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Safety Technology

Code: 104004 ECTS Credits: 6
2025/2026
Degree Type Year
Prevention and Integral Safety and Security OB 1

Contact

Name:
Jose Martinez Martinez
Email:
jose.martinez.martinez@uab.cat

Teaching groups languages

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Prerequisites

This subject doesn´t have any pre-requierments.


Objectives and Contextualisation

Differentiate and define security systems, such as electronic, physical and human elements, in the latter with special attention to learning men and women with respect and equality without prejudice to gender, installed and deployed in a facility to protect people and property before the different risks that can affect them.

Knowing the regulatory framework that regulates security technologies, and their relationship with the sectors of public security and private security.

Know the different electronic security devices that are marketed, installed, and maintained for the design of comprehensive security plans.

On the other hand, to know the existing physical security systems and how they are combined with electronic security systems to minimize the different risks to which the installation we wish to protect may be exposed.


Competences

  • Act with ethical responsibility and respect for fundamental rights and duties, diversity and democratic values.
  • Carry out analyses of preventative measures in the area of security.
  • Have a general understanding of basic knowledge in the area of prevention and integral safety and security.
  • Identify the resources necessary to respond to management needs for prevention and integral security.
  • Know how to communicate and transmit ideas and result efficiently in a professional and non-expert environment, both orally and in writing.
  • Make changes to methods and processes in the area of knowledge in order to provide innovative responses to society's needs and demands.
  • Make efficient use of ITC in the communication and transmission of results.
  • Plan and coordinate the resources of the three large subsystems that interact in questions of security: people, technology and infrastructures.
  • Respond to problems applying knowledge to practice.
  • Students must be capable of applying their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and they should have building arguments and problem resolution skills within their area of study.
  • Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
  • Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  • Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
  • Students must have and understand knowledge of an area of study built on the basis of general secondary education, and while it relies on some advanced textbooks it also includes some aspects coming from the forefront of its field of study.
  • Take account of social, economic and environmental impacts when operating within one's own area of knowledge.
  • Take sex- or gender-based inequalities into consideration when operating within one's own area of knowledge.
  • Use the capacity for analysis and synthesis to solve problems.
  • Work and learn autonomously.
  • Work in institutional and interprofessional networks.

Learning Outcomes

  1. Analyse specific risks and understand the prevention mechanisms.
  2. Analyse the preventative interventions in matters of security, environment, quality and social corporate responsibility and identify the inherent risk factors.
  3. Analyse the sex- or gender-based inequalities and the gender biases present in one's own area of knowledge.
  4. Analyse the situation and identify the points that are best.
  5. Coordinate the resources of the three main subsystems of the prevention and integral security sector: people, technology and infrastructures.
  6. Critically analyse the principles, values and procedures that govern professional practice.
  7. Diagnose the situation of integral security in companies and organisations.
  8. Draw up management proposals for prevention and security in an organisation.
  9. Identify, develop or acquire and maintain the main resources necessary to respond to tactical and operational needs inherent in the prevention and security sector.
  10. Know how to communicate and transmit ideas and result efficiently in a professional and non-expert environment, both orally and in writing.
  11. Make efficient use of ITC in the communication and transmission of results.
  12. Propose new methods or well-founded alternative solutions.
  13. Propose projects and actions that incorporate the gender perspective.
  14. Propose viable projects and actions that promote social, economic and environmental benefits.
  15. Respond to problems applying knowledge to practice.
  16. Students must be capable of applying their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and they should have building arguments and problem resolution skills within their area of study.
  17. Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
  18. Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  19. Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
  20. Students must have and understand knowledge of an area of study built on the basis of general secondary education, and while it relies on some advanced textbooks it also includes some aspects coming from the forefront of its field of study.
  21. Take a preventative view in the area of security.
  22. Use the capacity for analysis and synthesis to solve problems.
  23. Work and learn autonomously.
  24. Work in institutional and interprofessional networks.

Content

 

  • Basic normative framework of Security Technologies.
    • Basic legislation.
    • Legislation Private security applicable to Security Technology.
    • Legislation Video surveillance. Legislation F.C.S.  
  • Physical security systems.
    • Perimetral
    • Foreign
    • Interiors  
  • Electronic security systems.
    • Access control. Intrusion.
    • Video surveillance.
    • CCTV.  
  • Fire protection system.
    • The detection.  
    • The extinction.
    • The alert and the evacuation.  
  • History of weapons.
    • Knives.
    • Firearms.
    • Applicable technologies in conflicts.  
  • Weapons and Explosives.
    • Basic weapons regulation.
    • Affectation of weapons in security systems.
    • Legislation on explosives.
    • The safety of explosives.  
  •  Shields Basic regulations Affectation of the shields in the security systems.  
    • Evolution of Security Technologies.  
    • Technosurveillance. Communication. Positioning Follow.    
    • Future of security technologies. Drones Robotics Cybersecurity
  • The technology of security against the human factor. Balance or technification of security.

Activities and Methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Classes with TIC support 12 0.48
Evaluation 4 0.16
Type: Supervised      
Work planning Readings, reflection on the subjects. Preparation of individual works. Continuous tests, and final test. 24 0.96
Type: Autonomous      
Individual and group work (search for material, discussion, preparation and presentation). 110 4.4

• Classes with TIC support. Resolution of doubts and questions. Job tracking

• Resolution of exercises and practices: individual realization of works and practical cases, with ICT support.

• Personal study: Consolidation of theoretical and practical knowledge.

• The tutorials with the faculty will be arranged by email.

The language in which classes are taught is: Spanish.

Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.


