Curricular placements

FUAB Formació -  Prevention and Integral Safety and Security, as a university centre oriented to the generation of professionals in risk prevention and safety, has a Programme of Professional Practice consisting of a network of collaborating companies and institutions, which offer a placements service to strengthen knowledge and the acquisition of professional competences.

The Professional Practice Programme:

• Is managed by the Jobs Bank and Placements Unit, which works for our students and to facilitate the management of the placements with the collaborating institutions.
• 83% of placements offered were remunerated.
• An average of four placements were offered for each student registered.
• 42,80% of our students were later contracted in the centres where they undertook the placement.
• There are practicals in all areas of security studied by student in their degree course (public security, private and corporate security).

Requirements

• You must be registered for the External Placement subject, which is optional in the fourth year. These placements have a duration of 300 hours.  

Selection Process

• All the available offers of placements appear on the Moodle for External Placements, together with a description.
• The company will phone the selected students for the interview stage.

Agreements' signature 

Once the company has informed the student that they are accepted, the student should contact the Jobs Bank and Placements Unit (practiques.btreball.fuabformacio@uab.cat) to sign the agreement which specifies that this is a curricular placement.

The agreement is a document containing the rights and obligations of both parties (company, student and school) in relation to the placement period. It is essential that all parties sign the agreement in order to begin the placement.  

The internship cannot be started if the agreement is not duly formalized and signed by the three parties involved. This document must be signed by the company/institution, the student and the University 5 days before the start date of the internship. Under no circumstances can agreements be formalized retroactively, that is, with an internship start date prior to signing the agreement.

The internship agreements signature must be done, by default, electronically.
 
 

During the placement

• Once the student has undertaken 50% of the placement, they must write a report using the model document on Moodle and send it to the placement tutor. The tutor in the company must also send a report to the school. Both model documents are available on the External Placement Moodle.

• In the case of any kind of incident, the student must contact the tutor or the Jobs Bank and Placements Unit, which will decide on the best way to handle it.

End of the placement

• Once the placement period has finished, the student must send a final report using the model document which is an annexe to the agreement and send it to the placement tutor. The tutor at the company tutor must also send a final report to the school. The model documents are also available on the Moodle for External Placements.

• The grade for the placement will be available at the end of June in accordance with the criteria that appears in the course guide.

Recognition of External Placement

Curricular placements can be recognised for those students who can accredit any work experience lasting longer than one year in the areas covered by the placements.  

To do so they must make an application to the Academic Management office accompanied by an official employment record showing their experience in the sector and the post in their curricular specialisation:

• Risk prevention officer
• Private security company
• Public security company