Chabot College Unit Plan, Part III(a)
Unit Plan: Description of the Unit
Unit: Welding Program
Division or Area to Which You Report: Applied Technology and Business
Author(s) of this Unit Plan: Dan Raveica
Date: 2/3/2011
Audience: To be read and responded to primarily by Marketing and Outreach
Purpose: Used for public relations, used in catalog and/or brochures, grant applications. Marketing & recruiting materials
Instructions: Write about one paragraph which should include the unit’s mission statement. You may include an image or picture, if you wish.
You may use last year’s description with updates or revisions as needed.
The Welding department’s mission is to provide a high-quality, innovative education to students who are striving to attain
welding skills and knowledge necessary to secure successful career opportunities. Our task is to continuously improve our
program, our student’s educational experience, and to assist our local and regional community in pairing the emerging
industries needs and opportunities with our student’s abilities, skills, and goals. The welding department’s mission is
achieved through conducting many vital activities. A list of the regular unit activities operated with the assistance of one
full-time faculty and two adjunct faculties and two lab assistants are as follows:
 Teaching lectures, lab training; guiding students in gaining required knowledge
 Assisting students in attaining the skills necessary to pass an AWS welding practical performance test
 Assisting students in determining a pathway to achieving their ultimate goal of an AS degree or welding certification
 Preparing, maintaining, and repairing lab equipment for all lab activities and projects
 Scheduling classes
 Updating curriculum
 Ordering and maintaining an adequate inventory of; equipment, supplies and accessories for lab activities
 Initiating and organizing Advisory Committees. Keeping in constant contact with the committee members and
seeking new potential member participants
 Continuously updating and modifying the program unit so that it’s in compliance with the latest institutional
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requirements under the industrial guidelines, standards and codes
 Establishing, planning, maintaining, and executing unit budgetary priorities
 Assisting students in obtaining employment with local and regional organizations
 Governance sharing participation in college wide committee work
 Recruiting, accessing, and evaluating adjunct faculties
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Program Review Summary & Unit Plan
Unit/Area: Welding Program
Division/Area to Which You Report: Applied Technology and Business
Author(s) of this Unit Plan: Dan Raveica
Today’s Date: 2/3/2011
School Year Program Review Completed: 2010-2011
Audience: IPBC; Program Review Committee; Deans/Unit Administrators; Budget Committee
Purpose: To provide evidence of progress on from previous year and to provide input into planning for subsequent years.
Instructions: If you have completed your unit plan last year, please update your timeline and answer the questions below. If you are
updating/changing your timeline, list the appropriate year in which revisions were made.
1A. Problem Statement: Summarize your original Program Review conclusions (or if this was done in last year’s unit plan, please
update).
1B. Analysis: What was the basis for these new and/or continuing conclusions?
The original Unit Plan Review identified key findings that are as follows. The program was running over the full capacity
determined by the admissions and records of 24 students per session. Due to the remodeling of the Welding lab, The
summer section and spring section were cancelled (the summer section was canceled because the initial timeframe for
the remodel started in the summer but got postponed to the spring). During the fall semester, student enrollment was over
100%. The program is able to get extra needed funding from the VTEA fund to run its daily operations. The previous
conclusion of the supply budget being insufficient to provide the needed supplies for the students (thus requiring the
VTEA funding) was not as prevalent due to the special circumstance of not offering summer and spring courses due to the
remodel. It is important to note that the VTEA funding is intended to fund technology advancement, essentially for
introducing new technologies and innovations from the industry into the classrooms, and not operational supplies.
2. Student Learning Outcomes Inventory
a. What percentage of courses in your discipline have Student Learning Outcomes developed? 100%
b. How many Student Learning Outcomes are there on average per course? One per Unit
c. What percentage of course SLOs in your discipline have been assessed? 100%
d. What percentage of courses in your discipline have had the assessments reflected upon or discussed with colleagues, or discussed with
the college at large? 60%-80%
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e. Has your discipline determined any actions that might be taken as a result of this data, or insights?
The SLO’s are being analyzed at this current time, and actions will be determined through the department under the
guidance of the Dean of Applied Technology and Business.
