Materials and Handling Cluster

PREPARATION  LEVEL  COURSES

I336  WAREHOUSE  AND  DISTRIBUTION  I

Course length: 1 year

Course credit: 1.0

Grade level: 11, 12

Warehouse and Distribution I is a preparation level course for students interested in careers in the distribution and logistics industry.  This course will focus on the function and structure of warehouses and distribution centers as well as the knowledge and core skills associated with warehousing and distribution.  Course content may include an introduction to product flow, warehousing processes, safety in a warehouse environment, warehousing and distribution, warehousing productivity measures, methods of inventory management, and protecting materials and merchandise.  General employability skills for warehouse and distribution jobs, such as workplace ethics, effective communication, working together, positive image, interview skills, and problem solving may also be included in this course.  Students may be enrolled in Warehouse and Distribution I for dual credit through Black Hawk College as part of a 10 credit hour certificate program.

I436  WAREHOUSE  AND  DISTRIBUTION  II

Course length: 1 year

Course credit: 1.0

Grade level: 12

Warehouse and Distribution II is a preparation level course for students interested in careers in distribution and logistics that builds upon the knowledge and skills gained in Warehouse and Distribution I.  The focus of this course will be to introduce the student to the technology involved in warehousing and distribution.  Course content may include palletizing, handling systems, processing hazardous materials, understanding industrial controls, computers and automation, and using scanners and data entry.  In addition, this course may include warehouse data applications, powered material handling equipment, safety requirements, and powered industrial truck operations.  This course will build upon the general employability skills for warehouse and distribution jobs covered in Warehouse and Distribution I while also covering math, measurement, and the use of calculators.  Students may be enrolled in Warehouse and Distribution II for dual credit through Black Hawk College as part of a 10 credit hour certificate program.

I401 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY COOPERATIVE EDUCATION

Course length: 1 year

Course credit: variable

Grade level: 11, 12

Industrial Technology Cooperative Education is designed for junior and senior students interest in pursuing careers in Industrial Technology.  Students are released from school for their paid cooperative education work experience.  They participate in 200 minutes per week of related classroom instruction focusing on job survival skills, career exploration skills related to the job, and human relations skills. 

A qualified industrial technology instructor is responsible for supervision and is given 30 minutes per student per week to do so.  Written training agreements and individual student training plans are developed and agreed upon by the employer, student and coordinator.  The coordinator, student and employer assume compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations.  The coordinator also needs to have taken six semester hours of organization and administration of cooperative education.

The course content includes the following broad areas of emphasis:  further career education opportunities, planning for the future, job seeking skills, personal development, human relationship, legal protection and responsibilities, economics of the job, organization and job termination.

Z401  INTERRELATED COOPERATIVE EDUCATION  I      

Course length: 1 year

Course credit: variable

Grade level: 11, 12

Interrelated Cooperative Education I is designed for junior and/or senior students interested in pursuing careers in vocational occupations.  Students are released from school for their paid cooperative education work experience and participate in 200 minutes per week of related classroom instruction.  Classroom instruction focuses on providing students with job survival skills and career exploration skills related to the job and improving student’s abilities to interact positively with others.  For skills related to the job, refer to the skill development course outlines and the task list of the desired occupational program.

A qualified vocational cooperative coordinator is responsible for supervision.  Written training agreements and individual student training plans are developed and agreed upon by the employer, student and coordinator.  Occupational task lists form the basis for training plans.  The coordinator, student and employer assume compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations.

The course content includes the following broad areas of emphasis: further career education opportunities, planning for the future, job-seeking skills, personal development, human relationships, legal protection and responsibilities, economics and the job, organization and job termination.  In addition, classroom instruction includes technical skills as identified on occupational task lists.

Z402  INTERRELATED  COOPERATIVE  EDUCATION  II   

Course length: 1 year

Course credit: variable

Grade level: 12

Interrelated Cooperative Education II is designed for senior students interested in pursuing careers in vocational occupations and who have the opportunity to participate in cooperative education for two years.  Course content will build upon the extent and depth of the content presented in Interrelated Cooperative Education I.  Students are released from school for their paid cooperative education work experience and participate in 200 minutes per week of related classroom instruction.  Classroom instruction focuses on providing students with job survival skills and career exploration skills related to the job and improving student’s abilities to interact positively with others.  For skills related to the job, refer to the skill development course outlines and the task list of the desired occupational program.

A qualified vocational cooperative coordinator is responsible for supervision.  Written training agreements and individual student training plans are developed and agreed upon by the employer, student and coordinator.  Occupational task lists form the basis for training plans.  The coordinator, student and employer assume compliance with federal, state and local laws and regulations.

The course content includes the following broad areas of emphasis: further career education opportunities, planning for the future, job-seeking skills, personal development, human relationships, legal protection and responsibilities, economics and the job, organization and job termination.  In addition, classroom instruction includes technical skills as identified on occupational task lists.