IDENTIFYING DATA 2019_20
Subject (*) AUDITING AND INDUSTRIAL CERTIFICATION Code 20695109
Study programme
Chemical Engineering (2013)
Cycle 2nd
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
4.5 Compulsory First
Language
Anglès
Department Mechanical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Business Management
Coordinator
ALABART CÓRDOBA, JOAN RAMON
E-mail joanramon.alabart@urv.cat
Lecturers
ALABART CÓRDOBA, JOAN RAMON
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General description and relevant information Description of management systems for quality, environment and health and safety generally accepted as international standards. Introduction to integrated management systems.

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 A4.2 Lead and manage the organization of work and human resources by applying criteria regarding industrial safety, quality management, occupation risk prevention, sustainability and environmental management (P2).
 A4.5 Lead and monitor the control of installations, processes, products, certification, auditing, verification, testing and reports (P5).
Type B Code Competences Transversal
 B1.1 Communicate and discuss proposals and conclusions in a clear and unambiguous manner in specialized and non-specialized multilingual forums (G9).
 B1.2 Adapt to changes and be able to apply new and advanced technologies and other important developments with initiative and entrepreneurial spirit. (G10)
 B2.2 Provide guidelines for the definition and achievement of objectives.
 B2.4 Bring together knowledge and face the complexity of making judgments and taking decisions, based on incomplete or limited information, which include reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities in the professional practice.
 B3.1 Work in a team with responsibilities shared among multidisciplinary, multilingual and multicultural teams.
 B3.2 Resolve conflicts constructively.
 B4.1 Be able to learn autonomously in order to maintain and improve the competences pertaining to chemical engineering that enable continuous professional development. (G11).
 B5.2 Solving complex problens in a critical, logical and creative way, in multidisciplinary contexts.
 B5.3 Apply new technologies and advances with initiative and entrpreneurial spirit and manage and use information in an eficient manner.
Type C Code Competences Nuclear

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 A4.2 Identify the dangers of accidents in the chemical industry.
Prepare reports that quantitatively analyse risk and industrial safety.
Identify the general and specific functions of risk prevention professionals.
Analyse and evaluate the risk of work accidents and investigate them as a preventive measure.
 A4.5 Identify the need for quality in the industry as well as the structure of quality and its place in the organisation of companies today. Understand what quality costs are and what they are for.
Apply advanced quality planning techniques to guarantee that the manufacturing processes are able to produce with the level of quality required.
Know the various verification and auditing techniques.
Know how to integrate preventive actions within the range of company activities and know what principles must be followed in order to introduce them.
Type B Code Learning outcomes
 B1.1 Intervene effectively and transmit relevant information.
Prepare and deliver structured presentations that satisfy the stipulated requirements.
Plan the communication: generate ideas, look for information, select and order information, make sketches, identify the audience and the aims of the communication, etc.
Draft documents using the appropriate format, content, structure, language accuracy, and register. Illustrate concepts using the correct conventions: format, headings, footnotes, captions, etc.
Employ the strategies used to make effective oral presentations (audio-visual aids, eye contact, voice, gestures, timing, etc.).
Use language appropriate to the situation.
Produces a grammatically correct oral text
Produce well structured, clear and effective oral texts.
Produce oral texts that are appropriate to the communicative situation.
Produce grammatically correct written texts.
Produce well-structured, clear and rich written texts
Produce written texts that are appropriate to the communicative situation.
 B1.2 Respond effectively to changes introduced during the course.
Transfers classroom learning and classroom exercises to real situations in other areas.
 B2.2 As team leader, be able to describe the tasks and their order of completion so that the team can carry them out efficiently.
 B2.4 It integrates knowledge of different subjects taught in the masters in the realization of an integrated project or research work.
 B3.1 Actively participate and share information, knowledge and experiences.
Make its individual contribution in due time and with the available resources.
Accept and accomplish the group rules.
Conduct the decision-making process in a participative manner.
Obtain the support of others in order to ensure the success of their decisions.
 B3.2 Facilitate the positive management of differences, disagreements and conflicts that occur in the team.
 B4.1 Autonomously adopt strategies for learning in each situation.
Establish personal learning objectives.
Select a procedure from which the professor proposes.
Ask the appropriate questions for solving doubts or open questions, and search for information with criteria.
 B5.2 Select the information required to solve problems using objective criteria.
Can provide alternative solutions to the same problem and assess possible risks and advantages.
Can draw up strategies for solving problems.
Direct the decision-making process in a participative manner.
Can get support from others to guarantee the success of their decisions.
 B5.3 Understand basic computer hardware.
Understand the operating systems as a hardware manager and the software as a working tool.
Use software for off-line communication: word processors, spreadsheets and digital presentations.
Use software for on-line communication: interactives tools (web, moodle, blogs..), e-mail, forums, chat rooms, video conference and collaborative work tools.
Locate and access information effectively and efficiently.
Critically evaluate information and its sources, and add it to their own knowledge base and system of values.
Have a full understanding of the economic, legal, social and ethical implications of accessing and using information.
Reflect on, review and evaluate the information management process.
Identify innovative ideas, relates them to the needs of society, and determines their viability.
Type C Code Learning outcomes

Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1.Introduction
2.Industrial Safety Audit and Certification
3.- Environmental Audit and Certification
4.-Quality Audit and Certification
5.-Integrated Management Systems

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
Hours outside the classroom
(**) Total hours
Introductory activities
B3.1
2 2 4
Lecture
B1.1
B3.1
B4.1
18 27 45
Seminars
A4.2
A4.5
B1.1
B2.2
B3.1
18 27 45
Personal attention
B1.1
1 0 1
 
Practical tests
A4.2
A4.5
B1.1
B2.2
B3.1
B4.1
6 12 18
 
(*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher.
(**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies
  Description
Introductory activities Course presentation
Lecture Presentation topics by external experts. Discussion sessions
Seminars Resolution of individual case studies, with teacher support in classroom
Personal attention Individual discussion, on demand

Personalized attention
Description
At the request of the student, in hours of seminar or interview to be arranged.

Assessment
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Practical tests
A4.2
A4.5
B1.1
B2.2
B3.1
B4.1
Four practical cases raised and resolved individually. Oral presentation of results Questions session 25% each case
Others  
 
Other comments and second exam session

Sources of information

Basic

UNE-EN ISO 9001:2008 Sistemas de gestión de la calidad. Requisitos. (ISO 9001:2008)

ISO 9001:2008 - sets out the requirements of a quality management system

UNE-EN ISO 14001:2004/AC:2009. Sistemas de gestión ambiental. Requisitos con orientación para su uso. (ISO 14001:2004/Cor 1:2009)

ISO 14001:2004 Environmental management systems – Requirements with guidance for use

OHSAS 18001:2007. Sistemas de gestión de la seguridad y salud en el Trabajo. Grupo de Proyecto OHSAS. Editorial: AENOR. ISBN: 978-84-8143-524-5

Sistemes integrats de gestió (SIG) : qualitat, medi ambient, seguretat i salut laboral / [coordinat per Joan Castillo, Joan Sansaloni] [Barcelona] : Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament de Treball i Indústria, CIDEM, 2004 ISBN 8439363885

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