Relação empresa/instituição: um estudo sobre o estágio supervisionado obrigatório desenvolvido no curso de engenharia de produção da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

Abstract

The purpose of this case study is to investigate the supervised mandatory internship that was developed in the production engineering bachelor’s degree course at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF). The legislation that regulates the activity in this internship is Law number 11.788 on September 25, 2008, which describes the principal participants in activities at the internship, these being the trainee, the Institution of Higher Learning (IES) and the company. As an object of learning, the IES considered is UFJF, being represented by the Guiding Commission of Internships (COE). Besides this legislation, this case study also investigates the competencies needed for engineering professionals described in the National Curricular Guidelines (DCN’s) of the engineering courses. Also, this study approaches the theory-practice duality and the relationship between participants. This research highlights that a relationship as close as possible should be formed between the intern and professor. In the instance that a distant relationship between the guiding professor and student and or IES-company occurs, everyone involved loses by having such a weak relationship. This can harm the student’s competency development. In this case, IES-Student-Company should get close enough that this relationship may be maximized, which gives a fundamental importance for the best advancement of all participants of the internship. Therefore, this case study investigates the existing relationship between the active participants in the internship practice, through interviews and surveys. In conclusion, as part of the Educational Plan of Action (PAE), it’s presented the necessity of an internship project with the more active participation of all involved. As a proposal, three actions were presented: Trainee Workshop, Quarterly Meetings and Internship Defense. These three actions are complementary each other, targeted to bring the involved actors together and to solution to the problem presented.