European development of distillation technology learning Erasmus Project

Project Title

European development of distillation technology learning

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 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation

Project Summary

The project is a new development effort to strenghten the vocational cooperation partnership created for SEE-REUSE (Leonardo ToI) and SZEMESZ (ERASMUS+ Strategic Partnerships) projects, aimed at creating new, comprehensive curriculums on alcohol and essential oil distillation technologies.

The leading organisation of the partnership (consortium) is Vox Vallis Development Association delaing with rural development, natural resources management and adult training. Vox Vallis Development Association initiated and coordinated the above mentioned vocational development projects (SEE-REUSE and SZEMESZ). Members are Berufsförderungsinstitute (BFI), an Austrian regional vocational centre, the Slovenian Lendvai Kétnyelvű Középiskola operating vocational training in engineering, mechatronics and chemistry, as well as Siófoki Szakképzési Centrum from Hungary providing vocational training in building engineering, catering, viticulture and wine making.

All of the participant’s countries have strong traditions in distilling, and the market demand for distilled products is booming. In addition, in Hungary, the legislative liberalisation of distilling has drastically increased the number of registered distillation equipments (25.000 pcs.) and the number of enterprises dealing with distilling (740 pcs.). On the other hand there are no curricula available on this topic in these countries, and the related literature is low quality and deficient, with a number of aspects missing. Therefore, the consortium decided to develop a comprehensive curricula on distilling technology presenting all aspects in details in order to provide a basis for different vocational and adult training forms. The work would be based on utilizing the special competences of the partners: the high level Austrian technical training skills, the Slovenian experience in chemistry and the Hungarian knowledge in distilling and raw materials. The consortium involves the most outstanding experts from leading Hungarian enterprises into the development process. The curricula would consist the following parts:

1. intellectual output: training textbook
A 200-250 page book on distillation technology incorporating the technologies, materials, tools and equipments, laboratory needs, as well as legislative and business environment of alcohol and essential oil distillation.

2. intellectual output: technical guide
A printed guide presenting all technical details on the distilling equipment types available on the market and on how to operate them, as well as it provides the backroung knowledge related to the operation, gives detailed information on steps of installation, testing and maintenance, on the most frequent fails, malfunctions and repairs.

3. intellectual output: e-learning system
Elaboration of an e-learning system following the structure of the textbook and the technical guide and processing their contents. According to their structure special modules will be elaborated with navigation interfaces created from animated illustrations demonstrating a characteristic operation of the distillation process. It should provide easy access from the navigation interface to practical information, background knowledge or control questions and tasks. The system can be elaborated as a Moodle surface, the navigation interface can be solved by Prezi bases.

4. intellectual output: layout and equipment plan of a practical training workshop
Elaboration of the parctical training workshop requirements – place, equipment and tools, laboratory needs, built-in supplies, etc. It should contain a sized layout, the list, detailed description and location of built-in and portable equipment, and the quantity and quality of other tools and materials needed. It should have equipments for one-course and two-course distillation, essential oil distillation, as well as all tools necessary for preparing raw materials and products.

5. intellectual outputs: threelingual professional glossary
Elaboration of a glossary of professional terms related to distillation technology in three languages: Hungarian, German and Slovenian in accordance to the structure of intellectual outputs 1. and 2.

The new curricula enables specialized vocational schools in related fields (catering, viticulture and wine making, agriculture, mechanics, chemistry), grammar schools, and adult training organisations to provide education on distillation technology. There is an increasing demand for related trainings and for comprehensive and practical training materials, because of the quiclky growing number of registered distillers. It will be especially useful if the liberalised Hungarian legislation on distilling will be strictened by the EU harmonisation process and training will be made mandatory to the 25000 registered distillers.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 271853 Eur

Project Coordinator

Völgy Hangja Fejlesztési Társaság Közhasznú Egyesület & Country: HU

Project Partners

• Dvojezicna srednja sola Lendava / Ketnyelvu Kozepiskola Lendva
• Siófoki Szakképzési Centrum
• Berufsförderungsinstitut Burgenland