3. List your accomplishments. How do they relate to your program review, unit planning and SLO work? Please cite any relevant
data elements (e.g., efficiency, persistence, FT/PT faculty ratios, SLO assessment results, external accreditation demands, etc.).
Please see the attachment excel regarding total student enrollment and student retention. Total student enrollment was
determined to be 113.19%% above the total capacity determined by the lab requirements for the vocational study
courses. Total student retention was also determined to be 85.79%. The ratio of full time to part time is one full time
faculty divided by 2 part time faculties. Assessment results are still pending to be analyzed. The program was able to
establish new relationships within the industry, which has led to increased support such as technical assistance and
donations of raw materials, which are essential for the survival of the program. Some of these relationships are with Gilig
Corporation, Delta Star, Inc., and Alpha Magnetics, Inc.
4. List your new and continuing unit goals. Based upon what you accomplished, do you have any changes you are making to your
goals or timeline? Please make any revisions to the timeline on the next page.
Continuing goals (if you did not do a unit plan, skip to the next box):
 To continue to provide a high-quality, innovative education to students who are striving to attain welding skills and
knowledge necessary to secure successful career opportunities. The metrics of this goal will use the following data:
student grades, student retention, AS/ welding certificate attained, employment due to completing required welding
skills.
 To establish and maintain a strong relationship with the surrounding community and regional area (eg. Bay Area).
The metrics for this goal will include: number and amount of contributions to the welding department via. Scrap
metal, etc. We will also use student employment placement as a gauge.
 To continually improve the program, the latest welding technology is used in the lab environment, paired with old
technology so that the students have a full understanding of the industrial environment. The program also closely
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looks at new advances or shifts in the industry when determining its curriculum. This is needed to make sure that
the program is as relevant as possible to actual industry operations.
New goals:
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The program is still greatly dependent on the VTEA funding for its day-to-day operations. One new goal will be to
identify new sources for funding, and also to expand on existing funding.
 Provide the maximum allowable input on the renovation of the welding lab, in order for the student to have the best
and safest layout possible.
 Due to the constraint of time due to the renovation, all the machines and equipment will need to be in functional
and operational status before the beginning of the fall semester 2011. This maybe challenging since the completion
date of the renovation is 5 days before the start of the fall semester.
 Due to the unavailability of the summer 2010 and spring 2011, class registration for fall 2011 maybe low, we will try
to minimize this problem by getting the word out through contacts and the website.
5. Discuss how these goals support the college Strategic Plan goals and/or strategies.
Continuing goals (if you did not do a unit plan, skip to the next box):
This program is in total compliance of the Institutional Strategic Plan objectives. The first academic programs listed in the
Strategic Plan’s mission statement for this college are the Technical and Career-Vocational Educational programs from
which welding is part of. This program meets the urgent and long-term economical needs of the community by providing
qualified, professional, taxpaying employees, which through their skilled and hard work sustains the local and regional
economy. Values such as: commitment to assist individuals who seek to enhance their knowledge and to acquire and/or
improve their skills, excellent education, quality-learning experiences and equal access to all students; are this unit
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mission goals, echoing the colleges Strategic Plane mission objective.
New goals:
 Reach out to populations underrepresented in higher education.
It is the program’s goal to attract underrepresented students such as female and disadvantaged students to
welding courses. This will be done through word of mouth (aka. Talking to prospective students), and by providing
a way in which they can quickly attain a skill set to aid them in their ultimate goals.
 Engage the community to participate in campus programs and events.
To engage the surrounding community through “open houses” and direct contact with the ultimate goal of: gaining
new contacts to possibly provide the opportunity of new training for their workforce, and increasing the general
student base.
6. Solution: Cut and paste your previous timeline and update the “Accomplished?” column, if necessary. Detail the plan for
accomplish your goals. If you are making revisions to your activities or timeline, please indicate that in the “Revised?” column.
Unit Action Plan Timeline
No.
Timeline
Milestone Activity
Person(s)
Responsible
Accomplished?
Yes/No/
In Progress*
Revised?
Yes / No
If yes, list
revision year
Do you need
additional funds
to support this
activity?
Yes/No
If, yes, what
type?**
2
Certificates of Proficiency and AS degrees are
awarded through admission and records
Raveica,
Placensia,
Ongoing,
Yes
No
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No.
