Training in RAMS in Collaboration with Industrial Companies and Institutions

Abstract

This paper presents two activities carried out by Engineering students from the Telecommunication Engineering School of the University of Vigo. The activities described have been organized within the subject "Reliability of Electronic Systems", which covers the four aspects of RAMS (Reliability, Availability, Maintainability, Safety).The activities focus on collaboration with local companies and institutions, so that the students can undertake real tasks related to the content of the subject as part of the subject assessment system. The first activity gets the students to work with real problems inside a local company. The second one is carried out by Engineering students in collaboration with Translation students from the Faculty of Philology and Translation of the University of Vigo and the Spanish Association for Standardization and Certification. This collaboration implies joint efforts of students from different degrees and active involvement in their own training.The methodology of both activities stimulates active and collaborative learning and introduces the students to professional activity and interdisciplinary group work. The results achieved clearly demonstrate the interest of encouraging interdisciplinary teamwork competences and involving local companies and institutions in the training of university students.