GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR WORK PLACEMENTS / INTERNSHIPS

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1 GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR WORK PLACEMENTS/INTERNSHIPS FOR THE DEGREE PROGRAMMES OF THE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES WELS CAMPUS OF THE UPPER AUSTRIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES VERS FH-OBERÖSTERREICH / FAKULTÄT TECHNIK U: UMWELTWISSENSCHAFTEN / CAMPUS WELS SEITE 1 VON 9

2 1. INTRODUCTION This document includes the essential framework and guidelines for work experience placements/internships for Wels Campus. It is a guide for all persons involved. The implementation of the contents of these guidelines is the responsibility of the Directors of Studies. The work placement/internship is a practical training period working in a company or other equivalent organisation related to the future career field of the student. It takes place at the end of the Bachelor s degree in the sixth/final semester. The work placement/internship is project-based work in the respective disciplines with special emphasis on interdisciplinary tasks. 2. PURPOSE AND TRAINING TARGET The placement/internship complements and enhances the course of study by students working on and solving real problems, usually in the context of a project, in a relevant operational environment. The educational content is the project-based work in the respective disciplines with special emphasis on interdisciplinary tasks in the fields of business economics/management and project management. The professional training may focus on other areas also, depending on the degree programme. The placement/internship develops the professional, personal and social skills of students and forms the basis for the second Bachelor s thesis (Bachelor Paper II) 3. PROCEDURE 3.1 Determination of topic The degree programmes of Wels Campus assist students in finding placements/internships and offer some themselves in the form of internal R&D projects. Students are entitled to propose an internship themselves. It is the responsibility of each degree programme to ensure that students are employed in accordance with their skill levels. Each degree programme is charged with the following organisational tasks: 3.2 Tasks of the degree programme to inform students about the placement/internship process by providing information and holding information meetings to support in establishing contact between the company and the student FH-OBERÖSTERREICH / FAKULTÄT TECHNIK U: UMWELTWISSENSCHAFTEN / CAMPUS WELS SEITE 2 VON 9

3 to establish and maintain contacts and relationships with suitable placement companies to assist in the completion of placement/training contracts to advise companies on the process and implementation of work placements to provide expert support to students in the workplace to visit the placement companies for review of the training, project progress and of the quality of the placement work 3.3 Duration and position in the curriculum The placement/internship is a minimum fifty continuous full-time working days at the end of the sixth semester which ensures that it can be extended at the behest of the company without disruption to normal studies. The earliest start of the placement is calculated according to the following rule: the tenth week of the placement/internship includes June 30 th, where a week starts on Monday and ends on Sunday. Thus the placement begins ten weeks before the first Monday after 30 th June or nine weeks before June 30 th if this falls on a Monday. In principle, the placement should start as soon as possible. In this way students are able to take the Bachelor s examination at the first available date in mid-july. The working day is the usual working day of the placement company/organisation. Interruptions must be made good. 3.4 Admission requirements Prerequisite for starting a placement/internship is successful completion by the student of all examinations for the subjects of Semesters 1-4. FH-OBERÖSTERREICH / FAKULTÄT TECHNIK U: UMWELTWISSENSCHAFTEN / CAMPUS WELS SEITE 3 VON 9

4 3.5 Tutoring/Supervision To ensure both the practical and academic quality of the placement work, each student is monitored by a supervising manager of the placement company and a tutor of the university degree programme. This type of supervision must also be ensured in the case of overseas placements/internships. 3.5 Tasks of the company Completion/agreement of a training contract Nomination/appointment of a supervising manager written definition of training content cooperation in all aspects with the university supervising tutor provision of a workplace with appropriate facilities/equipment assessment of the placement work after it is finished approval of site visits by the university supervising tutor 3.6 Tasks of the student due consideration of the interests of the company, especially nondisclosure of trade secrets/matters which are confidential coordination of dates for meetings with the university and company supervisors completion and submission to the university of the following documents: Bachelor s Paper II, a one-page summary, poster With regard to style, scope and form of Bachelor s thesis II, the general guide for Bachelor s theses is to be followed. Styles for the abstract and the poster, standardised for Wels campus, are provided in electronic form. 3.7 Assessment The overall assessment of the placement is the combined assessment by the company and university supervisors. The assessment is based on: implementation of project management the student s commitment any special achievements or extra work of the student quality of the documentation The assessment by the company is a verbal description of the work done. The overall assessment is at the discretion of the university tutor. The evaluation of Bachelor s paper II is done separately in accordance with the general guidelines for bachelor s papers. FH-OBERÖSTERREICH / FAKULTÄT TECHNIK U: UMWELTWISSENSCHAFTEN / CAMPUS WELS SEITE 4 VON 9

5 3.8 Work Experience Placement/Internship abroad The work placement/internship can of course be completed abroad. There are several funding available: consult the International Office for detailed information (see 4. DOCUMENT TEMPLATES: Work Placement/Internship Approval Training Contract Assessment FH-OBERÖSTERREICH / FAKULTÄT TECHNIK U: UMWELTWISSENSCHAFTEN / CAMPUS WELS SEITE 5 VON 9

6 Work Experience Placement/Internship Approval STUDENT Surname:...First Name:... Degree:... Matr. Nr.:... Mobile- Nr.: COMPANY/TRAINING CENTRE Firm:... Contact Person:... Address: Post/Zip Code:... Town:... Abroad: Telephone:... Fax: PLACEMENT/INTERNSHIP TOPIC Title: word, typed topic description (to be attached), including the following: aim(s) project information (content and schedule) resources, labs, equipment/facilities, staff Start: Preferred university tutor (after consultation):... Signature of university tutor as confirmation:... The degree programme... hereby grants approval for the proposed topic (First date:, last date: this year) Date Director of Studies FH-OBERÖSTERREICH / FAKULTÄT TECHNIK U: UMWELTWISSENSCHAFTEN / CAMPUS WELS SEITE 6 VON 9

