ACADEMIC CALENDAR
2024-2025
 
ROVO
 
ROVO 1100 (ROV Systems & Simulator Training)

 

This course is designed to familiarize students with the various types of ROVs and their essential system elements.

 

ROV Classifications; Control Cabin/Work Van Design and Function; External Generators/MG (Motor Generator) Sets; TMS (Tether Management System)/Vehicle Components and their Operating Principles; Basic Flying Protocols in Simulated Environments; Simulated Flying

 

Prerequisites - None

 

Duration - 13 weeks

 

Lectures - 3 hours per week = 39 hours total

 

Laboratories - 2 hours/week

 

 
ROVO 1301 (ROV Tooling)

 

This practical laboratory-based course is designed to provide students with the opportunity to develop and practice skills that will enable them to manufacture brackets to attach additional cameras, sonar or any other ancillary equipment to an ROV.

 

Measure, Cut, Drill and Deburr; Fabricate Mounting Hardware; Fabricate Wire Whips.

 

Prerequisites - SC 1807 (Safety in Science Lab (Lab Safety)) and SC 1808 (WHMIS)

 

Duration - 6 weeks

 

Laboratories - 3 hours once per week = 18 hours total

 

 
ROVO 2201 (ROV Operations)

 

This course is designed to instruct students in the proficient and safe operation of underwater robotic systems throughout their full range of subsea applications.

 

Basic Operations; Spheres of Operation; ROV Sub Systems Utilization.

 

Prerequisites - SC 1807 (Safety in Science Lab (Lab Safety)) and SC 1808 (WHMIS)

 

Duration - 13 weeks

 

Lectures - 3 hours/week = 39 hours total

 

Laboratories - 2 hours/week (13 Labs) = 26 hours total

 

 
ROVO 2205 (ROV Maintenance and Launch and Recovery Systems (LARS))

 

This course is designed to enable students to develop the ability to troubleshoot and repair any and all malfunctions which are inherent to underwater robotics technology as well as to introduce them to the basic types, operation and maintenance of Launch and Recovery systems.

 

Types of Launch and Recovery Systems (LARS); LARS Components and Maintenance; Lift Winches; A-frame Assembly; Control Station; Parking Platform Safety; Rigging , Slinging, and Hoisting; Fasteners; Troubleshooting and Maintenance of Electrical/Electronic Hardware; Troubleshooting and Maintenance of Hydraulic/Mechanical Hardware; Preventative Maintenance Regimes.

 

Prerequisites - SC 1807 (Safety in Science Lab (Lab Safety)) and SC 1808 (WHMIS); ELTK 2118 (High Voltage Safety); FLDS 2108 (Introduction to Fluid Statics, Dynamics & Hydraulics); and WKPR 2118 (Workshop Practices)

 

Co-requisite - ELTR 2116 (Industrial Electronics & Controls)

 

Duration - 13 weeks

 

Lectures - 3 hours per week = 39 hours total

 

Laboratories - 2 hours per week

 

 
ROVO 2301 (ROV Pilot Training)

 

This course is designed to instruct the students in the methods employed to pilot an eyeball class ROV under real world situations involving static and dynamic water environments.

 

Basic Piloting Protocols; Task Specific Flying Exercises; Flying in Heavy Currents Scenarios.

 

Prerequisites - SC 1807 (Safety in Science Lab (Lab Safety)) and SC 1808 (WHMIS); ROVO 2201 (ROV Operations); ROVO 2205 (ROV Maintenance and LARS); and OMAP 2000 (Underwater Acoustic Application)

 

Duration - 60 hours

 

 
ROVO 2303 (ROV Simulator Training - Advanced)

 

This course is designed to expose students in all facets of ROV piloting in a simulated environment.

 

Advanced Flying Protocols in Simulated Environments; Simulated Setup and Flying Exercises.

 

Prerequisite - ROVO 1300 (ROV Simulator Training - Introduction) or ROVO 1100 (ROV Systems & Simulator Training)

 

Duration - 13 weeks

 

Laboratories - 4 hours/week for a total of 52 weeks

 

 
ROVO 3200 (Automated Underwater Vehicle Design and Operations)

 

This course is designed to familiarise the students with the overall systems and subsystems of AUV technology including design, construction, propulsion, control and sensory hardware/software, as well as typical AUV operational tasks.

 

AUV Shells, Base Structures, and Body Types; Power Supplies, Thrusters, Control Electronics Environmental Sensors, Software Basics; Field Applications and Operations.

 

Prerequisites - SC 1807 (Safety in Science Lab (Lab Safety)) and SC 1808 (WHMIS); and ELTR 2116 (Industrial Electronic and Controls)

 

Duration - 13 weeks

 

Lectures - 3 hours/week = 39 hours total

 

Laboratories - 2 hours/week (13 Labs) = 26 hours total