I. General Information

1. Course Title:
Grading Lab I

2. Course Prefix & Number:
HEOM 2136

3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:

Credits: 5

Lecture Hours: 0

Lab Hours: 10

4. Course Description:

This course is the hands-on part of crawler dozers, motorgraders and scrapers. Safe operation is taught and stressed along with the basic methods of operating these machines. Practice is emphasized with simple projects built individually under the guidance of the instructor. Machine control and care are the goals.

5. Placement Tests Required:

6. Prerequisite Courses:

There are no prerequisites for this course.

9. Co-requisite Courses:

II. Transfer and Articulation

III. Course Purpose

1. Program-Applicable Courses – This course fulfills a requirement for the following program(s):

Name of Program(s)	Program Type
Heavy Equipment Operation and Maintenance	Diploma

IV. Learning Outcomes

1. College-Wide Outcomes

College-Wide Outcomes/Competencies	Students will be able to:
Demonstrate reading and listening skills	Build a project to industry spec from a construction drawing
Analyze and follow a sequence of operations	Lay out project in proper sequence
Utilize appropriate technology	Use eye levels, GPS and lasers

2. Course Specific Outcomes - Students will be able to achieve the following measurable goals upon completion of the course:

Expected Outcome	MnTC Goal Area
Operate/maintain a dozer safely and productively while performing individual projects
Operate/maintain a  scraper safely and productively while performing individual projects
Operate/maintain a motor grader safely and productively while performing individual projects

V. Topical Outline

Listed below are major areas of content typically covered in this course.

2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions

1.         Dozer projects

• single and double wide trench
• level pad
• 1’ cut pad
• balance pad
• 1’ fill pad
• inslope/backslope construction
• approach/driveway construction
• inverts, swale and crown construction
• advanced projects TBD

2.         Scraper projects

• steering methods
• panning off
• haul road best practices
• balance pad
• 1’ cut and fill pad
• stockpiling material and best practices
• road building and compaction techniques
• ditch cuts and slopes
• advanced projects TBD

3.         Motor grader projects

• flat pad
• level pad
• .5 cut pad
• road maintenance and construction
• cul-de-sac construction
• advanced projects TBD