CROLLER DECKHAND COURSE |

Douglas College, in co-operation with the Pacific Trollers Association
offers a short course for troller deckhands. This course is designed to
provide the basic knowledge required by a novice seeking employment as a
deckhand on a salmon troller, and will provide fifteen hours of instruction
in the classroom and sixteen hours sea-time on a West Coast troller.

COURSE OUTLINE: CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION”

 

Jan. 19 Audio-visual introduction to troll fishery: regulations, species
of fish, job description, types of trolling gear.

Jan. 26 Making up fishing gear to catch salmon. Students will tie
various combinations of gear: hoochies, butterflies, plugs,

flashers, spoons.

Pep -2 Basic Seamanship: Knot tying; splicing ropes; making eyes,
breaks and beads. Skipper-Deckhand relationship.

Feb. 9 Navigation. Students will gain sufficient knowledge to navigate
from "A" to "B" safely in event skipper incapacitated.

Feb. 16 Introduction to first aid at sea: how to cope with wounds,
burns, fractures, sea sickness; artificial respiration and

application of dressings and bandages.

Feb. 23 Final examination, written and practical.

COURSE OUTLINE: INSTRUCTION AT SEA

 

- Familiarization with a troller and its equipment
- Preparing a troller for sea

- Setting and lifting anchor

- Setting and retrieving the parachute

- All phases of cockpit operation

- Gaffing, gutting and washing fish

= Icing fish

- Cleaning and disinfecting checkers and hold

- Plotting a course heading using loran, radar, etc.

COURSE LIMITED TO TWENTY-FOUR STUDENTS . . . Male or female
On successful completion of course students will receive.a:certificate. Names
of students completing the course will be added to a list of troller deckhands
seeking seeking employment with members of the Pacific Trollers Association.
WHEN: Monday evenings, January 19th to February 23rd, 1976, 7 = 10 p.m.
- If sufficient students enroll for two courses, a second class will

be scheduled Wednesday evenings, January 21st to February 25th.

WHERE: Douglas Colleye, Surrey campus, Room 701
9260 = 140th Street, Surrey, B. C.

FEE: $100

TAURIE SWENSEN, Kyuquot, B. C.