Virtual Reality applied to roadwork training in European construction industry Erasmus Project

Project Title

Virtual Reality applied to roadwork training in European construction industry

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 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Recognition, transparency, certification; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; ICT – new technologies – digital competences

Project Summary

BACKGROUND
The VRoad project has been developed in the framework of the Erasmus+ programme. The background for planning the project focused on the availability of a qualified workforce in accordance with safety requirements, needs:
*Risk prevention on road works.
*Pedagogical innovation.
*Acquisition of technological skills.
Consequently, VRoad has aimed to address the specific needs of work-based training and Health and Safety (H&S) in road works through the development, testing and implementation of a training system based on Virtual Reality (VR).
OBJECTIVES
*To define a theoretical and practical learning framework for a training system that meets pedagogical and health and safety objectives.
*To address the specific needs of work-based training and H&S.
*Propose an innovative educational approach to learning by doing on road works through VR, focusing on lane closure, repair of guardrails and traffic signs, and accident protocol.
*Ensuring full exploitation and support to trainers and VET students in the use of the tool.
*Design and establishment of standards and necessary steps to facilitate the recognition of the training system developed in terms of the European Qualification Framework (EQF).
PARTICIPANTS
Targeted profiles: VET institutions/centres, local public bodies relevant to VET, current students, VET experts in road works, workers, companies, trainers, teachers, health and safety bodies, experts in New Applied Technologies and social partners.
Direct participants: 370-500; Potential or indirect participants: +2,000,000
5 expert entities in VET and applied technologies:
-Fundación Laboral de la Construcción (Leader, ES).
-GA Consultants (ES)
– Comité de Concertation et de Coordination de L’Apprentissage du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics (FR)
– FORMEDIL Piemonte (IT)
– Centro de formacao profissional da industria da construcao civil e obras publicas do sul (PT)
ACTIVITIES
*PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES
In order to ensure proper implementation of activities and financial monitoring (ISO and EQAVET quality criteria).
*PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION. FIELD WORK
This group of activities has covered the development of the key contents:
– Set of learning outcomes on road work.
– VR VRoad experience
– Guide for trainers: pedagogical use and technological exploitation of VRoad
– Experimentation and external validation: Pilot experience and validation
– Recognition of learning outcomes:
It has had a twofold objective: to set up the National Advisory Groups (NAG) and the Technical Advisory Group (TAG) and to implement a standard recognition process, recognition of Learning Outcomes(LO).
*DISSEMINATION, VALORISATION AND SUSTAINABILITY OF THE PROJECT
Dissemination actions have been carried out in order to achieve the highest possible impact: multiplier events (Infodays, Final Conference), international events and a full set of dissemination activities of the project results (social networks, press and targeted dissemination).
METHODOLOGY
The project structured over 24 months planned in stages including partner-led activities. The working methodology has combined qualitative (focus groups) and quantitative (online survey) techniques to obtain first-hand information on health and safety in road works.
EXPECTED RESULTS AND IMPACT
The project is expected to have an impact on:
*Target groups:
-Low-skilled workers, improving their competences on safety and health at road works. As a transnational project, the workers’ knowledge will be valid in the EU.
-VET providers, who will benefit from a modernisation of their training content.
-VET learners/trainers, who will have at their disposal a resource to improve the teaching process in safe conditions.
*Stakeholders
– Relevant public educational organisations responsible for determining training plans.
– Construction companies dedicating resources to modernise and adapt the activity to the new scenario of the construction sector.
– Training providers, private or public, involved in providing training on construction activities or related sectors.
– Public institutions and private companies in the field of health and safety.
BENEFITS
– Improvement of the activity of construction VET providers to include an attractive training offer for the current worker.
– Reinforcement of the preventive culture of construction workers.
– Improvement of the qualification of workers in the use of new technologies applied to training.
– Improvement of the image of the sector, offering a new training technology.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 212400 Eur

Project Coordinator

FUNDACION LABORAL DE LA CONSTRUCCION & Country: ES

Project Partners

• CENTRO DE FORMACAO PROFISSIONAL DA INDUSTRIA DA CONSTRUCAO CIVIL E OBRAS PUBLICAS DO SUL
• BTP CFA Centre
• FORMEDIL PIEMONTE
• GAMIFICACION DEL APRENDIZAJE Y CONSULTORÍA, SL