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 Department:    APRCA

 Course #:    17

 Credits:    2

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    2

 CIP:    49.0201

 EPC:    CARCAAPR

 REV:    2024

 Course Description  

Develop a carpenters� ability to select and use means and methods for working in High Hazard Facilities (HHF), specifically petroleum refineries where dissimilar trades and crafts work near each other. Topics include fundamentals of petroleum refining processes, refining industry safety overview and awareness, and risks associated with each trade or multiple trades. Focuses on three major conceptual schemes: interdependency and craft relationships, risk analysis and mitigation from multiple trade perspectives, and job sequencing and control. Best practices and industry standards are emphasized.

 Prerequisite  

None

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 22

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Vocational Supplementary Elective  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Discuss fundamentals and basic processes of petroleum refining.
2. Describe refining industry safety concepts.
3. Explain the concept of stacked work and how trades are interdependent.
4. Develop a work schedule for a given stacked-work scenario.
5. Demonstrate procedures for changes to stacked-work plans in progress using the stacked-work mockup in the shop to address similar and dissimilar trade risks and mitigation strategies during changes to work scope.
6. Use referenced standards of WAC to discuss refining industry safety concepts.
7. Create a schedule and sequence of work for the stacked-work mockup hands-on shop project.
8. Assemble the stacked-work mockup per plan according to the schedule and sequence of work.
9. Actively participate in class discussion and complete written work and exams as assigned.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

Course Contents

1. Fundamentals and basic processes of petroleum refining.
2. Refining industry safety concepts.
3. Concept of stacked work and how trades are interdependent.
4. A work schedule for a given stacked-work scenario.
5. Procedures for changes to stacked-work plans in progress using the stacked-work mockup in the shop to address similar and dissimilar trade risks and mitigation strategies during changes to work scope.
6. Standards of WAC and refining industry safety concepts.
7. A schedule and sequence of work for the stacked-work mockup hands-on shop project.
8. Stacked-work mockup per plan according to the schedule and sequence of work.