Järva County Vocational Training Center - Coordinator, Estonia
Järva County Vocational Training Centre provides instruction to approximately 1200 students. The Center employs
70 teachers and 102 staff operating between its two campuses in Central Estonia, with one located in the town of Paide and the other in Särevere. It is the largest vocational education and training institution in Central Estonia serving a region of over 40,000 inhabitants providing nineteen (19) fields of study. Staff experience among teachers ranges from 3 to 25 years of teaching.
JKHK is responsible for the project coordination, finance, web site and school home-page promotion, planned activities and reports to NordPlus. JKHK is the only vocational road construction training institution for the Country of Estonia. They provide heavy equipment training to students and adults graduating approximately 200 students from this program yearly. They seek new international standars for improved training and safety.
70 teachers and 102 staff operating between its two campuses in Central Estonia, with one located in the town of Paide and the other in Särevere. It is the largest vocational education and training institution in Central Estonia serving a region of over 40,000 inhabitants providing nineteen (19) fields of study. Staff experience among teachers ranges from 3 to 25 years of teaching.
JKHK is responsible for the project coordination, finance, web site and school home-page promotion, planned activities and reports to NordPlus. JKHK is the only vocational road construction training institution for the Country of Estonia. They provide heavy equipment training to students and adults graduating approximately 200 students from this program yearly. They seek new international standars for improved training and safety.
BAT - Confederation of Danish Construction and Wood Workers Union - Denmark
BAT is a trade union secretariat, representing the 7 unions having members within construction and woodworking. During the unions BAT represents 140 000 Danish construction and road workers as well as woodworking and furniture industry workers. BAT merges attitudes of unions in health and safety, partly training and international work for the unions. The BAT secretariat are making economic, employment and other analyses for the construction and the furniture industries. They work closely together with employers´organizations within health and safety and within vocational training- making joint campaigns, guidelines and a common understanding of the importance of good health and safety conditions. BAT expects to play an active role in this project with ideas and experiences within H&S training for road and asphalt workers, and has launched several campaigns for "road as a safe working-place" as well as regulatory works with national and international authorities.
Ylä-Savo Vocational College - Finland
The role of this institution will be to :
* share teaching experiences
* provide key data and share experience in the area of Finnish road building and safety standars
* observe and gain valuable knowledge in the road safety training process, content, and in ECVET unit evaluation.
This institution has a new training programme for heavy equipment operators and seeks experiences and knowledge. It is part of Ylä-Savo Municipal Federation of Education comprised of 9 municipalities, and is the main provider of vocational apprenticeship in the region. The total number of students in vocational upper secondary education, adult education and vocational apprenticeship is 1900 students per year. The aim of Yla-Savo Vocational College´s internationalization strategy is to educate skilled proffessionals equipped with international experience and working with people from other cultures both in Finland and abroad.Our staff seeks internationalization opportunities through excursions, scholarships, teacher exchange and various international projects. These forms of internationalization are financed either by basic funding of our vocational institute or EU-project funding such as Leonardo da Vinci, Equal, Comenius, Grundtvig or NordPlus.
* share teaching experiences
* provide key data and share experience in the area of Finnish road building and safety standars
* observe and gain valuable knowledge in the road safety training process, content, and in ECVET unit evaluation.
This institution has a new training programme for heavy equipment operators and seeks experiences and knowledge. It is part of Ylä-Savo Municipal Federation of Education comprised of 9 municipalities, and is the main provider of vocational apprenticeship in the region. The total number of students in vocational upper secondary education, adult education and vocational apprenticeship is 1900 students per year. The aim of Yla-Savo Vocational College´s internationalization strategy is to educate skilled proffessionals equipped with international experience and working with people from other cultures both in Finland and abroad.Our staff seeks internationalization opportunities through excursions, scholarships, teacher exchange and various international projects. These forms of internationalization are financed either by basic funding of our vocational institute or EU-project funding such as Leonardo da Vinci, Equal, Comenius, Grundtvig or NordPlus.
Mercantec Vocational Training Center - Denmark
Mercantec´s role will be:
* expert trainer in road building safety standards for the duration of this project
* expert advisor in safety training for road workers
* evaluator training activities
* dissemination through the Mercantec network.
It is the largest educational institution in Viborg Municipality with approximately 450 employees and approximately 3000 annual students, apprentices and course participants at addresses in Viborg, Bjerringbro, Skive and Ulfborg. Mercantec has a wide range of upper secondary educations, courses and in-service training. Moreover, it is one of the largest suppliers of in-service courses in Denmark and its teachers are well-known for their high level of expetise. Mercantec was founded in 2008 as a result of the merger between two of the largest educational institutions in MidTjylland- EUC Midt and Viborg Handelsskole. This merger resulted in a strong educational institution which will ensure a continuous range of vocational education in the local area. Moreover, Mercantec ensures an optimum platform for the preparation of future challenges within the area of education.
* expert trainer in road building safety standards for the duration of this project
* expert advisor in safety training for road workers
* evaluator training activities
* dissemination through the Mercantec network.
It is the largest educational institution in Viborg Municipality with approximately 450 employees and approximately 3000 annual students, apprentices and course participants at addresses in Viborg, Bjerringbro, Skive and Ulfborg. Mercantec has a wide range of upper secondary educations, courses and in-service training. Moreover, it is one of the largest suppliers of in-service courses in Denmark and its teachers are well-known for their high level of expetise. Mercantec was founded in 2008 as a result of the merger between two of the largest educational institutions in MidTjylland- EUC Midt and Viborg Handelsskole. This merger resulted in a strong educational institution which will ensure a continuous range of vocational education in the local area. Moreover, Mercantec ensures an optimum platform for the preparation of future challenges within the area of education.