Mobile learning for light commercial vehicles drivers Erasmus Project

Project Title

Mobile learning for light commercial vehicles drivers

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2017

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Transport and mobility; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

Light Commercial Vehicles (LCV) under 3.5 tons are an important part of the vehicle fleet and over the past years have taken over a consistently increasing portion of the transport capacity in Europe.
As the link between logistics centres and retail or the end-user, LCV have established themselves in the supply chain throughout the EU. But also in the fast and flexible goods and commodities long-distance transport sector, as well as in the courier and delivery service branch, vans are a mainstay.
Education and training opportunities for drivers are sorely lacking in the area of LCV logistics, as traditional face-to-face teaching methods tend to be nearly impossible to implement in their daily operations.The SPRINTER Pro Driver project seeks to pilot and test innovative training methodologies for LCV drivers based on:

– The evelopment of learning materials geared toward the specific needs of LCV drivers
– The adaptation of existing Web-based technologies for training purposes;

This will eliminate the necessity for the driver to attend training during his/her weekly rest periods (week-ends) or during leave, and increase the learning motivation.

The project will introduce the following innovations:
– The development of a training path dedicated to LCV drivers in order to align their competence standards to the transport sectors and society needs
– Development of modern and flexible training instruments that are aligned with the actual daily work of the drivers (learning independent of time and place).To enhance the cost-benefit ratio of further qualification through the development of digital educational content.
– The definition of the professional qualification of LCV Driver in line with ECVET system.

Eight (8) partners from Austria, Italy, Ireland, Finland and Switzerland will contribute to the SPRINTER pro driver project.
The partnership consists of Associations in the transport sector (representing both the driver and the business side of things), VET organisations, training and consultancy organisations.
Two associated partners will support the project with dedicated tools and networking activities.

The main target group of the project are drivers who are addressed by professional qualification training and mainly drivers’ of road freight transport holding licenses B and B+E.

A second target group are vocational trainers working in VET centres: these are key actors to be engaged in the activities of the project. They will be upskilled and empowered in the use of new training methodologies and tools in order to enhance the drivers motivation in participating in training and professional development.

The core activity of the project consists of the creation of specially designed training course material, and the SPRINTER pro driver training path, which will contain material for trainers on the innovative methodologies of web-based training.

LCV drivers will benefit from a flexible learning path adaptable to their specific work conditions.

The trainee/practitioner training will be enhanced and extended beyond the learning experience, reference material can be accessed at any time and be a memory aide for informal learning.

All stakeholders of the transport and training sectors will be involved from the very beginning in the activities of project. The local networks will be able to assure the dissemination and the sustainability of the project’s results. All stakeholders will be introduced to an online platform where they will be enhanced to share ideas, issues, and experiences related to the transport sector and more specifically to the training of LCV professional drivers.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 236305 Eur

Project Coordinator

Mag Prenner & Partner GmbH & Country: AT

Project Partners

• TransLog Terminkurier GmbH.
• TYOTEHOSEURA RY
• PONS SEGURIDAD VIAL SL
• Training 2000 psc
• CNA Associazione Provinciale di Pesaro e Urbino
• Gencat Limited