Prerequisite/Recommended prerequisite for participation in the module

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

• Planning and controlling of time, economic, quality, safety, and environment
• Problem-solving through knowledge gained at earlier semesters
• Management and organisational development
• Different forms of cooperation

Skills

The student should have practical knowledge about the chosen workplace i.e.:

• Public technical institution
• Technical utility company
• Consulting company
• Contracting company
• Construction company

The student must:

• Understand the economical, technical, social, environmental or work environmental situation of a work place
• Get insight into a company’s social and administrative settings, including communication, cooperation, formal rules, and administrative routines.
• Account for the company’s products and work methods.

Competences

• Should relate to engineering work competencies in a company
• Should have a practical approach to tasks within economical, technical, social, environmental or work environmental conditions
• Should be able to present work results in a technical report
• Should be able to make an oral presentation of work results
• Should have established contact with companies within the sector of the chosen specialisation
• Should be involved in a project for a longer period.

Type of instruction

The student should be considered as a regular employee and solve the engineering tasks that fits into the work of the group that the students is a part of. I.e. the student meets at the same time and for the same number of hours as is normal for the rest of the company.

Half way through the traineeship, the student meets with his/her supervisor in the company for an evaluation (oral or written). In that way possible insufficiencies can be corrected in the last part of the traineeship.

During/right after the traineeship the student must work on a semester report consisting of two parts:

1) A traineeship report describing the company/institution as well as the project that the student has worked on during the stay. Should also include a description of the engineering knowledge gained during the stay.

2) A special report about a topic in relation to the subject of the project and the objectives of the normal semester project.

Extent and expected workload

The Project-oriented study in an external organization must have a scope that correspond the ECTS load. Since it is a 30 ECTS project module, the workload is expected to be 30 hours for the student.

Exam

Exams