Reedley College Catalog 2018-19

240 2018-2019 Catalog Natural Resources 92 WILDERNESS SURVIVAL 1 unit, .5 lecture hour, 1.5 lab hours ADVISORIES: English 125 and 126. This course will prepare students for travel in wilderness environments and extended outdoor situations with limited equipment. It will include shelter building, fire making, food and water collection, and safety in wilderness settings. Field trips will be required in this course. (A, CSU) 108 INTRODUCTION TO FORESTRY FIELD STUDIES .5 unit, .23 lecture hour, 1 lab hour, pass/no pass only ADVISORIES: English 126. This is a practical field course to introduce the student to the subjects in forestry/natural resources, including fire suppression, fire management, timber harvesting, timber management, outdoor recreation, wildfire and fish management, and forest engineering. Room and board fee required. Taught at the school forest or other field setting. Field trip is required for this course. (A) 109 FORESTRY FIELD STUDIES I .5 unit, .23 lecture hour, 1 lab hour, pass/no pass only ADVISORIES: English 126. This is a practical field course to introduce the student to forest conservation practices including the construction of soil erosion structures. Forest fuels management and timber stand improvement prescriptions will be studied and implemented. Room and board fee required. Taught at the school forest or other natural habitat area. Field trip is required for this course. (A) 110 FORESTRY FIELD STUDIES II .5 unit, .23 lecture hour, 1 lab hour, pass/no pass only ADVISORIES: English 126. This is a field course for the practical application of forest skills in actual field conditions on the school forest. Field problems and work projects may include inventory techniques, plant species identification, population enumeration, conservation techniques, forest construction techniques, and orienteering. Room and board fee required. Taught at school forest or other natural area. Field trip required for this course. (A) 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)