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COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Safety Directorate. Without this sea experience the student
cannot graduate.
Prerequisites - WKTM 1102 (Sea Phase 1) and all Technical
Session 2 courses which include: NASC 3101 (Navigation Safety
- Collision Regulations); NASC 2107 (Restricted Operator’s
Certificate - Maritime Commercial); and NASC 2201 (Basic
Tanker Safety)
WKTM 2103 (Work Term II - Marine Engineering)
WKTM 2103 is designed to ensure that the student gains
practical experience under Option 1 or Option 2. Under Option 1
students continue development of the competency requirements
of a Ship’s Engineering Officer; under Option 2 students gain
additional Marine Engineering Technologist practical experience.
Each successfully completed work term is regarded as one
course credit.
To meet the requirements for graduation from the Marine
Engineering Diploma of Technology Program, the student must
successfully complete a total of three (3) work terms.
Prerequisites - A valid seafarer’s medical certificate is required
for Option 1. In addition, the student must have successfully
completed the following courses before acceptance in approved
work terms:
MREK 3106 (Marine Engineering Knowledge III); WKPR
3101(Machinery Maintenance I); WKTM 1103 (Work Term I)
Duration - Option 1: Students must complete a minimum of 70
days of Transport Canada certified sea time and achieve the
articulated evaluation in order to meet WKTM 2103 requirements.
Option 2: Students complete a minimum 10-week work term in
marine related, shore-based companies.
WKTM 2106 (Work Term - Marine Environmental)
The work term provides students with an opportunity to learn,
develop, and practice high standards of professional behaviour
and performance while in the work environment.
WKTM 2106 (Work Term - Marine Environmental Technology)
Prerequisites -WKTM 1002 (Work Term Preparation Seminar);
MENV 2100 (Marine Environmental); All Technical Session 1
Courses; All Term 4 courses
Duration - 8 weeks
(Students are available from mid-May to the end of August)
WKTM 2107 (Work Term - Food Technology)
The work term provides students with an opportunity to learn,
develop, and practice high standards of professional behaviour
and performance while in the work environment.
WKTM 2107 (Work Term - Food Technology)
Prerequisites - Clear Standing (CL) or better in the academic
semester immediately prior to the work term semester.
WKTM 1002 (Work Term Preparation Seminar); MATH 1101
(Introduction to Calculus); FDTE 2112 (Food Sanitation); BIOL
2102 (Microbiology) or BIOL 2105 (Microbiology)
Duration - 8 weeks
(Students are available from mid-May to the end of August)
WKTM 3103 (Work Term III - Marine Engineering)
WKTM 3103 is designed to ensure that the student gains
practical experience under Option 1 or Option 2. Under Option 1
students continue development of the competency requirements
of a Ship’s Engineering Officer; under Option 2 students gain
additional Marine Engineering Technologist practical experience.
Each successfully completed work term is regarded as one
course credit. To meet the requirements for graduation from the
Marine Engineering Diploma of Technology Program, the student
must successfully complete a total of three (3) work terms.
Prerequisite - A valid seafarer’s medical certificate is required
for Option 1. In addition, the student must have successfully
completed the following course before acceptance in an
approved work term: WKTM 2103 (Work Term 2)
Duration - Option 1: Students must complete a minimum of 70
days of Transport Canada certified sea time
Option 2: Students complete a minimum 10-week work term in
marine related, shore-based companies.
WKTM 3300 (Professional Orientation)
This course will provide students with more practical experience
in the environmental field and the opportunity to further develop
industry related work skills.
WKTM 3300 (Professional Orientation)
Prerequisites - WKTM 2106 AND all courses listed in:
Technical Sessions I and II and Terms 5 and 6
NOTE: The appropriateness of the professional orientation
placement will be determined by the Placement Officer in
consultation with the Program Chair.
WKTM 3301 (Work Term - Food Technology)
This work term is intended to provide students with a second
opportunity to learn, develop, and practice high standards of
professional behaviour and performance while in the work
environment.
WKTM 3301 (Work Term – Food Technology)
Prerequisites - Clear standing (CL) or better in the academic
semester immediately prior to the work term semester.
WKTM 2107 (Work Term – Food Technology)
Duration - 8 weeks (Students are available from early May to the
end of August.)
WKTM 3302 (Work Term - Bachelor of
Technology - Ocean Mapping)
This work term is designed to ensure that the Ocean Mapping
student gains the practical and technical experience to become
competent in the field of Ocean Mapping. Students will be
expected to gain a full understanding of the acquisition, analysis,
dissemination and management processes associated with
ocean data through the utilization of marine surveying equipment,
remote sensing technologies, geographic information systems
and oceanographic instrumentation. Students are expected
to observe, learn, develop and adopt the high standards of
professionalism expected of an Ocean Mapping Graduate to
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