Timeline
Milestone Activity
Person(s)
Responsible
Accomplished?
Yes/No/
In Progress*
Revised?
Yes / No
If yes, list
revision year
Do you need
additional funds
to support this
activity?
Yes/No
If, yes, what
type?**
Zurich
Planning
Committee,
Dean
2008-current
Increase of funding from the planning committee from
$5,600 to $15,000
4
2008 to current
Successful job placement through companies within
the industry asking for qualified students for
employment
Raveica,
Placensia,
Zurich
5
2008-current
6
2008-current
Program is offering flexibility by offering day, evening,
nights and Saturday courses to provide flexibility to
students, this is evident through the full enrollment
Through full enrollment by nesting classes, the cost of
overhead associated with running the program and lab
facility is reduced per student.
Better coordination from the counseling office by
having better contact with the program so that
students take the appropriate classes for their
mentioned goals.
New equipment recently purchased such as new
inverters, the plasma cam machine, and the
MagnaCut magnetic Pipe and Plate Cutting Machine.
Raveica,
Placensia,
Zurich
Raveica,
Placensia,
Zurich
3
7
2008-current
8
2008-current
NO
YES!
In progress
&
accomplish
ed
NO
Yes
No
Yes
No
Raveica,
Counseling
office
Yes
No
Raveica
Yes
Yes
* Note: As you may be carrying over or planning new activities for this planning cycle, this column should list that all activities are “In Progress.”
** List types such as “equipment,” “supplies,” “staffing,” “contractual services,” etc…
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Unit Plan: Full-Time Faculty/Adjunct Staffing Request(s) [Acct. Category 1000]
Unit: Welding Program
Division or Area to Which You Report: Applied Technology and Business
Author(s) of this Unit Plan: Dan Raveica
Date: 2/3/2011
Audience: Faculty Prioritization Committee and Administration
Purpose: Providing explanation and justification for new and replacement positions for full-time faculty and adjuncts
Instructions: Please justify the need for your request. Be sure to include reference to Goals/Objectives from Part II, and Strategic Planning
Priorities. Please cite any evidence or data to support your request, including enrollment management data (EM Summary by Term) for the most
recent three years, student success data (EM Success report), and any other pertinent information. For EM data, go to http://help/EMC/ (from on
campus—college intranet). If you have not worked with EM data previously, seek assistance from your division dean or CEMC rep.
1. Number of new faculty requested in this discipline: 0
2. Rationale for your proposal. Include such things as enrollment, persistence, FT/PT faculty ratios, SLO assessment
results, external accreditation demands, etc. Anything that led you to request this position should be included.
Not Applicable
3. Statements about the alignment with the strategic plan and program review are required. Indicate here any
information from advisory committees or outside accreditation reviews that is pertinent to the proposal.
Not Applicable
4. Attachments:
 EM Summary by Term report for the appropriate discipline or cluster of disciplines.
 EM Success report for the appropriate discipline or cluster of disciplines.
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Unit Plan: Classified Staffing Request(s) [Acct. Category 2000]
Unit:
Division or Area to Which You Report:
Author(s) of this Unit Plan:
Date:
Audience: Administrative Staff
Purpose: Providing explanation and justification for new and replacement positions for full-time and part-time regular (permanent) classified
positions (New, augmented and replacement positions)
Instructions: Please justify the need for your request. Be sure to include reference to Goals/Objectives from Part II, and Strategic Planning
Priorities. Please cite any evidence or data to support your request. If this position is categorically funded, include and designate the
funding source of new categorically-funded position where continuation is contingent upon available funding.
Justifications should include rationale for requesting the position. Rationale should include specific reference to, where
necessary and appropriate:
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Data from student learning and service area outcomes
Connection to program review
Relationship to institutional priorities
Impact on enrollment and revenue
Safety
Mandates
Workload distribution (impact on other’s work)
1. Rationale for your proposal. Please include the rationale from your program review and unit plan. Rationale should
include things such as student learning and service area data and outcomes, difficulty in serving students, health and
safety concerns and/or any other information that speaks to the criteria listed previously.
