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Digital and environmental skills for facilities management
Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2019,
BACKGROUND & CHALLENGESThe introduction of energy efficiency measures designed to reduce resources consumption and greenhouse emissions is pulling the adoption of environmental technologies & services in the building sector. Facility managers, apart from technical & management proficiency, require a mix of digital & environmental skills to respond to the use of energy efficiency technologies syste...
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Self-learning resources for informal childminders
Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Mar 31, 2019,
BACKGROUND & CHALLENGESOver the last decade, early childhood education and care has increasingly taken place through informal structures for many families, creating at the same time an employment opportunity and path for many people from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds, such as migrants, refugees, unemployed, NEETs and people living on benefit. The skillssets required by informal and ...
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Extended Learning Support System
Start date: Oct 1, 2016, End date: Dec 31, 2018,
PROJECT BACKGROUND Studies on implementation of newly acquired skills show that without support mechanism, learning itself does result in knowledge & new skills being used in the workplace. A research conducted by Project Partners confirms employers and HR departments’ desire for a tool that would support implementation of training effects into the workplace. Respondents of the research agree, th...
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Training in Smart Metering Technologies for Construction Site Managers
Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Feb 28, 2018,
BACKGROUND & CHALLENGES
With over 250 million smart meters for electricity, gas, water expected to be installed in EU by 2020, the work of construction site managers is already undergoing change, requiring appropriate up-skilling with combined, green and digital, competences, to supervise the commission, installation, and operation of smart metering solutions. The new challenge for the traditional...
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Improving the effectiveness of adult education for disadvantaged groups
Start date: Nov 1, 2015, End date: Oct 31, 2017,
BACKGROUND & CHALLENGE
Despite EU and national policy efforts & initiatives, disadvantaged groups continue performing worse, participating less & benefiting less from adult education opportunities than other learners. The lack of systematic evaluation & impact monitoring aiming at disadvantaged adult learners results in insufficient data, preventing adult learning providers from taking informed de...
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Strategic Partnership for the development of a VET course on water efficiency technologies for water technicians
Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2017,
NEEDS AND CONTEXT
The improvement of energy efficiency of buildings creates a strong growth in the demand for "green" water technologies. "Green" skills are in shortage among water technicians, requiring digital competences, literacy on device embedded software and technical skills combined with environmental knowledge. Modern water technicians should possess customer consultation "soft" skills pr...
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Numeracy for Advanced MAnufacturing
Start date: Sep 1, 2014, End date: Aug 31, 2016,
BACKGROUND & CHALLENGES
The trend within the European manufacturing sector towards Advanced Manufacturing systems has highlighted the skill gap between workers' numerical skills and workplace requirements in modern facilities. Workers nowadays are expected to both understand and perform math calculations, and to have a basic understanding of concepts and processes of algebra and trigonometry. This...
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