Internship

Duration

4h Th, 20h Pr

Number of credits

Lecturer

Jean-Claude Donneau

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

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Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

At the end of the second quadrimester of the second year of bachelor, the student is required to have completed an observation internship including 10 visits to construction site (s). This observation must be the subject of an internship report.
In the context of the new construction and / or the transformation of a building or part of a building (free program, free mode of construction), including necessarily a heated envelope, the student is asked to be interested in following phases:
1. Implantation, layout, installation of site
2. Earthworks (cuttings - embankments)
3. Foundations (soles, slabs, piles, wells, ...)
4. Sub-works (empty-ventilated, cellars, piles, ...)
5. Floors (slabs, beams-clavels, slabs, slabs monoliths, ...)
6. Structures of elevation, structure (bearing walls, beam-posts, sails, ...)
7. Structures for elevation, insulation and siding
8. Roofs (flat or otherwise), framing and insulation
9. Roof covering (tiles, slates, metal, waterproofing, ...)
10. Closures of the building (doors, windows and / or light facades, ...)
Depending on the specificity of the site, this content may or may need to be adapted.
The phases relating to finishing (interior joinery, ceilings, screeds and floor coverings, paints, etc.) and equipment (heating, electricity, sanitary, etc.) must not be included in the report.   In order to realize this internship report, the following activities will be organized:
- A first class meeting to clarify expectations.
- A session with projections of good and less good performances in order to exemplify the form and content of the report.
- A writing workshop in order to bring the student to bring a reflexive step on his activity.
 

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Link to the competency framework
All learning allows the student to develop the skills specified in the faculty's competency framework by guiding him / her particularly in the development of skills:
Implement a spatial response located.
Experiment with feasibilities, implementations, layout and assembly methods, construction processes (architectonic, etc.) as a design parameter.
Interact with all the actors.
Develop a reflective approach to his activity.
Learning outcomes of the teaching unit described from an operational point of view
- A1: To schematize the details observed on site by applying the contents of the courses of technical drawings and sketches.
- A2: To establish verbatim and schematically the relationships / links between the theoretical elements of the construction courses and the reality of implementation.
- B: Write a reflexive text from an emblematic situation of observation.
Objectives pursued
- Complete courses (especially the course of construction) with observations that illustrate what has been seen, or discover what has not (yet) been seen.
- Become aware of the logical sequence of construction steps and the notion of the time required to complete tasks.   - Ask the questions likely to enlighten, specify, reinforce the theoretical notions received: understand the working methods, the implementations, the organization of the building site, the storage, the use of tools and machines, etc ...
- Live and observe the life of the site from the point of view of human relations (entrepreneur, workers, architect, engineer, safety coordinator, owner, ...)
- Report the experience with sketches, photos, relevant comments ...

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

In order to effectively address this learning activity, it is desirable that the student have sufficient knowledge of the concepts seen in the construction and graphic design courses during the first year of the bachelor's degree cycle. In addition, it is also preferable to follow the construction course of block 2 at the latest the same year as the internship.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Through this teaching unit, the student will be active through learning events that take the form:
- Activities in audience
- Writing workshop
- Free visits on site
These activities lead the student to seek information, question the interlocutors in order to acquire certain automatisms, to become acquainted with the realities on the ground and to become aware of his own learning.

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Face

Recommended or required readings

Assessment methods and criteria

Form and content of the internship report: See the full instructional commitment under the course support tab
Evaluation criteria :
A satisfactory report must provide evidence that the student is able to master the observation, analysis and synthesis of the subjects covered during the course of construction, in the pragmatic framework of the implementation of materials.
A report that stands out must, beyond an easy observation, analysis and synthesis, provide a relevant reading of internal and / or external phenomena that modify the practical implementation of building materials, compared to the theoretical notions discussed in class.
Particular mention will be given to reports that explore, through the detailed sketch and the explicit reasoning, the valid procedures for remediation which must make it possible to correct, adapt or solve situations that are technically inadequate and / or improvable, from the point of view Broad, complex and complete architect's job.
Evaluation grid : See the full instructional commitment under the course support tab

Work placement(s)

This teaching unit is organized around the internship of the bachelor's degree in architecture