Not Applicable
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2. Statements about the alignment with the strategic plan and program review are required. Indicate here any information
from advisory committees or outside accreditation reviews that is pertinent to the proposal.
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Unit Plan: Enrollment Requests
Unit: Welding Program
Division or Area to Which You Report: Applied Technology and Business
Author(s) of this Unit Plan: Dan Raveica
Date: 2/3/2011
Audience: Budget, Deans, CEMC, IPBC
Purpose: To recommend changes in FTEF allocations for subsequent academic year and guide Deans and CEMC in the allocation of FTEF to
units.
Instructions: In the area below, please list your requested changes in course offerings (with reference to corresponding change in FTEF) and
provide your rationale for these changes. Be sure to analyze enrollment trends and other relevant data ( http://help/EMC/). Please seek your
dean’s assistance as needed.
Due to renovation, the program received FTEF allocation only for the fall semester of 2010, with no changes made from
the previous year.
(See: attachment A)
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Unit Plan — PROPOSAL FOR NEW INITIATIVES
Unit: Welding Program
Division or Area to Which You Report: Applied Technology and Business
Name of Person Completing this Form: Dan Raveica
Date: 2/3/2011
Audience: Deans/Unit Administrators, IPBC, Foundation, Grants Committee, Budget Committee
Purpose: A “New Initiative” is a new project or expansion of a current project that supports college goals. The project will require the support of
additional and/or outside funding. The information you provide will facilitate and focus the research and development process for finding outside
funding.
Instructions: Please fill in the following information.
Educational Master Plan and/or Strategic Plan Goal/Objective Addressed:
Identify and provide a variety of career paths.
a. Provide internship and job shadowing for students
b. Increase student awareness of career development
c. Identify new career programs for future development
Project Description:
Find ways to create a database that compiles critical students information such as: employment in the welding or related
industries, employment duration, the relevance of this program in obtaining/maintaining or upgrading the employment
positions
Project Objective: (include goal & outcome from Part II of your Unit Plan for reference)
 Identify career paths obtained by the student body and determine correlations between career paths and classes
taken/certificates obtained.
 Increase student awareness of career development and types of industries that provide the careers.
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 To include the results of the initiative as a metrics for the quality of the welding program
Expected Project Outcome:
To fulfill the project objectives in a timely manner.
Activity Plan to Accomplish the Objective:
ACTIVITY
NO.
1
2
3
4
ACTIVITY (simple description)
Determining the basic steps to develop an efficient data base
Determining and getting the needed funding for the initiative
Determining and attaining the relevant data needed from the student
body
Maintaining and analyzing the data, and establishing its metrics
Estimated Resource Requirements:
ACTIVITY BUDGET CATEGORY AND
NO.
ACCOUNT NUMBER
DESCRIPTION
PERSON(S)
RESPONSIBLE
TIMELINE (OR TARGET
COMPLETION DATE)
Dan Raveica
2011-2013
Dan Raveica
2011-2015
Dan Raveica
2011-2016
Dan Raveica
2011-2016
COST
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1
1
Personnel (staffing and benefits
for professional experts,
Additional staffing will be required to maintain and update the
reassigned time, classified
database
personnel).*
Supplies
Data storage for the data base
Unknown at this
time
Unknown at this
time
Other
Total
Unknown at this
time
Proposed personnel workload may be covered by:
 New Hires:
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Faculty # of positions ____________
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Classified staff
# of positions ________
 Reassigning existing employee(s) to the project; employee(s)' current workload will be:
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Covered by overload or part-time employee(s)
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Covered by hiring temporary replacement(s)
x
Other, explain _Unknown at this time________________________________________________
At the end of the project period, the proposed project will:
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Be completed (onetime only effort)
x
Require additional funding to continue and/or institutionalize the project (obtained by/from):
_________________________________________________________________________________
Will the proposed project require facility modifications, additional space, or program relocation?
x
No
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Yes, explain: ___________________________________________________________________________
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_________________________________________________________________________________________________
Will the proposed project involve subcontractors, collaborative partners, or cooperative agreements?

