Validation and Certification of Products

Code:

EDDP0019

Acronym:

VCP

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Engineering and Related Techniques
OFICIAL	Engineering and Related Techniques

Instance: 2011/2012 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Mechanical Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Specialization in Product Design and Development

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
EDDP	22	Syllabus since 2010/11	1	-	3	28	81

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Acquire skills for:
- Definition of product certification needs
- Research of legislation/ Standards applicable to the products
- Definition of product validation criteria
- Definition and research of Official certification and/or validation entities
- Distinguish the need of having an official or a voluntary certification

Program

- Validation and certification definition
- Voluntary certification
- Required official certification / Conformity assessment. New legislative framework
- - General requirements definition: Product (general), Legal, Environment, Safety, - Eficiency / Ecodesign
- Validation process
- Certification process
- Certification Entities / Notified Bodies

Mandatory literature

- Legislação Europeia
- Legislação Internacional / International Legislation
- Normas Internacionais e outras

Teaching methods and learning activities

- Theoretical classes where all concepts are introduced
- Practical classes to apply concepts learned in theoretical classes
- Working groups (evaluation)
- Written test (evaluation).

Software

Não aplicável

keywords

Technological sciences > Engineering > Design engineering

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	28,00
Work for the projects	Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	33,00		2012-07-13
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Study	Estudo autónomo	20	2012-07-13
	Total:	20,00

Eligibility for exams

The student cannot exceeds 25% of the number of planned classes

Calculation formula of final grade

Final grade:
40% for a test
60% for application of the knowledge acquired in the course to the project

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

The same as for the other students

Classification improvement

The same as for the other students