Organizational remarks

Organization of the collegiate sessions in audience:
Block 1 Q2: First class meeting (1h Th.), Date and place according to class schedule.
Block 2 Q1: audience session on the form of report cards. Projection of examples of good and bad practices (2h Th.), Date and place according to course schedule.
Block 2 Q2: Writing workshop for the reflexive text, conclusion of the report (2h Th.), Date and place according to class schedule.
Block 2 Q2: Report to be submitted at the end of the twelfth week to the secretariat in paper format in 1 copy and PDF (file name: Name_FirstName_TSTG0002-1), the precise date will be communicated.
In addition to the information communicated to all students ("First class meeting", presentation of the form and content of the report), at any time of the evolution of the internship or the preparation of the report students can individually ask the questions necessary for further work by sending an email to their academic tutor jcdonneau@uliege.be
Organization of site visits:
Site visits are free and unframed.
The total duration of 55 hours (observations and report) is a minimum required, the student will approach the environment of the site as often as possible, during his studies.
It is essential to divide this total volume into different sequences to approach the various phases and it can be rewarding to be interested in 2 or 3 different sites (if it is not the same host structure, 2 or 3 certificates must be submitted with the report).
It is advisable to take the steps in good time so as to take advantage of the free periods of courses to complete this course. It should ideally start during annual holidays, between the first and second year of study
The insurance does not allow you to do site work; it is important to observe and not to participate in the implementation and / or handling. The administration keeps at your disposal accident declaration forms, also available on: http://www.archi.uliege.be/cms/c_267364/en/stages-memoires-et-travaux-desudiants
Contact with the internship supervisor:
The student is responsible for finding a tutor (construction contractor or architect with professional practice) by his own means.
During your search, you must submit to each "internship supervisor" the letter of introduction from the Faculty.
The tutor who takes care of you graciously, aware of the role of initiator he assumes, to help you. The trainee will adopt a comprehensive and respectful attitude towards his interlocutors (entrepreneur, workers, site manager, owner ...). He will comply with the directives that will be imposed on him in any matter.
The tutor must complete with the student:

• - An internship agreement in external environment and risk analysis in three copies (*) duly completed and signed by the training supervisor and trainee to submit to the faculty secretariat for signature by the director no later than 10 days before beginning of the internship. Eventually each party keeps his.
• - At the end of the internship, the internship certificate duly completed and signedin one copy (*), the only document to be attached to the report.

Contacts

Jean Claude Donneau,
jcdonneau@uliege.be

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session

Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning

As soon as partial or total lifting of confinement, students begin or continue the current internship within the host structure designated by the internship agreement, in agreement with the internship supervisor.
This in strict compliance with the rules of distance and other means of prevention of application on the place of the internship, set up by the host structure or made compulsory by a higher authority.
During the confinement period, partial or total, the internship documents (outdoor agreement and risk analysis) are deposited on e-campus under the "agreements" tab, signed by the internship supervisor and by the intern, at later 10 days before the start of the course.
The signed documents will be returned by email to the student upon signing by the faculty director.

Assessment subjects

The contents of the teaching unit remain unchanged.
At the end of the second quadrimester of the second year of bachelor, the student is required to have completed an observation internship including 10 visits to construction site (s). This observation must be the subject of an internship report. 

Assessment methods

The evaluation methods and criteria remain unchanged.
The date of filing of the internship report in the first session remains unchanged, ie no later than Friday, May 15 on e-campus under the "internship report" tab.
The deposit of a paper copy at the apparatus is suspended until further notice.
Students who, depending on the progress of their internship, need a session extension may submit a reasoned request * to the president of the deliberation jury:

• Before June 30 for the first session;
• Before September 1 for the second session.

• Before August 17 for the first session;
• Before October 30 for the second session.

Contacts

Jean Claude Donneau,
jcdonneau@uliege.be

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session

Assessment subjects

The contents of the teaching unit remain unchanged.
At the end of the second quadrimester of the second year of the bachelor, the student is required to have carried out an observation internship comprising 10 visits to construction site (s). This observation must be the subject of an internship report.

Assessment methods

The evaluation methods and criteria remain unchanged.
The second semester internship report will be submitted no later than Monday August 17 only on e-campus under the "internship report" tab.
Students who, depending on the progress of their internship, need a second session extension can submit a reasoned request * to the chairman of the deliberation jury before September 1.
* The request will be made via e-mail to the trainer martine.pagnoul@uliege.be accompanied by the signed internship agreement and the commitment to file the internship report before October 30.

Contacts

Jean Claude Donneau,
jcdonneau@uliege.be

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