I. General Information

1. Course Title:
Grading Lab II

2. Course Prefix & Number:
HEOM 2138

3. Course Credits and Contact Hours:

Credits: 4

Lecture Hours: 0

Lab Hours: 8

4. Course Description:

This course is the next level of operation for crawler dozers, motorgraders and scrapers. More complex projects are attempted with production and multiple machines on projects. Industry standards for quality and production are 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):

Heavy Equipment Operations 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 according to industry spec from a construction drawing
Analyze and follow a sequence of operations	Lay out project in proper sequence
Utilize appropriate technology	Utilize eye levels, lasers and GPS

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

• Operate a dozer safely while performing individual projects
• Maintain a dozer properly in accordance with operator's manual
• Operate a dozer productively while performing individual projects
• Operate scraper safely while performing individual projects
• Maintain a scraper properly in accordance with operator's manual
• Operate a scraper productively while performing individual projects
• Operate motor grader safely while performing individual projects
• Maintain a motor grader properly in accordance with operator's manual
• Operate a motor grader productively while performing individual projects
• Operate a track skid loader safely while performing individual projects
• Maintain a track skid loader properly in accordance with operator's manual
• Operate a track skid loader productively while performing individual projects
• Participate in group projects utilizing grading equipment

V. Topical Outline

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

2. Laboratory/Studio Sessions

1. Dozer advance projects
• cul-de-sac construction
• storm water retention
• finish pad work +/- .1
• slope finish and topsoil
• team practice, concepts and application (road building)
• as assigned
2. Scraper advanced projects
• working as a team (road building)
• push cat and production cycle
• ditch cut and fill (team concept)
• finish pad +/- .3
• running slope (safely and productively)
• road build group exercise
3. Motor grader advanced projects
• road top maintenance and construction
• haul road care and upkeep
• finish operations +/- .05
• team practice, concepts and application
4. Track skid loader advanced projects
• finish pad work
• slope, finish, strip top soil
• team practice concepts and applications (sidewalk building)