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..

Time and location

Contact lessons according to Time Table.

Learning materials and recommended literature

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

Teaching methods

On this course will be used following teaching methods:
- Lectures face-to-face
- Assignments / Learning assignments,
- Seminars
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.

Practical training and working life connections

Company visits at School if possible

Exam dates and retake possibilities

Timing of Exams and re-Exams will be agreed on the first contact lesson of the course.

International connections

Offered for International exchange students.

Alternative completion methods

Studification or Accreditation : See Jamk / Peppi Instructions.

Student workload

One credit point means an average of 27 hours of work. The load is distributed in different ways depending on the way the course is implemented.
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In this study period, time use and workload is distributed as follows:
Total load: 53 h
Contact lectures: 20 h
Interactive video lectures: 0 h
Homework that supports learning: 10 h
Exercise/project work to be done during the course: 22 h
Assessment of own competence/peer assessment: 1 h

Further information for students

Grading methods
- Test
- Assignments / Learning assignments,
- 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.