We are welding in Europe and for Europe Erasmus Project

Project Title

We are welding in Europe and for Europe

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: Quality Improvement Institutions and/or methods (incl. school development); Open and distance learning; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

We carried out the project due to the lack of a professional qualification for metal welding, the implementation of distance learning, the license of our school for welding tests according to European standards. An extensive four-language dictionary was also included. The condition for performing the welding test is also the so-called WPS, according to which these tests are passed.
By implementing the project, we have achieved the following goals:
-modernize vocational education in partner schools by connecting school and practice;
-exchange experiences and bring interconnections of educational systems of partner schools;
-deepen cooperation in partnerships formed by organizations,
-realize the exchange of information, knowledge, insights, and experiences;
-create opportunities for expanding cooperation in the future and thus lay the foundations for multilateral partnerships;
-strengthen the position of partnerships formed by vocational schools;
-create motivational tools for education;
-create conditions for the general availability of educational activities and better orientation in their offer;
-proposals for educational innovation;
-improve the quality of education in the field of metal welding and give it a European dimension;
-create common educational materials available online;
Teachers of vocational subjects from partner schools were involved in the project, specifically:
The Czech Republic: (4)
-International welding technologist
-International welding practitioner
-Translator – expert
-ICT specialist
Germany: (2)
-teacher of metal welding theory
-teacher of metal welding practice
Slovakia: (2)
-teacher of metal welding theory
-teacher of metal welding practice
Management from each partner school is in charge of managing.
20 pupils from each school participated in e-learning in the field of metal welding technology. The top four from each country were to take part in five-day mobility at the end of the project to verify the project’s outputs. Due to the impossibility of traveling to the Czech Republic, this mobility did not take place. We extended the project by half a year, however, October and December dates also weren’t realized due to the epidemiological situation.
Results:
O1: ECVET metal welding – to create 3 units of learning outcomes for 3 methods of metal welding (methods 111, 135, and 141) in four languages (Czech, Slovak, German, and English).
O2: E-learning – to create an e-learning environment with presentations for online teaching of metal welding technology. It also includes a set of work safety tests. This environment contains 52 presentations + 21 tests. (http://moodle.sos-tremosnice.cz/course/view.php?id=142 (GE), http://moodle.sos-tremosnice.cz/course/view.php?id=141 (EN), http://moodle.sos-tremosnice.cz/course/view.php?id=140 (SK) a http://moodle.sos-tremosnice.cz/course/view.php?id=139 (CZ).
O3: Dictionary – to create a terminological four-language dictionary, containing minim. 1246 words and phrases used in metal welding. It is a table in Excel that allows easy sorting.
O4: WPS – We have created a set of 3 technological procedures WPS (welding procedure specification) according to the standard ČSN EN ISO 9606-1 in 4 languages for welding tests of pupils from partner schools. These WPS are for methods 135 (in shielding gas), 111 (coated electrode), and 141 (TIG). Weld type FW and position PB. According to these procedures, only the skills of Czech pupils were verified. Pupils from foreign countries couldn’t come.
We had to ask for an extension of the project. Three events were planned for June 2020 (mobility, international meetings, and international conferences). Due to the current epidemiological situation in Europe, their implementation was not possible. The exams of Czech pupils were successfully supervised under state supervision. The last international meeting took place only online. The final conference, which would significantly contribute to the promotion and dissemination of the project, did not take place due to the impossibility of gathering.
Impact and longer-term benefits:
-deepening of international cooperation, new impulses for further cooperation
– deeper cooperation in the preparation of the ECVET system in the engineering professions
-extension of competencies in the creation and implementation of intellectual outputs and definition of graduate competencies following the needs of a practice
-improvement of professional knowledge, skills, and experience of project participants in professional subjects,
-development of the teacher’s personality, integration into a multicultural society,
– getting acquainted with modern elements in the field of methodology and didactics of vocational training,
-expansion of existing knowledge about education systems in other European countries
-expansion of the portfolio by digital materials, which are so required today
One of the most important priorities of today’s society is the preparation and development of human resources. An educated and professionally trained person is the basic source of success. In the age of the internet, anyone interested in new knowledge can get to several information sources

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 118699 Eur

Project Coordinator

Střední odborná škola a Střední odborné učiliště technické, Třemošnice, Sportovní 322 & Country: CZ

Project Partners

• Spojena skola
• ÜAG gGmbH Jena