SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE

ASSOCIATE DEGREE CREDIT COURSE OUTLINE

Department: Professional Development Studies

Subject Area and Course Number: FT 205

Course Title: Trench Operations

Discipline: Fire Technology

Units: .5

Repeatability: 3

Catalog Course Description: Techniques used in unsupported trench rescue, including storm and sewer lines, wells and cliff collapses.

Description for Schedule of Classes: Techniques used in unsupported trench rescue, including storm and sewer lines, wells and cliff collapses.

Lecture Hours per Week: 9 Hours Total (Short Course)

Laboratory Hours per Week: None

Plus Hours: None

Prerequisites: None

Co-requisites: None

Skills Advisories: Eligibility for English 100, 103

Course Advisories: None

Limitation on Enrollment: Firefighter 1 Certificate

Course Objectives: By the end of this course, the participants will be able to:

1. Summarize activities of preparation phase of trench rescue.

2. State the OSHA requirements for making a trench safe.

3. List at least six trench accident situations.

4. List six conditions likely to bring about collapse of a trench wall.

5. Classify types of soil into three categories by observation.

6. Describe how to prepare sheeting materials for use in trench rescue.

7. Demonstrate preparation of uprights for use.

8. Assemble shoring devices.

9. Effectively assemble shoring systems.

10. Demonstrate safe patient removal.

Course Content and Scope:

1. Preparation phase of trench rescue

2. OSHA requirements for trench rescue

3. Trench accident situations

4. Trench wall collapse situations

5. Soil categorization

6. Preparation of sheeting and shoring materials

7. Shoring devices and systems

8. Safe patient removal techniques

Methods of Instruction: Lecture and practical demonstration.

Required Assignments:

1. Review of Trench Rescue manual

Methods of Evaluation:

1. Satisfactory evaluation of OSHA requirements

2. Satisfactory practical demonstration of rescue techniques

Appropriate Texts and Supplies:

Required:

1. Gargan, J.B., Trench Rescue, Bowie, MD: Prentice-Hall, 1982.

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October 29, 2003

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