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CURRENT EVENTS

Great Opportunities in 2010!

This year your Northern California Surveyors Apprenticeship is excited to offer you a number of Skills Enhancement Courses designed to enrich your apprenticeship training program.

At a time when employment is at a premium, we want to offer our students every advantage to stay competitive in the labor market. While these classes are not mandatory, we recommend that you take this opportunity to work with a variety of experts in the field of surveying and take your skills to the next level-classes are free, and all related curriculum and tools are included!



NOTE: Northern California Surveyors Joint Apprenticeship Committee (NCSJAC) classes are just for NCSJAC students who are members of Operating Engineers Local Union No. 3 or for Local 3 members.

Basic Skills/Orientation to Surveying
Although this class is specifically designed for new students, it is open to apprentices and journey upgrades of all levels.
Topics covered: Intro to Field Surveying, Hand Tools, Personal Tools and Equipment; Basic Survey Fundamentals; Intro to E.D.M., Levels and their Uses; Intro to Survey Staking and Comprehensive End of Course review.
 
Dates Location Instructor Total Class Hours
October 17, 24 and 31, 2009 Alameda Joe Vargas 24
February 3 and 10, 2010 Morgan Hill Socorro Vera 24
June 5, 12 and 19, 2010 Yuba City John Rector 24

Survey Leveling
Join us for this exciting class on survey leveling. Topics include: Differential leveling; types of rods, use and care of rods, auto level, method of differential leveling and plenty of outdoor exercises.
 
Dates Location Instructor Total Class Hours
March 6 and 13, 2010 Martinez Tom Finnegan 16
April 3 and 10, 2010 Stockton Hector Estrada 16
July 17 and 24, 2010 Morgan Hill Socorro Vera 16

First Aid/CPR
This course satisfies the multi-media first aid certificate requirement for all registered apprentices. Taught by a Licensed First-Aid Professional, this class is free for all who are pre-registered.
 
Dates Location
September 26, 2009 Castro Valley
February 26, 2010 Sacramento

Survey Note Keeping
This course is designed to help students acquire skills in preparing and organizing a "professional data report." Students will learn Rinhardt Style Lettering while implementing "The Seven Requirements for Good Notes," promoting conformity with professional record-keeping necessities and standards. Students will learn to properly describe the physical characteristics and the exact location of a monument and its accessories and note each description in professional form, as well as draft a survey sketch that communicates the necessary and appropriate data.
 
Dates Location Instructor Total Class Hours
January 9 and 16, 2010 Alameda Jeff Nielsen 8

TI 30 Calculator
This one-half day course will cover ll aspects od skills needed to use the TI 30 caluculator with the NCSJAC program curriculum. This cals is a must for any student who would like to increase their calculator knowledge level as it fully applies to course content. All students will receive a complimentary Texas Instruments Calculator.
 
Dates Location Instructor Total Class Hours
November 7, 2009 Martinez Fred Seiji 4
April 17, 2010 Sacramento Joe Vargas 4

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