15 courses with the subject MRT, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
Provides an overview of shipyard trades and introduces core knowledge and safety practices common to all maritime occupations. Covers the use of hand and power tools, essential safety standards, and foundational skill sets aligned with specific trades. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours.
Introduces fundamental rigging practices for shipyard environments, emphasizing safety, proper equipment usage, and effective communication during lifting operations. Covers basic principles of load dynamics, rigging hardware, and regulatory compliance. Designed to prepare students for entry-level rigging roles in maritime and industrial settings. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 2 hours.
Introduces basic aspects of shipboard work, including: shipboard jobs, shipboard safety, ship classes, knot typing, ships nomenclatures, compartmentation, basic applied math skills, basic hand tools and working in confined spaces. Provides introductory information regarding career options in the shipbuilding/repair industry with information on career pathways and registered apprenticeship opportunities in the region. Lecture 3 hours.
Covers essential skills and knowledge to read and interpret ship plans and identify standard compartmentation components and their labels/designations. Includes identifying various propulsion plant types and their respective application environments and classifying the predominant types of ships utilized in the commercial and military sectors. Lecture 3 hours.
Covers essential shipyard techniques, safety measures, material strengths, welding and cutting skills, ship construction methods, and common fabrication processes. Includes fundamentals of ship construction methods and structures. Lecture 3 hours.
Introduces the various subjects comprising the study of mechanics to meet the unique requirements of marine practice. Includes basic nomenclature, construction and function of hulls, motive power principles, propellers, steering systems, controls, electrical equipment, instruments, and accessories. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours.
Focuses on basic electrical circuits common to small boat operations. Includes fundamentals of generators, alternators and their regulators, storage batteries, lighting systems instruments, protective devices, and all other primary power circuits, and the proper methods of installation, testing, trouble shooting, and repair.
Focuses on the fundamentals of basic symbols and diagrams of fluid power circuits. Includes control circuits from single motion to multiple interlocks, selection and use of common hydraulic components, operation and maintenance of shipboard pumps to include fuel transfer, raw water, fresh water, deck power, bilge and ballast, and sanitary electrical control of hydraulic circuits by switches, relays and solenoids. Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours.
Focuses on the construction, theory of operation, maintenance and repair of small outboard motors. Includes modern diagnostic and test procedures, trouble shooting and repair followed by actual test tank operation. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 6 hours.
Focuses on maintenance, repair and overhaul of modern gasoline inboard engines, drive components and stern drives. Stresses water diagnosis and test procedures. Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 6 hours.
Focuses on the construction, theory of operation, maintenance and repair of larger outboard motors. Includes conventional D.C. battery charging systems and alternator theory, operation and maintenance, conventional and capacitive discharge ignition system, hydraulic system, modern diagnostic and test procedures, trouble shooting and repair followed by actual test tank operation.
Teaches the fundamentals of stern drive marine propulsion units versus conventional shaft and propeller configurations. Stresses differences in shafting, bearings, lubrication, and steering. Includes proper methods of operation and maintenance; also minor and major repair operations to include complete disassembly, inspection and troubleshooting and repair. Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours.
Supervises in on-the-job training for pay in approved business, industrial and service firms, coordinated by the college’s cooperative education office. Is applicable to all occupational- technical curricula at the discretion of the college. Credit/work ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Lecture 3 hours.
Focuses on theory of operation, service and repair of marine electronic systems. Includes control systems, navigation, RADAR, GPS, HF, VHF, satellite communications, lightning and corrosion protection systems. Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 2 hours.
Supervises in on-the-job training for pay in approved business, industrial and service firms, coordinated by the college’s cooperative education office. Is applicable to all occupational- technical curricula at the discretion of the college. Credit/work ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Lecture 3 hours.
Source: Tidewater Community College's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 59
