IDENTIFYING DATA 2019_20
Subject (*) WORK PLACEMENT Code 20735401
Study programme
Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Energy (2016)
Cycle 2nd
Descriptors Credits Type Year Period
12 Compulsory work placement Second 1Q
Language
Anglès
Department Mechanical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Coordinator
CONTRERAS IGLESIAS, SANDRA
E-mail marta.schuhmacher@urv.cat
ricard.garcia@urv.cat
jaume.giralt@urv.cat
joanramon.alabart@urv.cat
carme.guell@urv.cat
manel.valles@urv.cat
josep.a.ferre@urv.cat
magdalena.constanti@urv.cat
jose.font@urv.cat
christophe.bengoa@urv.cat
dieter.boer@urv.cat
frankerich.stuber@urv.cat
mahmoud.bourouis@urv.cat
vikas.kumar1@urv.cat
sandra.contreras@urv.cat
carles.torras@urv.cat
sylvana.varela@urv.cat
carmenmaria.torres@urv.cat
julio.rodrigo@urv.cat
marc.marin@urv.cat
alfonso.godoy@urv.cat
Lecturers
SCHUHMACHER ANSUATEGUI, MARTA
GARCIA VALLS, RICARD
GIRALT MARCÉ, JAUME
ALABART CÓRDOBA, JOAN RAMON
GÜELL SAPERAS, MARIA CARMEN
VALLÈS RASQUERA, JOAN MANEL
FERRÉ VIDAL, JOSEP ANTON
CONSTANTÍ GARRIGA, MAGDALENA
FONT CAPAFONS, JOSÉ
BENGOA , CHRISTOPHE JOSÉ
BOER , DIETER-THOMAS
STÜBER , FRANK ERICH
BOUROUIS CHEBATA, MAHMOUD
KUMAR , VIKAS
CONTRERAS IGLESIAS, SANDRA
TORRAS FONT, CARLES
VARELA BALLESTA, SYLVANA VERÓNICA
TORRES COSTA, CARMEN MARIA
RODRIGO FUENTES, JULIO
MARÍN GENESCÀ, MARC
GODOY MUÑOZ, ALFONSO DE JESÚS
Web http://http://matrix.etseq.urv.es/practiques/
General description and relevant information The external academic internships are a formative activity carried out by university students in companies and supervised by universities. The objective is to allow students to apply and complement the knowledge acquired in their academic training, favoring the acquisition of competences that prepare them for the exercise of professional activities, facilitate their employability and foster their entrepreneurial capacity. OBSERVATIONS: There will be only one exam session for this subject. There will be no opportunity for students to retake the exam in a subsequent exam session.

Competences
Type A Code Competences Specific
 A1.1 Demonstrate a thorough knowledge and understanding of the disciplines within in the ambit of environmental engineering and sustainable energy.
 A1.4 Understand and apply tools and strategies for the management and/or design of processes and products in the ambit of environmental and energy sustainability.
 A2.2 Analyse the energy installations and apply the latest and most innovative strategies for energy saving and performance enhancement.
 A2.3 Manage complex technical or professional projects that may require knowledge from outside the discipline.
Type B Code Competences Transversal
 B1.1 Communicate complex ideas effectively to all sorts of audiences.
 B1.2 Adapt to change. Modify behaviour and working method in response to changing conditions.
 B3.1 Work in multidisciplinary teams and in complex contexts.
 B4.1 Be able to learn autonomously in order to maintain and improve the personal competencies relating to continuous improvement acquired during the course.
 B4.2 Develop abilities to manage their professional career.
 B5.1 Develop sufficient autonomy to work in scientific, technological or cultural research projects and collaborations in the discipline
 B5.2 Solve complex problems critically, creatively and innovatively in multidisciplinary contexts.
 B5.3 Apply new technologies and advances with initiative and entrepreneurial spirit and manage and use information in an eficient manner.
 B6.1 Apply ethical principles and social responsibility as a citizen and a professional.
Type C Code Competences Nuclear