No
x
Yes, explain: Unknown at this time
_____________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________
Do you know of any grant funding sources that would meet the needs of the proposed project?
x
No

Yes, list potential funding sources:
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Unit Plan: Request for Resources
Unit: Welding Program
Division or Area to Which You Report: Applied Technology and Business
Author(s) of this Unit Plan: Dan Raveica
Date: 2/3/2011
Audience: Budget, Deans
Purpose: To be read and responded to by Budget Committee.
Instructions: Please fill in the following as needed to justify your requests. Text boxes below will expand as you type. To list the items you
are requesting, please complete the accompanying Excel spreadsheets for the items you are requesting in the 4000, 5000, and
6000 account categories, as needed, along with the justification for these requests below.
Equipment Requests [Acct. Category 6000]
Please note: Equipment requests are for equipment whose unit cost is over $200
Brief Title of Request (Project Name):
Building/Location: Building 1400, Welding Laboratory
Request Amount (include tax and shipping): 28,000 (including installation)
Description of the specific equipment or materials requested:
The purchase of eight new welding stations by RoboVent. (See Attachement)
What educational programs or institutional purposes does this equipment support?
This addition will increase the safety in all the welding classes that are provided. The students will directly
use this equipment for the majority of the time that they are in the laboratory.
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Briefly describe how your request relates specifically to meeting the Educational Master Plan and the Strategic Plan Goals and
support the goals and outcomes detailed in your Unit Action Plan (Part II, Section 2)?
This equipment will replace stations that were built in-house. These new stations are safer and will reduce the
colleges liability, and increase laboratory safety. The equipment will increase experiential learning opportunities
for students, including service learning, work experience, and internships in the local community by providing a
safe way of gaining critical welding skills which will enable them to gain employment.
Why is this equipment necessary?
_____Immediate health, safety, or security issues
_____Increases enrollment
_____Prevents further deterioration of facilities
X
Replaces deteriorated equipment or facilities
_____Shows cost advantage due to rising prices
X
Provides visibility for the Bond Program
Briefly describe how the above criteria are satisfied:
The equipment that is being replaces is old and deteriorated. The new stations are one of the first things what
will be seen in the laboratory, thus visibility for the benefits of the bond program will be apparent.
What is the consequence of not funding the equipment?
The students will have to interact with less than optimal equiptment, which can present some liabilities due to
its old age.
What alternative approaches have been considered to meet programmatic demands for this equipment?
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None are applicable
How many students will be impacted by the purchase of this equipment? All welding students
Do students use this equipment?
X
yes
_____no
Is this equipment a replacement?
X
yes
_____no
Staffing requirements for new equipment (number of staff, are they available, training, etc.):
Will training be required?
_____yes
X
no
At whose cost?
Not applicable
What are the estimated ongoing costs (for maintenance, etc.)? None
Are there potential utility costs/savings? None
Is this request CTE (Career Technical Education) Eligible? _____yes
_____no
Supplies & Services Augmentation Requests [Acct. Category 4000 and 5000]
Note: Augmentations are rarely funded and are based upon available funding.
Definition of Augmentation: A request for additional funds for your current allocated budget (the funds you actually received),
over and above the current amount.
Brief Title of Request (Project Name):
Supply budget augmentation of $10,000
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Last year’s 4000 category budget __5,600_____
Last year’s 5000 category budget ____0_______
Please state why you are requesting these funds in addition to your current allocated budget (the funds you actually received).
Why were the funds previously allocated insufficient?
The current regular available supply budget is inadequate and incompatible with this program needs, unequivocally
affects this program’s quality. The total allocation of $5600 is insufficient even to provide for the purchase of the of the
year-round welding gasses necessary to run this program (another $1,500 is still needed to completely cover the cost of
just the gases alone), without to mention the other various costs associated with running such a program. Other costs that
need to be considered include the cost of: consumables, accessories, materials, services and repairs need. Year after
year we appeal for a realistic reevaluation of welding program regular supply budget allocation which can sustain the
needs and the quality of this program. The prospect of sufficient regular budget funding or even the logical and sensible
responsibility of keeping in step with the rate of inflation alone is a long left behind reality many, many years ago.
Increasing the annual program supply budget from $5,600 to $15,600 is essential and a reality, not only a goal or
a wish left on the back burner year after year.