This is the fourth newsletter of the project. The aim
of the newsletter is to keep stakeholders informed about the progress and the
outcomes of the project. This letter covers the period June to October 2012.
This newsletter is published in English, Italian and Polish language.
The Aim of ELEVET
The aim of the project is to facilitate
mobility of electricians and electrical engineers in Europe by improving
transparency and establishing recognition of learning outcomes – both acquired
in formal and non-formal training paths. Further, to modernise VET paths of
electricians and electrical engineers through an integration of a set of soft-
and business skills.
Transnational Meeting in Spain
In mid September the third transnational meeting was
held in Madrid, Spain – hosted by the Spanish partner, CECE. The meeting
consisted of a steering committee- and a monitoring committee meeting.
The main aim of the steering committee meeting was to
present preliminary results of the survey carried out among enterprises and
other stakeholders in Denmark, Poland, Italy, and Romania on how they see
future requirements for soft- and business skills for electricians and
electrical engineers, to outline the concept of local focus group interviews
and the curriculum framework to be drafted for the pilot courses later on in
the project. Further, the monitoring of the project outcomes and quality was
carried out by the monitoring committee.
Outcomes of Survey in Partner
Countries
As an important component of the project, a survey
among enterprises and other stakeholders has been carried out in Denmark,
Poland, Italy, and Romania. The questionnaire was distributed to 1,923
enterprises and 209 were returned.
Most of the companies are industrial production
companies and deal with domestic production – some companies are related to
international and EU production. Most of the respondees are companies employing
more than 200 people, but there are national differences. An extract of main outcomes of the survey
documents that the following skills and knowledge are important for
electricians and electrical engineers:
Knowledge about:
·
Basic health
and care
·
Rights and
obligations of employees in terms of health and care
·
Rules
concerning maintenance of electrical equipment in the workplace
·
Business
activity regulations
·
Management
and quality management
Skills
·
Ability to
anticipate threats to health and life, property and environment
·
Ability to
use individual and collective protection when performing professional tasks
·
Ability to develop
and implement work schedules
·
Ability to
negotiate and make decisions
·
Ability to
independently plan own education and inspire learning of others
·
Ability to
use office equipment and applications supporting business correspondence and
economic activities
Further the survey documents that electricians and
electrical engineers should be competent in:
·
Teambuilding
·
Management
and motivation of teams
·
Management
effectiveness
There are national differences, but an arithmetic average shows the following competencies to be the
most important.
Managerial soft competencies
·
Assigning
tasks
·
Leadership
·
Strategic
thinking
Social soft competencies
·
Teamwork
·
Sharing
knowledge and experience
·
Building
relationships with other people
·
Communication
A report describing the methodology and the outcomes
of the survey: The Association of Polish Electrical Engineers (2012) Report on Consultation, SEP Warsaw, can
be retrieved from the ELEVET project website: www.elevet.sep.com.pl
Focus Group Interviews
In order to make a qualitative follow-up to the
outcomes of the survey carried out in enterprises, focus group interviews will
be carried out in Romania, Poland, Italy, Spain and Denmark in the course of
November. Relevant stakeholders from the trade are invited to develop further
on business- and soft skills needed by current and future electricians and
electrical engineers in Europe.
Use the Social Media of ELEVET
We recommend you to consult the social media of
ELEVET. In order to follow the progress of the project, please consult the
project website.
The project website is in Polish, Romanian, Italian,
Danish and Spanish. The link of the website is: www.elevet.sep.com.pl
ELEVET also has a Facebook profile, which tells you
more about the project progress, recent developments and gives you the
possibility to contribute to the ELEVET debate. The link is:
Help us to spread the news about recent developments
in the ELEVET project – send the newsletter on to somebody you know, who might
be interested in getting the latest news. Thank you in advance for supporting
the project. You can find earlier publications of newsletter on the project website.
Contact Details
The contact details of the project secretary are:
Ms Anna Dzieciol – SEP Foreign Relations
Tel: +48 22 55 64 329
Mobile: +48 662 186 219
Fax: +48 22 55 64 301
This project has been funded with support
from the European Commission. This newsletter reflects the views only of the
author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use, which may be
made of the information contained therein.
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