Since the beginning of November 2020 project partners (BICC Sandanski from Bulgaria, 3D Group Cluster 3D Technology from Croatia, Kuressaare Ametikool from Estonia, Sachsische Bildunggeselschaft Furumweltschutz und Chemiberufe Dresden MBH – SBG from Germany and RDC Zasavje and AFormX, aviation technology and precision mechanics l.l.c. from Slovenia) have been actively participating in the consortium of the CompoWIN project - More Skilled Hands for Hi-Tech Production. The project runs from 1.11.2020-31.10.2022. Cooperation is taking place under the auspices of the European commission program Erasmus +, Key Action 2 Strategic partnership in the field of vocational education and training facilities.
The common thread of the project are composite materials and training in the field of composite industry, which boasts high added value, and the work is still done by hand. In this way, they make airplanes, boats, sports equipment, wind turbine blades, and so on. Although the industry employs a lot of workers throughout Europe and generates approximately € 70 million in revenues every day, there are still quite weak links between industry and education.
As with many other industries, the composite manufacturing sector companies suffer from the lack of qualified personnel and fluctuation of the workforce. To cope with that issue, many companies are providing in-house training for employees. They are investing sufficient resources in raising the qualification of their companies' managerial and production staff.
The CompoWIN project uniting companies and training providers from five European countries, is addressing these challenges. It is aimed to help maintain and increase the competitiveness of EU manual labour by supporting the industry with training in countries where composite manufacturing is already well developed (Slovenia, Estonia and Germany) and introducing these results in countries where it is not (Bulgaria and Croatia), laying the foundation for future expansion.
The project delivers a holistic and ready-to-use training system for future composite fabricators. CompoWIN developed a Guidance System for Workers entering the composite industry, structuring and monitoring the progress of their skills development, and going along with already previously existing and hereby updated e-courses developed in the frame of the CompoHub project (www.compohub.eu). The vision of the project consortium is to integrate the CompoHUB one day as a module into the curricula of technical schools.
Project partners elaborated a Step-by-step Guide for organising training for the composite industry along with a list of resources needed to give the courses, organisational guidelines, trainer preparation materials and tests. The Guide includes and offers a preliminary checklist, providing a detailed description and guidance on the basic material conditions that an organisation needs to fulfil before attempting a composite training course. It serves as a primary reference for an initial go/no-go decision by a relevant manager/training expert of the educational organisation or VET provider whether to adopt the training or not. The Training Programme has been piloted during a Train-the-trainers session organised in Slovenia. Before CompoWIN and CompoHUB, entry and progress in the composite industry were difficult and took a long time. With CompoWIN, it will be faster, better structured and with better monitoring of the progress.
The common thread of the project are composite materials and training in the field of composite industry, which boasts high added value, and the work is still done by hand. In this way, they make airplanes, boats, sports equipment, wind turbine blades, and so on. Although the industry employs a lot of workers throughout Europe and generates approximately € 70 million in revenues every day, there are still quite weak links between industry and education.
As with many other industries, the composite manufacturing sector companies suffer from the lack of qualified personnel and fluctuation of the workforce. To cope with that issue, many companies are providing in-house training for employees. They are investing sufficient resources in raising the qualification of their companies' managerial and production staff.
The CompoWIN project uniting companies and training providers from five European countries, is addressing these challenges. It is aimed to help maintain and increase the competitiveness of EU manual labour by supporting the industry with training in countries where composite manufacturing is already well developed (Slovenia, Estonia and Germany) and introducing these results in countries where it is not (Bulgaria and Croatia), laying the foundation for future expansion.
The project delivers a holistic and ready-to-use training system for future composite fabricators. CompoWIN developed a Guidance System for Workers entering the composite industry, structuring and monitoring the progress of their skills development, and going along with already previously existing and hereby updated e-courses developed in the frame of the CompoHub project (www.compohub.eu). The vision of the project consortium is to integrate the CompoHUB one day as a module into the curricula of technical schools.
Project partners elaborated a Step-by-step Guide for organising training for the composite industry along with a list of resources needed to give the courses, organisational guidelines, trainer preparation materials and tests. The Guide includes and offers a preliminary checklist, providing a detailed description and guidance on the basic material conditions that an organisation needs to fulfil before attempting a composite training course. It serves as a primary reference for an initial go/no-go decision by a relevant manager/training expert of the educational organisation or VET provider whether to adopt the training or not. The Training Programme has been piloted during a Train-the-trainers session organised in Slovenia. Before CompoWIN and CompoHUB, entry and progress in the composite industry were difficult and took a long time. With CompoWIN, it will be faster, better structured and with better monitoring of the progress.
