The training piloting on the Curriculum ‘Advanced Composite Repair Training (EQF- 5)’ has been carried out from 14 to 18 November 2016 in Technical Education Copenhagen TEC, Denmark. TEC Team designed the training and involved 5 technicians from Scandinavian Airlines System SAS during 5 days for a total of 30 hours. The piloting aimed at…
Incubatore.net has been inaugurated the past 5 December 2016 in Pistoia. The event was a huge success. It was attended by representatives of schools and professionals, well-known local entrepreneurs, banks, cooperatives and associations. The feedback from participants has been brilliant. In addition, the participation of citizens was wide and higher than expected. Start-ups both underway…
The Working Group on Adaptation of the EU Value Chain of GEAR 2030 held the 4rd meeting of the Project Team the last 21 November in Brussels. The new High Level Group for the automotive industry (GEAR) was launched in 2016 by the European Commission to ensure a co-ordinated approach and to address the challenges…
Skillman will be presented by Giovanni Crisoná and Fabio Croci (CSCS) at the European Business Forum on Vocational Training on Thursday, 8 December. The forum will take place in Brussels within the European Vocational Skills Week, an international event aimed to improve the attractiveness of vocational education and training, showcase excellence and quality, and raise…
Incubatore.net will be inaugurated in Pistoia as a result of a collaboration among CSCS, an intermediary organization of the Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs, the schools and the social partners of the territory. The inauguration, that will be held during the European Vocational Skills Week, represents a good opportunity to launch the incubator’s activities and introduce…
Dear Renzo, we know that you are an expert in materials science and that you drafted the Report on the state of the art of advanced manufacturing in the transport sector. We would like to make you some questions on the current state of the European transport sector and the main results obteined by Skillman…
The second training piloting on the Curriculum ‘Basic Composite structure repair (EQF- 3)’ has been carried out from 6 to 12 October 2016. Technical Education Copenhagen TEC Team designed the training and involved 12 of its students during 5 days for a total of 30 hours. The course covered 3 learning units. In Unit 1…
Skillman has produced an E-book that comprise a repertory of researches on competences and skills needs on robotics for the Transport Sector. The UK partners, led by Jaguar Land Rover, have chosen to focus on this area in order to understand the development of skills solutions. This will enable the consortium to understand more completely…
Language: English Date: 22 September 2016 Topic: Interview realized by Edi Fanti, external evaluator of the Skillman Project, to Giovanni Crisonà, President at Centro Studi ‘Cultura Sviluppo’.
Language: Italian Date: 15 September 2016 Topic: Interview realized by Edi Fanti, external evaluator of the Skillman Project, to Rosa Anna Favorito, director at Cepas, certifying body for the professionals in corporate security.
Language: English Date: 23 September 2016 Topic: Interview realized by Edi Fanti, external evaluator of the Skillman Project, to Renzo Salimbeni, Associated Senior Researcher and Manager of the ‘Liason Office Centro Ricerca Impresa’. Salimbeni is also the author of the Report on the state of the art of the Skillman project.
In October 2016, the European Forum of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (EfVET) held its 25th Annual Forum in Valencia, Spain. Along with representatives from the European Commission, CEDEFOP and educational institutes in Denmark and Spain, Andy Warren, Skills Programmes Advisor, from Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) was invited to speak about the Skillman project,…
Skillman will participate to the first ‘European Vocational Skills Week’ with a dedicated session. The event will take place from 5 to 9 December 2016 and aims at raising vocational education and training attractiveness (VET) through excellence and quality by showing that it can lead to quality employment, entrepreneurial mindset, attractive and challenging careers and…
Robots can be designed and programmed to get specific information that is beyond what our five senses can tell us. For instance, a robot sensor might “see” in the dark, detect tiny amounts of invisible radiation or measure movement that is too small or fast for the human eye to see. Specialized softwares based on…
An interested crowd follewed the SKILL MAN workshop in connection with a DK ReferNET meeting 18 th of August 2016. The Danish ReferNET is coordinated by The Danish National Center for Vocational Education . The Center has the responsibility to gather, analyze and disseminate information about VET in Denmark in relation to ReferNET/CEDEFOP. The…
The Report on the state of the art of advanced manufacturing in the transport sector is now available. The Report has been drafted by Renzo Salimbeni, Associated Senior Researcher and Manager of the ‘Liason Office Centro Ricerca Impresa’, and aims to be a useful source to identify technical skill gaps. The report also provide necessary…
