The 1st year work experience is the first introduction to the world of enterprises for the engineering student. It should enable him to observe and then to present its complexity from the view point of an operator. A preliminary preparation (company week) allows a comprehension grid to be adopted for this complex environment. The work experience, combined with the company week, favours the development of qualities essential for exercising an engineering profession (open-mindedness, discernment, agility ..)
Assessment is in the form of a participatory de-briefing before writing a discovery report, incorporating personal expression.
The objectives of the work experience are as follows :
Principle objective : observing and reporting the complexity of an enterprise from the point of view of an operator
Secondary objectives :
- to modify students’ perception through an introduction to the real outside world
- to prepare by questioning managerial training (health and safety risks at work, working environment, communication modes ...)
- to develop relational capacities in a professional context
- to develop autonomy, perseverance, improvisation skills
| On completion of the unit, the student will be capable of: | Classification level | Priority |
|---|---|---|
| Understanding the functioning of a company and its production processes | 1. Knowledge | Essential |
| Understanding economic issues and the client approach | 2. Understand | Important |
| Understanding the working conditions of shop-floor operators | 4. Analyse | Essential |
| Adapting rapidly to a new socio-cultural context | 3. Apply | Essential |
| Situating his observations in their right context (discernment) | 4. Analyse | Important |
| Being aware of health and safety concerns at work | 1. Knowledge | Useful |
| Drafting a written summary document | 5. Summarise | Essential |
| Percentage ratio of individual assessment | Percentage ratio of group assessment | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Written exam: | % | Project submission: | % | ||
| Individual oral exam: | % | Group presentation: | 20 | % | |
| Individual presentation: | 10 | % | Group practical exercise: | 10 | % |
| Individual practical exercise: | % | Group report: | % | ||
| Individual report: | 20 | % | |||
| Other(s): 20 % | |||||
| Type of teaching activity | Content, sequencing and organisation |
|---|---|
| Supervised studies | The company week consists of two company visits with participatory analysis based on the application of a reading grid for the organisation of the company, (technical, human, economic and organisational aspects). The student’s appropriation of this method in a collective framework (supervised studies) is a preliminary step towards the personal application in the work experience to follow.
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| Case study | The work experience (duration: 1 month = 4 weeks) follows on logically from the company week, but in a more personalised context, through an application and implementation of the comprehension grid of the company.
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| Case study | A collective feed-back is organised in tutorial sessions with the same group of students from the company week. Following these exchanges, each student will write a personal discovery report, drawing on the contexts of other student experiences. |