CE3YIN: Construction Year in Industry

Module code: CE3YIN

Module provider: School of Construction Management and Engineering, School of Built Environment

Credits: 120

Level: Level 3 (Honours)

When you'll be taught: Full year

Module convenor: Mr Adrian Tagg, email: a.tagg@reading.ac.uk

Pre-requisite module(s):

Co-requisite module(s):

Pre-requisite or Co-requisite module(s):

Module(s) excluded:

Placement information: Maxi placement

Academic year: 2024/5

Available to visiting students: No

Talis reading list: No

Last updated: 21 May 2024

Overview

Module aims and purpose

This module underpins a student’s year in industry. Students’ understanding of the shape and composition of the construction industry will be developed. Particular focus will be given to career management skills and to the introduction of the skills frameworks underpinning construction professional development and becoming chartered.

Aims:

• To give students experience of working in the construction industry and cultivate a reflective approach to practice.
• To develop a range of career management and transferable skills.
• To engage the students in professional development and their route to professional chartership.
• To enable the student to place their placement experience in the context of the wider construction industry and professional practice.

Module learning outcomes

By the end of the module, it is expected that students will be able to: 

1. Clearly describe their experience and recognise its value to their career development.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the requirements of their chosen professional body and use these to inform critical reflection on their practice in industry.
3. Articulate a strategy for their career development locating within this both their placement experience and remaining academic study.
4. Understand the workings of the construction industry. Students will become competent in key professional skills such as team working, problem solving, and oral and written communication.
5. Extend their technical skills.
6. Prepare written reports, give oral presentations and be able to discuss their work in a scholarly manner.

Module content

Year-long placement in the construction industry.

Structure

Teaching and learning methods

One-year placement at an industrial host; meetings with academic and industrial supervisor.

Study hours

At least 20 hours of scheduled teaching and learning activities will be delivered in person, with the remaining hours for scheduled and self-scheduled teaching and learning activities delivered either in person or online. You will receive further details about how these hours will be delivered before the start of the module.

Please note the independent study hours above are notional numbers of hours; each student will approach studying in different ways. We would advise you to reflect on your learning and the number of hours you are allocating to these tasks.

Semester 1 The hours in this column may include hours during the Christmas holiday period.

Semester 2 The hours in this column may include hours during the Easter holiday period.

Summer The hours in this column will take place during the summer holidays and may be at the start and/or end of the module.

Assessment

Requirements for a pass

This module is marked on a pass/fail basis.

Students will satisfactorily complete their working placement to the standards set by the construction industry.

It is not possible to retake this module as it involves a year in industry which cannot be repeated. Students who fail the year in industry will be transferred to the three year variant of the programme.

Summative assessment

Penalties for late submission of summative assessment

The Support Centres will apply the following penalties for work submitted late:

Assessments with numerical marks

• where the piece of work is submitted after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): 10% of the total marks available for that piece of work will be deducted from the mark for each working day (or part thereof) following the deadline up to a total of three working days;
• the mark awarded due to the imposition of the penalty shall not fall below the threshold pass mark, namely 40% in the case of modules at Levels 4-6 (i.e. undergraduate modules for Parts 1-3) and 50% in the case of Level 7 modules offered as part of an Integrated Masters or taught postgraduate degree programme;
• where the piece of work is awarded a mark below the threshold pass mark prior to any penalty being imposed, and is submitted up to three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline), no penalty shall be imposed;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension to the deadline): a mark of zero will be recorded.

Assessments marked Pass/Fail

• where the piece of work is submitted within three working days of the deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): no penalty will be applied;
• where the piece of work is submitted more than three working days after the original deadline (or any formally agreed extension of the deadline): a grade of Fail will be awarded.

The University policy statement on penalties for late submission can be found at: https://www.reading.ac.uk/cqsd/-/media/project/functions/cqsd/documents/qap/penaltiesforlatesubmission.pdf

You are strongly advised to ensure that coursework is submitted by the relevant deadline. You should note that it is advisable to submit work in an unfinished state rather than to fail to submit any work.

Formative assessment

Formative assessment is any task or activity which creates feedback (or feedforward) for you about your learning, but which does not contribute towards your overall module mark.

All students will have three meetings with their academic supervisor during their placement, at least one of which will involve a site visit (or equivalent). During these visits the student will present their work and be able to discuss this with their academic supervisor.

Reassessment

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