Catalog_2017_2018_3-7

230 2017-2018 Catalog Natural Resources 115 ADVANCED FIELD STUDIES I .5 unit, .23 lecture hour, 1 lab hour, pass/no pass only ADVISORIES: English 126. This is an advanced practical field course taught during the fall semester at the school forest. Designed to apply skills acquired in other natural resources courses and under actual field conditions. Subjects include timber sale planning and preparation, harvest systems, recreation planning and analysis, silviculture application, land boundary determination, and leadership-crew dynamics. Course consists of a work day emulating field techniques of the natural resources industry. A room and board fee is required. Field trip required for this course. (A) 116 ADVANCED FIELD STUDIES II .5 unit, .23 lecture hour, 1 lab hour, pass/no pass only ADVISORIES: English 126. This is an advanced practical field course taught during the spring semester at the school forest. Designed to apply skills acquired in other natural resources courses and under field conditions. Subjects include fisheries and wildlife analysis, aerial photo interpretation, vegetative inventory systems, and integrated forest construction projects, and field problems. Course consists of a workday emulating field techniques of the natural resources profession. A room and board fee is required. Field trip required for this course. (A) 133 INTRODUCTION TO CHAINSAW OPERATIONS 1 unit, .5 lecture hour, 1.5 lab hours, pass/no pass ADVISORIES: English 125 and 126. This course provides introductory level training for the use of chainsaws in the forestry and natural resources field. Emphasis is placed on defining and applying chainsaw safety standards, maintenance and function of personal protective equipment (PPE), identification of chainsaw parts, maintenance, tuning, and tactical application of techniques required for brushing, limbing, bucking, and falling trees. (A) 150 INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM 200 .75 units, .75 hour, pass/no pass ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 125, 126, and Mathematics 201. This course is designed to enable personnel to operate efficiently during an incident or event within the Incident Command System (ICS). This course focuses on the management of single resources. (A) 151 PORTABLE PUMPS AND WATER USE 1 unit, .89 lecture hour, .44 lab hour, pass/no pass ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 125, 126, and Mathematics 201. This course covers principles of positive displacement pumps but focuses on the Wajax-Pacific Mark III Pump which is primarily used by the National Fire Equipment System. Instruction emphasizes effective and efficient utilization of portable pumps and water under field conditions. (A) 157 S-230 CREW BOSS (SINGLE RESOURCE) 1.25 units, 1.33 lecture hours, pass/no pass ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 125, 126, and Mathematics 201. Crew Boss (Single Resource), S-230 is a course designed to meet the training needs of a crew boss on a wildland fire incident. The purpose is to provide fire suppression trainees with the skills/knowledge required to perform tasks listed in National Wildfire Coordinating Group Single Resource Boss. (A) 158 S-231 ENGINE BOSS 1 unit, .89 lecture hours, pass/no pass ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 125, 126, and Mathematics 201. This course is suggested training for the position of Single Resource Boss. Upon completion students will be able to perform Engine Boss tasks and make tactical decisions required to safely manage an engine and the associated personnel on an incident. (A)