Curricula

Objectives

Object of the course:
The knowledge and skills you get on this course you will need in order to be able to help you design and implement construction works taking into account fire safety issues and operational safety.
Course competences:
- Technological competence
The learning objectives of the course:
You are familiar with the main structural fire and operation safety legislation, regulations and guidelines and you know how to apply them to new and renovation projects. You know the most important factors affecting fire safety at construction sites.
These are also the basic tasks of the course.

Content

Fire progress, fire and operational safety legislation, regulations and instructions using receipt design of Finnish national building code..

Learning materials and recommended literature

Finnish bulding code(RakMK) fire regulations sekä building safety.Other materials presented in lectures.

Teaching methods

- Lectures face-to-face / Online Lectures,
- Assignments / Learning assignments,
- Seminars / Workshops
- Webinars
- etc.
Lessons will be kept in English, if the amount of international student participating to course is three or more persons. Otherwise lessons will be kept in Finnish and international students will study subject from English material given by lecturer. In the fall of 2022, the course will be conducted only in Finnish.

Practical training and working life connections

Excursions ja visitor lectures

Exam dates and retake possibilities

Will be agreed on the first contact lesson of the course.

Alternative completion methods

Studification: See the Despcription of Module.

Student workload

- Lectures 28 h
- Independent Work 26 h.
( including among others: Learning assignments, Home Works, preparing for Test)
- Total 54 h

Further information for students

Grading methods
- Test
- Assignments / Learning assignments,
- Continuing Grading
- Self Grading

The Grading is high-quality and it is based on the learning objectives and criterion of the course.
Self Grading has an important role in Student's Grading.

See also Grading

Evaluation scale

0-5

Evaluation criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Passable (1): The student recognizes all of the learning objectives, understands the meaning of them and is able to perform the basic tasks described in the learning objectives of the course.

Satisfying (2): In addition to previous skills, the student can systematically describe the issues of the course.

Evaluation criteria, good (3-4)

Good (3): In addition to previous skills, the student can describe the influences of various solutions and can make reasoned choices between alternatives.

Laudable (4): In addition to previous skills, the student can apply the learned issues independently and is able to evaluate done solutions.

Evaluation criteria, excellent (5)

Excellent ( 5 ): In addition to previous skills, the student shows deep knowledge of course contents as well as ability to parse and wider analyze the influences of solutions.

Prerequisites

Basics of House Building

Further information

Qualifications:
The course is part of studies that belong to qualifications of civil engineer (Ministry of the Environment guidelines on the difficulty classes of design tasks YM1/601/2015)
The studies follow guidelines of curriculum performed in cooperation with Universities of applied sciences and construction industry in 2017.