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OWELA
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TECHNICAL
COMMUNITY
COLLEGE
www
.sowela.edu
TFfLE: LIVE-WORK POLICY
EFFECTIVE: November 1, 2013
LAST REVIEW:
LAST REVISION: February
2,
.2018
Policy No:
1.016.2
Introduction
SOWELA
Technical
Community
College
(SOWELA)
is
committed
to
offering high-
quality
pro!_.,rrams
based
on
a rigorous, coherent curriculum.
SOWELA
is
also committed
to adhering to the policies and requirements
of
the Southern Association
of
Colleges
and
Schools Commission
on
Colleges (SACSCOC), the Louisiana Community and Technical
College System (LCTCS).
Policy
Statement
Certain occupational areas require specific skills
or
competency mastery that can best
be
obtained
or
demonstrated
in
a laboratory environment with real items
or
projects. Live-work
projects provide real -world working conditions to such industrial and technical occupations
as
auto mechanics, auto
body
repair, and welding. Instructional live-work projects\ when
carefully managed and controlled, provide an essential dimension to laboratory learning for
certain occupations as a planned and integrated component
of
the
curriculum.
As
a part
of
their training at SOWELA, students
may
be
involved in live-work projects in
which competencies
are
taught. Acceptance
of
live work is at
the
discretion
of
the
instructor
and
1s
determined
by
the
need for projects which relate directly to the curriculum being
taught at a given time.
The
College maintains the following for work
done
under this premise:
1.
Work is limited to property owned by students, school employees, civic enterprises,
or
charitable organizations.
2.
Non-SOWELA
property is to remain
on
College premises
only
while approved live-work
is
being conducted.
3. A written request for work (Attachment A)
must
be
approved
by
the
p
rog
ram instructor,
who
will assign a student
to
the
project and note competencies and
or
units
of
instruction to
be
addressed.
4.
All costs involved in
the
work
(parts, supplies. etc.) must
be
borne
by
the person(s)
requesting the work.
5. Neither the student(s) perfonning
the
work, the instructor supervising the work. nor
the
College, will
be
Hable for losses
or
damages that might
occur
in connection with
the
work.
LCrn, Polic) Reference:
!\'.
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L(.TCS
Guideline Rcforcnce: Ni A
Date:
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