Assessment

Continous Assessment Activities

Title Weighting Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Final exam. 50% 0 0 6, 3, 1, 4, 21, 10, 5, 7, 15, 8, 2, 11, 9, 12, 13, 14, 20, 19, 18, 16, 17, 24, 23, 22
PEC 1 12.5% 0 0 6, 3, 1, 4, 21, 10, 5, 7, 15, 8, 2, 11, 9, 12, 13, 14, 20, 19, 18, 16, 17, 24, 23, 22
PEC 2 12.5% 0 0 6, 3, 1, 4, 21, 10, 5, 7, 15, 8, 2, 11, 9, 12, 13, 14, 20, 19, 18, 16, 17, 24, 23, 22
PEC 3 12.5% 0 0 6, 3, 1, 4, 21, 10, 5, 7, 15, 8, 2, 11, 9, 12, 13, 14, 20, 19, 18, 16, 17, 24, 23, 22
PEC 4 12.5% 0 0 6, 3, 1, 4, 21, 10, 5, 7, 15, 8, 2, 11, 9, 12, 13, 14, 20, 19, 18, 16, 17, 24, 23, 22

The evaluation will be based on continuous assessment criteria, which makes attendance mandatory and allows us to measure the level of specific competencies from the program that the student has acquired.

The value of each evaluation item is indicated in the following table. All items must be passed with a minimum grade of 3.5 in order to be counted towards the final evaluation.

  • Midterm Exam. Total value: 20%.
    • Exams may be conducted, at the discretion of the instructor, in the following formats: oral or written. Written exams may include multiple-choice questions, short-answer questions, long-answer (essay-type) questions, or a combination of all. A minimum grade of 3.5 is required for the exam to count toward the continuous assessment.
  • PECs. 5 Continuous Assessment Tests. Each worth 10% (0.7% for the written part, 0.3% for the oral presentation). Total value: 50%.
    The PEC grade must exceed 3.5 in order to count toward the continuous assessment. If plagiarism, similarity, or improper citation is detected, the grade will be 0. PECs submitted after the deadline will be graded as 0. The PECs may consist of a written assignment or an exam based on teaching materials, readings, etc., as specified for each one.
  • Final Exam. Total value: 30%.
    • Exams may be oral or written, at the instructor's discretion. Written exams may include multiple-choice, short-answer, long-answer, or a combination of all types. A minimum grade of 3.5 is required to count toward continuous assessment. If the student does not reach 3.5, they will go directly to the recovery exam.

To be eligible for continuous assessment, students must take all evaluable tests (PECs, Midterm Exam, Final Exam), and must score at least 3.5 on each of them for their grades to count toward the final evaluation. If a student does not complete all the assessment activities or does not score at least 3.5 on each one, they will go directly to the recovery exam.

PECs and assignments must follow the appropriate citation guidelines. No work will be accepted without correct citation. Citation Guide

If the student does not pass the course according to the continuous assessment criteria, they may take a Recovery Exam on the date specified in the schedule. This exam will cover a summary of the entire course content.

To be eligible for the recovery exam, the student must have been assessed in a set of activities representing at least two-thirds of the total grade. However, the maximum final grade that can be recorded in the student’s transcript after the recovery exam is 5 - Pass.

Students needing to reschedule an evaluation must complete the request form available in the EPSI Tutoring Moodle space.

Without prejudice to other appropriate disciplinary measures and in accordance with current academic regulations:

“If a student commits any irregularity that could significantly alter the grade of an assessment activity, that activity will be graded with a 0, regardless of any disciplinary process that may be initiated. If multiple irregularities occur in the same course, the final grade for the course will be 0.”

Tests and exams may be written and/or oral, at the discretion of the instructor.

 

PLAGIARISM

If there is any indication that an activity or assignment has been completed using AI-assisted responses, the instructor may require a follow-up interview to confirm authorship.

 

Single Evaluation

Students opting for single evaluation will complete a final synthesis test covering the entire course content (50%) and will submit the course assignment (50%).
The date for both the test and the assignment submission will be the same as that scheduled for the final continuous assessment exam.
The same recovery system as for continuous assessment will apply.

 

Evaluation for students retaking the course

Students retaking the course must complete all scheduled tests and exams and submit all assignments on the dates indicated in the Moodle classroom.

 

Not Evaluable

If the student has not been assessed in two-thirds of the evaluation activities (due to not attending the exams or submitting the assignments), they will receive a grade of “Not Evaluable” as per EPSI’s Evaluation Regulations. This means the student will not be eligible for the final recovery exam.

 

Recovery Exam

Students who do not pass the course (i.e., do not reach a total of 5 out of 10) according to the established criteria may take a final recovery exam, provided they have been assessed in activities worth at least two-thirds of the course grade. If the student has not been evaluated for these two-thirds (e.g., by missing exams), they will receive a grade of “Not Presented” and will not be allowed to take the recovery exam.
This exam will again cover all course content. If the student passes, the maximum grade they can receive for the course is 5 - Pass, regardless of the exam score.

 

Change of Date for an Assessment or Exam

Students who need to change the date of an evaluation must fill out the form available in the EPSI Tutoring Moodle space. Once completed, the form must be sent to the course instructor and the Degree Coordinator.

 

Review

To request a review of any evaluative activity, students must send an email to the instructor, who will then explain the review procedure.
The same process applies for students in the single evaluation track.

 

USE OF AI
In this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools is allowed as an integral part of the development of the assignment, provided that the final results reflect a significant contribution from the student in terms of personal analysis and reflection on the topics covered. The student must identify which parts of the work have been completed using AI and which have not, as well as the name of the AI tool used. Lack of transparency in the use of AI is considered a breach of academic integrity and may result in a penalty in the activity grade, or more serious sanctions in severe cases.

 


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Software

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Groups and Languages

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(TE) Theory 1 Spanish second semester afternoon