Equal Quality in Construction and Vehicle VET Erasmus Project

Project Title

Equal Quality in Construction and Vehicle VET

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 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Recognition, transparency, certification; Quality Assurance

Project Summary

The EQVET project expanded previous experience and continuing current need of partners to increase the quality in VET, including mobility, in construction and vehicle vocational fields. 3 partners of this application have, during LLP TOI project STEVTA , compiled certain amount of common ECVET UNITs and the assessment forms for transparency and mobility between partner countries. Not all curricula (units) in construction and vehicle were not described and compared in ECVET framework. The vocational teachers in VET schools are under great pressure because of new approaches – learning outcome base teaching/training/assessment. The VET schools and teachers haven’t got enough support by training and methodical materials. In partner countries there is a lack of complex teaching and learning exercises as problem based training tasks, which cover and integrate professional and key competences and allow the assessment of several LOs within one task.
EQVET project had three main target groups:
1) VET teachers in construction and vehicle vocational field; 2) WBL (work based learning) tutors in companies; 3) students.
EQVET project had two main objectives:
1) to increase the recognition and transparency of VET by using common UNITs described by learning outcomes (LO) and assessment criteria in ECVET framework;
2) to create problem-based complex training and assessment exercises. These complex teaching /learning /assessment materials cover vocational competencies together with key competencies (communication in the mother tongue and in foreign languages; mathematical competence and basic competences in science and technology; digital competence; learning to learn; social and civic competences; sense of initiative and entrepreneurship; cultural awareness and expression). The complex exercises are problem-based and inter-cultural (valid for all partner-countries). The complex exercises are available in all partner languages, web-based, different parts are downloadable. Exercises include texts, drawings presented in different programs (AutoCad, SketchUp), some video tutorials and manuals.
For fulfilling the second objective it was essential to train vocational teachers in construction and vehicle field to compile complex problem-based teaching/training/assessment exercises. For this purpose external expert with pedagogical background and excellent methodical skills was used.
There was 7 VET schools from 6 countries (EE, DK, NL, LT, CR, ES) working on this Project in close cooperation with their stakeholders in regions. The main partner was KAK/EE.
There was teacher training seminar in the beginning of Project, the topic of which was the methodology of compiling exercises which should enable to assess several learning outcomes with one complex exercise. Through 6 transnational meetings 2 parallel work groups (construction and vehicle) were working. During WG seminars 2 activities took place: comparing units and assessment criteria/forms and compiling of training exercises. Between meetings WGs collected the existing information at home (qualifications, job descriptions, curricula, exercises).
The results are 8 ECVET-based units and assessment forms with criteria for construction (mason, wood frame, drywalls, painter, plasterer, concrete works, tiler, ICT) and 3x 5 for vehicle (diagnostics, maintenance and repairing based on 5 part of vehicle – engine, power transmission, steering equipment and chassis, electrical equipment and control systems and air conditioning) in 6 EU languages. These are used by VET schools and companies, by teachers, company tutors, students and mobility coordinators in all partner countries.
It was hard to foresee how many complex tasks was needed to cover all modules as the volumes of modules were very different, but the aim was to create at least 1 complex tasks per module. By the end of the project the project team compiled altogether 21 complex exercises for construction and 15 for vehicle. But this situation will change as the project partner-schools and teachers from school networks are gradually adding new exercises. These complex exercises are online available in partners’ country languages and certainly these are accessible for public use. The website https://eqvet.wordpress.com together with complex tasks is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License CC.
Compared units will raise the awareness of ECVET tools and enables to raise the quality of mobilities all over the Europe. Complex training exercises based on these units raise the quality of training process at VET schools and companies (WBL and work placement). The results are usable for all VET schools and companies in partner countries, but can be also transferred to countries outside of this partnership. The dissemination of project results raises the awareness of VET system, ECVET, cooperation between VET schools and work life and available training materials.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 243397,24 Eur

Project Coordinator

Kuressaare Ametikool & Country: EE

Project Partners

• Srednja strukovna skola Vinkovci
• CELF – Center for Erhvervsrettede uddannelser Lolland-Falster
• IES Politécnico Jesús Marín
• Kehtna Vocational Education Centre
• Kauno statybos ir paslaugu mokymo centras
• STICHTING REGIONAAL OPLEIDINGENCENTRUM VAN TWENTE