to 77

C

 

 

76 to 69

D

 

 

68 to  0

F

Special Remarks:

1.

Attendance:  College policy states that students may be dropped from enrollment when absent 20% of the scheduled class meetings.  If enrolled from the beginning of the term, 15 hours will usually constitute 20% of a four-credit semester course which meets five hours per week.  Reinstatement procedures are described in the PCC catalog.

2.

Tardy Policy:  A student who is late three times (enters classroom after the instructor has taken roll) will be charged with one full absence unless the student can provide valid reasons for one or more of these tardies.

3.

Assignments/Missed Exams:  It is the student's responsibility, whether present or absent, to obtain all material presented and to complete all course assignments.  If prior arrangements are made or extenuating circumstances exist, makeup of tests may be allowed.  Late homework papers will not be accepted unless those same extenuating circumstances exist.  Makeup of quizzes is to be at the instructor's discretion.

8. COURSE OUTLINE:
  I.    Orientation to Collision Repair Technology
  II.   General Safety
  III.  Paint and Body Shop Safety
  IV.  Toll I. D. and Safety
  V.   Hazardous Materials Program
  VI.  VICA
9. METHODS OF INSTRUCTION:
  To be successful in this course, students are expected to participate in discussions, readings, in-class writing, and peer review activities. The instructor may assign point values to such activities.
10. ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:
  The very nature of higher education requires that students adhere to accepted standards of academic integrity. Therefore, Pueblo Community College has adopted a policy of academic conduct as described in the Student Handbook. Violation of academic integrity may be defined to include the following: cheating, plagiarism, falsification and fabrication, abuse of academic materials, complicity in academic dishonesty, and personal misrepresentation. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of the behaviors that constitute academic dishonesty. Sanctions for violating the standards of academic integrity may include warning, probation, suspension, and/or failure of the course or assignment at the discretion of the instructor.
11. ADA NOTICE:
  Students who have a documented disability may be eligible to receive accommodations for this class. Please contact the Disability Resources Center at 549-3446 for further information.