As a keynote speaker of the International Conference on Lifelong Learning and Leadership for all, Mr Giovanni Crisonà has presented the skillman.eu principles adopted to identify industrial training future needs and develop the new curricula in the advanced manufacturing sector. The conference aimed to discuss and debate how the new generation can consistently grow and…
The International Conference about Technical and Vocational Education and Training has been organized by The Deputy Ministry for Vocational Education and Training in Donostia-San Sebastián on the 15th and 16th of June 2016. Mr Giovanni Crisonà participated in the event to represent the Skillman consortium. The objective of the conference was to analyse the Basque…
New Skills Agenda for Europe has been launched in an high-level event organised by the European Commission to boost human capital, employability and competitiveness. To represent the Skillman consortium, Mr Giovanni Crisonà participated in the highly interactive event and enjoyed the opportunities to network and build partnerships for skills. The actions of the New Skills…
Dear Yasser, We know that you are experienced in the air sector and that you are teacher in the TEC school. We are very interested in the background of the contributors to Skillman, therefore we would like to know more about your professional history and experience. It would be very kind if you could answer…
In this section we distribute publications made by SKILLMAN members and associated partners. We also link publications released by other stakeholders active in the field of advanced manufacturing for the transport sector. SKILLMAN Report on the state of the art of advanced manufacturing in the transport sector In this report we present the latest developments…
The Skillman’s Consortium has contributed to improve ESCO skills and occupational profiles in relation to the field of robotics, ICT in production processes and composite materials. Comments and suggestions for new concepts will be used in the development and implementation of the Online Consultation Platform (OCP). Among the things reported to ESCO, Skillman has proposed to include…
The “Robotic Valley” of Denmark is based in Odense and comprise more than 70 robotic and automation companies with approximately 1,800 employees. The city will also host Robobusiness Europe over the next three years. In the meeting with Henrik Hjorth, Giovanni Crisonà gathered a lot of interesting information on the innovative businesses developed in Funen and…
Internet of Things (IoT) is one of the most revolutionary technology trends of this lifetime. The need for developers is growing since the IoT continues its rapid ascent and a recent report foresees that 4.5 million IoT developers will be needed by 2020. Companies are increasingly taking a look at how they can implement the…
A new Automotive Council report has revealed that even if Britain’s car industry roars ahead on productivity, the sector is facing a serious skills shortage and up to 5,000 jobs could be vacant nationwide. The report, developed by automotive industry consultants SMMT Industry Forum on behalf of the Automotive Industrial Partnership, reveals also that of…
Skillman supports from December 2015 the KIC EIT RawMaterials (EIT RM), an EIT Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC), funded in 2014 by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). EIT Raw Materials has the goal of boosting the competitiveness, growth and attractiveness of the European raw materials sector via radical innovation and entrepreneurship. This…
‘What makes Vocational Education and Training an attractive pathway to success?’ This was the title of the conference held in Cyprus beteewn the 21st and the 24th of October 2015. The event aimed at exploring the opportunities provided by Vocational Education and Training. For this reason key players of that sector were called to…
EU 2020 agenda states that EU is the home to world leading manufacturing industries, game changing innovative technologies and an entrepreneurial infrastructure that can enable the transition to a resource efficient, sustainable, society. Unfortunately raw materials, crucial for these core industrial activities, are mostly imported from other countries. The challenge to increase the supply of…
Within skillman activities, cscs is entitled to internally develop a videogame for marketing and learning purposes with the aim to attract young visitors to its platform. For this reason, upon an agreement of collaboration with Alfa College Groningen, three students from Holland has been involved in this process organizing a mobility experience to Italy: Zardjo…
Technology is evolving so rapidly it has become an integral component of everyday life and having uninterrupted connectivity is necessary, even while driving. In fact, analysts predict that by 2016 in-vehicle connectivity and basic online content will become critical buying factors, even if a little while ago, drivers have resisted paying extra for in-vehicle connected…
One of problem areas, which the Sector Skills Alliance intends to answer is related to the advanced productions processes involving automated robotics. Industrial robots, in fact, are becoming smarter, faster and cheaper and are called upon to go beyond traditional repetitive, onerous or even dangerous tasks such as welding and materials handling. They are taking on…