NLC Calendar - Northern Lakes College
NLC Calendar - Northern Lakes College
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<strong>Northern</strong> <strong>Lakes</strong> <strong>College</strong> 2012–2013 <strong>Calendar</strong><br />
2012/2013 Course Descriptions<br />
For information on course transferability, refer to the online transfer guide at www.transferalberta.ca<br />
course descriptions<br />
ROCL0100 (2 credits)<br />
Road & Cutblock Layout<br />
The theory and practice of properly laying out a cutblock or road in<br />
the field when given a design map is taught in this course. Students<br />
will learn when changes to the design should be made and how to<br />
document them. Blocks must be traversed using GPS.<br />
SA001 (non-credit)<br />
Transportation of Dangerous Goods (TDG)<br />
This course is for any person involved in the transportation industry.<br />
Learn the regulations related to offering, handling and transporting<br />
of dangerous goods by ground. Specifically learn about loading, segregating,<br />
documenting, placarding and spill reporting. Upon satisfactory<br />
completion, students will earn a certificate which will be valid<br />
for three years.<br />
SA002 (non-credit)<br />
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System<br />
(WHMIS)<br />
Learn to interpret labels and Material Safety Data Sheets in order<br />
to determine safe procedures to handle, store, use and/or dispose of<br />
materials. Upon satisfactory completion, students earn a certificate<br />
which is recognized by industry.<br />
SA004 (non-credit)<br />
H2S Alive<br />
This course is for those who work in the oil and gas industry or wherever<br />
H2S may be encountered. Topics include the properties and location<br />
of H2S, scales and response strategies, detector tube devices<br />
and electronic monitors. Certificates through Enform are valid for<br />
3 years.<br />
SA005 (non-credit)<br />
All Terrain Vehicle Safety<br />
This is the Alberta Safety Council’s All Terrain Vehicle Rider course,<br />
and includes the following elements: risk awareness, personal protective<br />
equipment, starting to ride, knowing your vehicle, safe riding<br />
practices and strategies, riding on hills and varying terrain, transporting<br />
materials, winching, attachments and transporting an ATV. Upon<br />
successful completion, you will be certified as an ATV rider by Alberta<br />
Safety Council, which is a requirement of many employers in both<br />
the forest and petroleum industries.<br />
SA010 (1 credit)<br />
Leadership, Health & Safety<br />
This course helps forest industry workers take a personal leadership<br />
role when they develop, set up, and improve health and safety within<br />
their areas of authority and responsibility. This course was produced<br />
in partnership by Alberta Forest Products Association, Alberta Workforce<br />
Essential Skills Committee, <strong>Northern</strong> <strong>Lakes</strong> <strong>College</strong>, NorQuest<br />
<strong>College</strong>, Office of Learning Technologies (HRDC), Alberta Human<br />
Resources and Employment and Christie Communications.<br />
SA044 (non-credit)<br />
Bear Awareness<br />
The Alberta Safety Council certified course covers how to identify<br />
bears and how to avoid bear problems.<br />
SA065 (1 credit)<br />
Chainsaw Safety (PITS and/or AWTA)<br />
Learn proper procedures for bucking, de-limbing, notching trees and<br />
saw maintenance. Upon successful completion of this course the student<br />
should gain certification through the Alberta Woodland Trainers<br />
Association.<br />
SCAL0100 (3 credits)<br />
Scaling<br />
This course prepares a person to scale timber (the measurement of<br />
trees after being harvested) in Alberta. Successful completion of this<br />
course will result in an Alberta Scalers Permit issued from the Department<br />
of Sustainable Resource Development. This permit is required<br />
if you are going to scale within the province of Alberta. The<br />
course will cover the procedures and standards for Cubic Meter Scale<br />
(Log Scaling), Weigh Scaling, Cube Scaling, Tree Length Scaling, and<br />
Stacked Wood Scaling.<br />
SCN1270 (5 credits)<br />
Science 10<br />
Students will study energy and matter in chemical change, energy<br />
flow in technological systems, cycling of matter in living systems and<br />
energy flow in global systems.<br />
Pre-requisites: Science 9 or BEL Science 301 and co-enrol in Grade 10<br />
Math recommended<br />
SCN1288 (5 credits)<br />
Science 14<br />
Students will investigate properties of matter, understand energy<br />
transfer technologies and investigate matter and energy in living systems<br />
and in the environment.<br />
Pre-requisite: BEL Science 301<br />
SCN2231 (5 credits)<br />
Biology 20<br />
Students will study energy and matter exchange in the biosphere, ecosystems<br />
and population change, photosynthesis and cellular respiration,<br />
and human systems.<br />
Pre-requisites: Science 10 and Grade 10 Math recommended<br />
SCN2288 (5 credits)<br />
Science 24<br />
Students will study applications of matter and chemical change, common<br />
energy conversion systems, disease defence and human health,<br />
and motion, change and transportation safety.<br />
Pre-requisites: Science 14 recommended<br />
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