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Work Placement

Code: 105077 ECTS Credits: 12
2025/2026
Degree Type Year
Prevention and Integral Safety and Security OT 4

Contact

Name:
Xavier Dorado Ferrer
Email:
xavier.dorado@uab.cat

Teaching groups languages

You can view this information at the end of this document.


Prerequisites

It is necessary to have passed all the first-year subjects and have a minimum of 120 ECTS passed to be able to enroll in this subject.


Objectives and Contextualisation

The general training objective of the subject is for the student to put into practice and apply the skills acquired through the other subjects included in the study plan in the work environment. At the end of the module, the student is expected to be able to:

1. Identify the agents and resources necessary to respond to the needs of prevention management and comprehensive security;

2. Understand the elements involved in the efficient management of technology in security operations;

3. Analyze and critically assess preventive security interventions;

4. Participate in the application of the basic procedures related to the efficient management of technology in security operations;

5. Actively participate in the development and / or implementation of projects that provide comprehensive responses to security problems;

6. Actively participate in the identification and evaluation of the possible effects of the interventions;

7. Actively integrate and work in multi or interdisciplinary teams; 8. Communicate the results of the analysis of a preventive intervention to other professionals and clients.

The practical module is scheduled for the second semester, but it can be made more flexible when it is carried out if the academic managers consider it convenient.
In any case, its evaluation is carried out during the month of June.
Those people who wish to do this subject before starting the second semester should request it to the Degree Coordination: coordinator.grau.epsi@uab.cat and argue the reasons that motivate them to do so.
In no case the completion of the practices can be a reason for non-compliance in any other of the subjects for which you are enrolled at the School.


Competences

  • Act with ethical responsibility and respect for fundamental rights and duties, diversity and democratic values.
  • Be able to adapt to unexpected situations.
  • Be able to communicate efficiently in English, both orally and in writing.
  • Carry out analyses of preventative measures in the area of security.
  • Efficiently manage technology in security operations.
  • Generate innovative and competitive proposals in research and in professional activity developing curiosity and creativity.
  • Identify, manage and resolve conflicts.
  • Identify the resources necessary to respond to management needs for prevention and integral security.
  • Maintain a positive attitude with respect to professional and personal growth.
  • Make changes to methods and processes in the area of knowledge in order to provide innovative responses to society's needs and demands.
  • Respond to problems applying knowledge to practice.
  • Show respect for diversity and the plurality of ideas, people and situations.
  • 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 the sex- or gender-based inequalities and the gender biases present in one's own area of knowledge.
  2. Analyse the situation and identify the points that are best.
  3. Be able to adapt to unexpected situations.
  4. Be able to communicate efficiently in English, both orally and in writing.
  5. Communicate using language that is not sexist or discriminatory.
  6. Critically analyse the principles, values and procedures that govern professional practice.
  7. Diagnose the situation of integral security in companies and organisations.
  8. Evaluate how gender stereotypes and roles affect professional practice.
  9. Generate innovative and competitive proposals in research and in professional activity developing curiosity and creativity.
  10. Identify, manage and resolve conflicts.
  11. Identify the main inequalities and discriminations in terms of sex/gender present in society.
  12. Identify the resources necessary for managing security, the environment, quality and social corporate responsibility.
  13. Identify the social, economic and environmental implications of the academic and professional activities in the field of self-knowledge.
  14. Maintain a positive attitude with respect to professional and personal growth.
  15. Propose new methods or well-founded alternative solutions.
  16. Propose projects and actions in accordance with the principles of ethical responsibility and respect for fundamental rights and responsiblities, diversity and values democráticos.
  17. Propose projects and actions that incorporate the gender perspective.
  18. Propose viable projects and actions that promote social, economic and environmental benefits.
  19. Respond to problems applying knowledge to practice.
  20. Show respect for diversity and the plurality of ideas, people and situations.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
  24. Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
  25. 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.
  26. Take a preventative view in the area of security.
  27. Test knowledge acquired during training in real situations.
  28. Use the capacity for analysis and synthesis to solve problems.
  29. Work and learn autonomously.
  30. Work in institutional and interprofessional networks.

Content

The practical course covers the areas of:

Public security

Labour safety

Community Safety

Private security

Private Detective (In the case of a private detective, the subject will be structured as a simulation since the regulation of the profession prevents people who do not have the Detective TIP from being in a detective office)


Activities and Methodology

Title Hours ECTS Learning Outcomes
Type: Directed      
Practicum 300 12

Lengua de docencia: Según la empresa. La memoria se podrá redactar indistintamente en español o catalán.
Llengua de docència: Segons l'empresa. La memòria es podrà redactar indistintament en català o castellà.
Teaching language: According to the company regulations. The report may be written in Spanish or Catalan.

 

These placements have a duration of 300 hours.
The subject also includes 4 hours tutoring


Selection


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.

Signing the agreement

Once the company has informed the student that they are accepted, the student should contact the Jobs Bank and Placements Unit (practiques.alumnes.fuab@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.

Once the director of the centre has signed the agreement, the student should take three copies, sign them and take them to be signed by the person responsible at the company. Of the three signed copies, the company will keep one, the student another and the third must be returned to the Jobs Bank and Placements Unit of the school.

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 Report 40% 0 0 3, 6, 1, 2, 26, 5, 4, 27, 7, 19, 9, 12, 10, 13, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 25, 24, 23, 21, 22, 20, 30, 29, 28, 8
Final Report (Company/institution) 35% 0 0 3, 6, 1, 2, 26, 5, 4, 27, 7, 19, 9, 12, 10, 13, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 25, 24, 23, 21, 22, 20, 30, 29, 28, 8
Mid-Report (company) 15% 0 0 24, 23, 21, 22
Mid-Report (student) 10% 0 0 27, 12, 24, 21

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

Use of AI

In this course, the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies is permitted as an integral part of the work, provided that the final result reflects a significant contribution by the student in terms of analysis and personal reflection. Students must clearly identify which parts have been generated using this technology, specify the tools used, and include a critical reflection on how these have influenced the process and the final result of the activity. Failure to disclose the use of AI will be considered academic dishonesty and may result in a lower grade for the activity or more severe penalties in serious cases.

Additional information

Due to unforeseen circumstances that prevent the normal development of the subject, the teaching staff may modify both the methodology and the evaluation system of the subject.

 

 


Bibliography

The bibliography will be present in the virtual campus organized by mentions


Software

This course will use the basic software of the Office 365 package, without prejudice to the specific software used by each internship center.


Groups and Languages

Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.

Name Group Language Semester Turn
(TE) Theory 1 Spanish second semester afternoon