Teaching&training transfer for Industry 4.0. Erasmus Project

Project Title

Teaching&training transfer for Industry 4.0.

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: Open and distance learning; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; Cooperation between educational institutions and business

Project Summary

The transition to “Industry 4.0”, now an essential step for industrial companies, represents not only a technological challenge but also a human and organizational one. It requires new skills, new jobs and therefore upgraded employee qualifications.

To meet these qualification requirements, both initial and continuing vocational education play a key role. Education must adapt by integrating the new imperatives but also allow the teachers themselves to access ongoing training in a flexible way, throughout their career, to take on board future new technologies and the changes they generate. Companies are also playing an increasingly important role in providing innovative employee training initiatives to adapt to the significant changes they have to face.

Many reports and studies have shown firstly that there is currently no organized continuing training program for teachers to learn about new developments in industry, secondly and that it is difficult for companies to set up comprehensive training programs -employee training is often confined to a specific solution and its implementation. Bridging these gaps will make the European vocational education system more competitive by promoting the employability of students and by adapting their skills to industry needs and technological developments.

Our “3TIndustry4.0” project is based on an innovative model. It will connect two types of professionals in education : teachers in higher education and industry trainers. This encounter will enable the transfer of skills between the two groups of professionals and meet the needs of industry4.0.

The core of 3TIndustry4.0 is the creation of online training modules and of a network of collaboration throughout Europe. The framework of each of these modules is the presentation of a case study with supplementary theoretical material.
Each module will be developed in the form of a webinar. The participants will access an online presentation during which they will be able to interact with the lecturer. The webinar recordings will constitute a database accessible from a platform created as part of the project.
This free digital platform linked from the project website will compile the training materials and also serve as a tool for data sharing and a forum. 3TIndustry4.0 will thus create and develop a European network for the sharing of teaching practices between training professionals who can exchange via the platform’s discussion board during and after the end of the project.
The 3TIndustry4.0 modules will also be useful to introduce students of higher secondary level to digital technologies and different jobs in industry.

3TIndustry4.0 brings together 5 partners whose skills and background are highly complementary:
– Coordinator: Mecanic Vallée (MV), a French inter-regional cluster of companies in the mechanical industry
– Fundación AITIIP: Spanish technology center, expert in R & D and digital training
– Campus des métiers et des qualifications Industrie du Futur, a french organisation which brings together vocational training institutions over a a wide area
– TUBS is a German University specialized in Learning Factory
– CAAR: A Spanish cluster that supports companies in their development of training and R&D projects on new technologies.

Project progress:
Studies: identify the training needs related to the changes in “Industry 4.0”, in other words what technologies are needed in the modules.
Pedagogical and methodological activities: develop the e-learning platform and its content, which will be based on a website, available in several languages and free to access during and after the end of the project.
Dissemination: provide the project with clear information and communication strategies in order to effectively promote the project’s objectives and the European partnership in other institutions and countries.
Quality assessment and monitoring: monitor and evaluate the achievement of project objectives throughout the duration of the project.
Use of the results: Develop a relevant strategy to ensure sustainability, and transferability of results.

Impacts and long-term potential:
– improvement of the skills / knowledge of teachers & trainers concerning i4.0 technologies.
– creation of a European network of training professionals and teachers in the i4.0 sector.
– Improve the european system of continuing professional training.
– Greater competitivity for Businesses and Training centres thanks to a better implementation of i4.0
– promote professional mobility

For students:
– discover new technologies 4.0
– promote language learning and student mobility
– Make the industrial sector and its trades attractive.

Project Website

https://3tindustry40.eu/

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 149037 Eur

Project Coordinator

MECANIC VALLEE & Country: FR

Project Partners

• Association campus des métiers et des qualifications industrie du futur
• ASOCIACION CLUSTER DE AUTOMOCION DE ARAGON
• TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET BRAUNSCHWEIG
• FUNDACION AITIIP