Course detail
Testing
FSI-XZK Acad. year: 2027/2028 Winter semester
This course focuses on the European and national legislative frameworks governing the conformity assessment of specified products and their placing on the market. Attention is also given to the functions and responsibilities of state technical supervision regarding the safety of designated technical equipment. The course also covers the systemic and practical requirements for the operations of testing and calibration laboratories.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
4
Supervisor
Entry knowledge
Students are able to navigate quality management systems, use basic terminology in metrology, technical standardization, and statistics, and apply statistical methods when processing measurement results and managing quality.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
A graded credit is awarded on the condition of 100% attendance at laboratory exercises and the completion and successful defense of a term paper on a topic related to the course material.
The instructor evaluates the student’s mastery of the subject matter (the quality of the term paper and its defense) using an ECTS grade. The final grade is determined in accordance with Article 14 of the BUT Study and Examination Regulations according to the following scale: A: 100–90%, B: 89–80%, C: 79–70%, D: 69–60%, E: 59–50%, F: 49–0%.
Attendance at lectures is optional but recommended. Attendance at laboratory exercises is mandatory. In justified cases, missed laboratory sessions may be made up—upon agreement with the instructor—by attending another study group or by completing a make-up laboratory exercise on a date set by the course coordinator.
Aims
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
- explain the principles of European and national legislation regarding the conformity assessment of specified products;
- describe the powers, responsibilities, and procedures of state technical supervision over the safety of designated technical equipment;
- describe the systemic and technical requirements for the operation of testing and calibration laboratories;
- analyze and evaluate the conformity assessment requirements for specific products in accordance with relevant legal regulations and technical standards;
- apply the systemic and practical rules governing the operations of testing and calibration laboratories in ensuring quality and demonstrating the competence of tests and calibrations.
The study programmes with the given course
Programme N-KSB-P: Quality, Reliability and Safety, Master's, compulsory
Type of course unit
Lecture
13 hours, optionally
Syllabus
1. Testing in the Czech Republic and EU member states
2. Quality and conformity assessment of specified products
3. Modules for conformity assessment
4. Conformity assessment case study
5. State technical inspection of safety of designated technical equipment
6. Designated pressure devices
7. Designated lifting devices
8. Designated electrical devices
9. Designated gas devices
10. Metrological system of the Czech Republic
11. General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration
laboratories
12. Calibration procedures for control of measuring devices
13. Statistical tools in the test and calibration laboratory
Laboratory exercise
13 hours, compulsory
Syllabus
1. Conformity Assessment of Selected Specified Products
2. Conformity Assessment of Specified Products at SZU Brno
3. State Technical Supervision of the Safety of Designated Pressure Equipment
4. State Technical Supervision of the Safety of Designated Lifting Equipment
5. State technical supervision of the Safety of Designated Electrical Technical Equipment
6. State technical supervision of the Safety of Designated Gas Technical Equipment
7. Calibration and verification of selected measuring instruments
8. Calibration and verification of measuring instruments at the Czech Metrology Institute (ČMI) in Brno
9. Statistical tools in metrology