7 Work Experience/Internship Training Contract COMPANY/TRAINING CENTRE: WITH MR./MRS./MISS RESIDENT IN AS STUDENT OF THE PROGRAMME 1. YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE PLACEMENT/INTERNSHIP BEGINS ON... THE PRESCRIBED PERIOD OF THE PLACEMENT IS 50 DAYS 2. THE PLACEMENT THEREFORE ENDS ON... IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CURRICULUM OF YOUR COURSE OF STUDY, YOU WILL MAINLY BE EMPLOYED AND EDUCATED IN THE AREA/FIELD OF... TOPIC OF THE PLACEMENT: YOU MUST OBEY ALL COMPANY/ORGANISATION RULES AND REGULATIONS AND PERFORM YOUR WORK WITH DUE CARE AND ATTENTION. SUPERVISING MANAGER/MENTOR OF THE COMPANY/TRAINING CENTRE NAME:... POSITION:.. PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION(S):.. 3. FOR THIS WORK EXPERIENCE PLACEMENT/INTERNSHIP A MONTHLY SALARY OF... IS AGREED. FH-OBERÖSTERREICH / FAKULTÄT TECHNIK U: UMWELTWISSENSCHAFTEN / CAMPUS WELS SEITE 7 VON 9

8 4. THE WORKING WEEK IS HOURS ON THE FOLLOWING DAYS: 5. THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT FOR OVERTIME/ADDITIONAL HOURS ABSENCE MUST BE PROMPTLY REPORTED AND SUPPORTED IN WRITING IN THE EVENT OF ABSENCE THROUGH ILLNESS, WRITTEN CONFIRMATION MUST BE PROVIDED BY YOUR DOCTOR, AT THE LATEST ON THE THIRD DAY 6. ANY OTHER EMPLOYMENT WHICH COULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THIS EMPLOYMENT MUST BE AVOIDED NACH DEM URLAUBSGESETZ GEBÜHREN ARBEITSJÄHRLICH 25 ARBEITSTAGE WOBEI WÄHREND DER ZEIT DES PRAKTIKUMS NUR DER ANTEILS- MÄßIGE URLAUB IN BETRACHT KOMMT. IN ACCORDANCE WITH HOLIDAY LAW, YOU ARE ENTITLED TO ANNUAL HOLIDAY OF 25 DAYS OR THE AP- PROPRIATE PROPORTION THEREOF FOR THE DURATION OF THIS PLACEMENT 7. PAYMENT 8. PAYMENT IS AT THE END OF THE PLACEMENT WHEN YOU WILL RECEIVE A FULL FINAL SALARY STATEMENT WHICH INCLUDES A PROPORTIONAL AMOUNT TO COVER THE HOLIDAY AND CHRISTMAS BONUSES (13 TH AND 14 TH SALARY PAYMENT) OTHER EMPLOYER SERVICES 9. ANY GROSS BREACH OF THE OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRAINING GUIDELINES WHICH ARE BASED ON IT SHALL BE DEEMED BY BOTH PARTIES AS GROUNDS FOR PREMATURE TERMINATION OF THE WORK PLACEMENT/INTERNSHIP SHOULD ANY MATTERS OF DISPUTE ARISE FROM THIS TRAINING CONTRACT, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT AN AMICABLE SOLUTION IS FIRST SOUGHT IN COOPERATION WITH THE COLLEGE DEGREE PROGRAMME S REPRESENTATIVE(S). 10. CONCLUSION OF THE WORK PLACEMENT/INTERNSHIP AT THE END OF THE PLACEMENT YOU WILL RECEIVE A CERTIFICATE OF CONFIRMATION OF COMPLETION OF THE PLACEMENT/INTERNSHIP AND A GRADE/ASSESSMENT OF IT. FOR THE COMPANY/TRAINING CENTRE/EMPLOYER: DATE: AS WORK EXPERIENCE/INTERNSHIP STUDENT: DATE: FH-OBERÖSTERREICH / FAKULTÄT TECHNIK U: UMWELTWISSENSCHAFTEN / CAMPUS WELS SEITE 8 VON 9

9 Work Experience Placement/Internship Assessment STUDENT Surname:...First Name:... Degree Programme:...Matr. Nr.:... TOPIC Title:... ASSESSMENT BY THE EMPLOYER/COMPANY Number of employees: <10 <50 <300 <1000 >1000 Field of work: Design Research Programming Sales Marketing Completion of the required placement period of 50 days is hereby confirmed. Assessment: above average good satisfactory poor Verbal assessment attached (project management, quality of work done, commitment, special achievements) Which competences should have more emphasis in the degree programme: scientific bases Social skills Economics Project Management Languages Materials Design Programming Innovation Manual Skills Other: Where do you see the need for the emphasis: a broad education theoretical methods specialisation in specific areas practical methods Date Stamp of the employer, name and signature of the supervisor ASSESSMENT BY THE UNIVERSITY Overall result: (documentation, assessment by the training organisation) Date Name, signature of the university supervising tutor FH-OBERÖSTERREICH / FAKULTÄT TECHNIK U: UMWELTWISSENSCHAFTEN / CAMPUS WELS SEITE 9 VON 9