Learning outcomes
Type A Code Learning outcomes
 A1.1 Combine knowledge of environmental and energy engineering with direct experience in a real professional setting.
Integrates the knowledge and abilities of the Environmental and Energy Engineering with the on-site experience in a real professional environment
 A1.4 Understand and use the technologies most frequently employed by professionals in the ambit.
 A2.2 Interpret the regulations, tarrifs, procedures, protocols, standards, manuals and apply them to practical cases.
 A2.3 Develop the ability to solve probelms that are unfamiliar, ill-defined and require specific competences. Consider the best and most innovative solutions, select the most appropriate and make adjustments once it has been implemented whilst evaluating the different design solutions.
Type B Code Learning outcomes
 B1.1 Intervene effectively and transmit relevant information.
Plan the communication of information: generate ideas, seek information, select and order information, make diagrams, identify the type of audience and the objectives of the communication.
Write documents with the correct format, content, structure and language, and illustrate concepts using the correct conventions such as formats, titles, footnotes, legends, etc.
Use language that is appropriate to the situation.
Give well prepared presentations using strategies for effective oral presentation (audiovisual support, body language, voice, gestures, time control, etc.).
Produce a written text appropriate to the communicative situation.
Given an oral presentation appropriate to the communicative situation.
Prepare and perform structured presentations in compliance with the required requirements.
Locate and analyse information effectively and efficiently.
Critically evaluate information and its sources and incorporate it into personal knowledge.
Understand the economic, legal, social and ethic implications of accessing and using information.
Reflect on, review and evaluate the information management process.
 B1.2 Adapt to the conditions and needs of the professional environment.
Explain the contemporary relevance to individuals and organisations of the ability to 'Respond to Change'.
Understand the internal and external phenomena that drive change in organisations.
Apply a methodology based on change management.
Obtain a commitment to change from all relevant groups and involve them in defining and planning for change.
Facilitate the development of change plans.
Manage the implementation and risks involved in a change plan.
Manage communications with relevant groups during a period of change.
Identify and explain the behaviours of highly resilient people.
Identify and explain the stages of positive and negative resistance to change.
Evaluate the capacity to respond to change and the degree of comfort with change among people in management positions.
Facilitate the transition of people in management positions.
Design a cost/benefit analysis to encourage people to adopt new behaviours and abandon ineffective ones.
 B3.1 Actively participate and share information, knowledge and experiences.
Make personal contribution within the allotted time and with the resources available.
Accept and comply with the group rules.
Actively collaborate in planning teamwork and in the distribution of tasks and deadlines.
Take into account the points of view of others and provide constructive feedback.
Understand all the different areas of the project.
Actively collaborate with team members in achieving the projects objectives.
 B4.1 Autonomously adopt strategies for learning in each situation.
Establish personal learning objectives.
 B4.2 Agree the tasks and obligations of professional work experience with internal and external tutors.
Complete the acquistion of the course's competences in a real professional settting.
Agree the master's thesis theme with internal and external tutors.
 B5.1 Use planning techniques to decide how to manage and organise work and time needed to complete a task.
Analyse personal limitations and possibilities when carrying out a specific task.
Reflect on personal learning process and needs.
 B5.2 Collate the information needed to solve problems on the basis of objective criteria.
Present alternative solutions to a problem and evaluate the possible risks and advantages.
Create a strategy for solving a problem.
Develop an analytical, creative and critical spirit when assessing real-life professional situations.
 B5.3 Propose the application of cutting-edge technologies in the professional environment.
Draw up an action plan containing all of the internal and external elements needed to create a company.
 B6.1 Take into account the principles of ethical and socially responsible engineering in the execution of professional duty.
Type C Code Learning outcomes

Selection technique and assignment
Procedures

The procedure for the allocation of work placements is detailed in the student guide, available at the website of the work placements (http://matrix.etseq.urv.es/practiques/).


Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Competences (*) Class hours
Hours outside the classroom
(**) Total hours
Introductory activities
0.5 0 0.5
Selection/assignation of an external work experience programme
2 2 4
Mechanisms for coordinating and monitoring external work experience
4 9 13
Work placement
A1.1
A1.4
A2.2
A2.3
B1.1
B1.2
B3.1
B4.1
B4.2
B5.1
B5.2
B5.3
B6.1
0 270.5 270.5
Report
A1.1
A1.4
A2.2
A2.3
B1.1
B1.2
B3.1
B4.1
B4.2
B5.1
B5.2
B5.3
B6.1
0 12 12
 
 
(*) 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.

Specific action plan / execution
  Description
Introductory activities Getting in contact with students both to gather information and present the subject.
Mechanisms for coordinating and monitoring external work experience Explaining the mechanisms of coordination and follow up of students by internal placement tutor as well as external placement tutor.
Work placement Doing a fixed-term stay in the company, performing the duties assigned and scheduled in the training agreement
Report Writing a memory (report) on the work carried out in the company and a self-assessment of the skills acquired by the student

Coordination and monitoring mechanisms
Es durà a terme una coordinació interna (per part de la universitat) i una coordinació externa (per part del centre de pràctiques).
Description

The tutor will specify the work tasks together with the student and the company to determine if the placement description fits the profile and level established  for the work placements. These tasks are reflected in the tutor training Project, which will record the follow-up actions, as described in the student guide.


Evaluation criteria and procedures
Es durà a terme una avaluació interna (per part de la universitat), una valoració externa (per part del centre de pràctiques) i una autovaloració (per part de l’estudiant).
Methodologies Competences Description Weight        
Work placement
A1.1
A1.4
A2.2
A2.3
B1.1
B1.2
B3.1
B4.1
B4.2
B5.1
B5.2
B5.3
B6.1
The external placement tutor (company) makes a quantitative assessment of the competency level of the student, according to the model of the center. 40%
Report
A1.1
A1.4
A2.2
A2.3
B1.1
B1.2
B3.1
B4.1
B4.2
B5.1
B5.2
B5.3
B6.1
Work report delivered, degree of involvement, working conditions, according to the model of the center, will be evaluated by the academic (internal) tutor. 60%
Others
 
Other comments and second exam session

Subject that by its practical character has only one evaluation call (by default in January). Students can delay the call to June if necessary, by application to the secretariat of the ETSEQ.

OBSERVATIONS: There will be only one exam session for this subject. There will be no opportunity for students to retake the exam in a subsequent exam session.


Sources of information

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Complementary

Recommendations


(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.