IV. M. Instructional Live Work Projects
OPR: Vice President of Administrative Services
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. A laboratory environment introduces the “customer dimension” into
personal service occupations such as cosmetology and provides real-world
working conditions to such industrial and technical occupations as auto
mechanics, auto body repair, welding, building construction and others.
Instructional Live Work Projects, when carefully managed and controlled, provide
a needed dimension to laboratory learning for certain occupations as a planned
and integrated component of the curriculum.
Examples of such activities include child care centers operated by students as a
practicum for child care courses; beauty shops operated by cosmetology
students as an instructional component of their coursework; and house
construction built by classes when learning construction techniques.
Instructional Live Work Projects may be conducted on or off school property to
enhance learning and skill development as an integral part of an approved
program curriculum.
Persons or organizations for which Instructional Live Work Projects may be
performed shall, in general, be a restricted or select group. Instructional Live
Work Projects are to benefit the students in their curriculum, not to compete or
interfere with the normal business of local private enterprise.
PROCEDURE:
Columbus Technical College shall comply with State Board policy “Instructional
Live Work Projects” (IV. M.) adopted November 5, 1987 and last revised
December 6, 2007.
All materials, parts, and supplies used or required in live work must be paid for by
the customer. Under no circumstances can Columbus Technical College give
away public funds or property.
All purchases for items needed to do live work must be processed through the
college accounts. Instructors shall not place themselves in a vulnerable position
by buying items out of their pockets and re-selling them to a customer.
All monies received from customers must be receipted on official college receipts
and deposited in the appropriate college account.
All live work must be done by students. The only time an instructor is to do a live
job is when it is used for demonstration purposes. It can only be classified as a
demonstration job when there are students present and they are receiving
instruction.
Under no circumstances shall the instructor or student receive money, rewards,
benefits, or in any way profit from such work, either directly or indirectly.
The essential criterion for selection of any live work project is that it will enhance
student learning or instruction which is appropriate to the curriculum at the time
of performance of the project.
Priorities for scheduling live work projects are as follows:
Columbus Technical College’s own projects.
Columbus Technical College student owned projects (in the student’s
program/curriculum area where work is to be done).
Columbus Technical College employees and members of the local Board of
Directors.
Columbus Technical College students in other programs.
Unusual circumstances approved by the Vice President of Academic Affairs.
It is the instructor’s responsibility to make perfectly clear to the customers their
financial responsibility. The state mileage rate will be charged for students and
instructors who use their own vehicles. The customer is to understand that all
charges must be paid when project is completed.
In cases where there are parts and materials used in performing the work, they
are to be charged to the customer. A processing fee will be charged on all live
work projects to cover incidental items and the processing of all paper work.
Each program will be responsible for the number of live work projects and the
scheduling of projects.
Students must be meeting curriculum requirements on all live work projects.
Students are not to be doing live work projects just to accommodate a person or
just to save a person labor charges.
Employees of Columbus Technical College must not do projects on or off
campus for another employee or person during regular work hours.
School equipment must not be used, or borrowed, or loaned for personal use or
for profit making use.
All processing fees charged to customers shall be credited to the bookstore
account where processing takes place.
Projects done off campus must be approved by the Vice President of
Academic Affairs.
Cross Ref:
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Revised:
Revised:
Revised:
SBTAE POLICY IV. M.
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July 1, 1987
May 7, 1997
October 2002
December 6, 2007
https://tcsg.edu/tcsgpolicy/docs/04-
COLUMBUS TECHNICAL COLLEGE
LIVE WORK AGREEMENT
Program:
Instructor:
Customer:
Description of Work to be Performed:
I, the undersigned property owner/customer, do authorize the students of
Columbus Technical College to perform said work and understand that the work
will be performed by students as a live work project. I understand that Columbus
Technical College does not have or issue a warranty or guarantee on work
performed by the students. I understand that Columbus Technical College will
protect my property to the best of its ability but will not be responsible for my
property in case of fire, theft, or damage in any way. I understand I will be
notified of the estimated cost of the project before work is started. I also
understand all work is for cash and must be paid when the project is completed.
Signature of Customer/Property Owner:
Date: