Udine, 12th November 2015 School and WOrk-Related Dual learning – SWORD IT01-KA CUP: C65C

Udine, 12th November 2015 School and WOrk-Related Dual learning – SWORD IT01-KA CUP: C65C For the first time in Italy you can find, at a national level, a piloting action aimed at the promotion of a dual system due to an agreement between Regions and National Government The piloting project previews to use 3 main tools and it will concern training VET courses aimed at gaining the final qualification or the professional diploma. The beneficiaries are youngsters between 14 and 18 years old

3 Tools  apprenticeship for qualification and diploma (50% of the annual training duration in the company)  alternance between school and work ( at least 400 hours in a year in the company)  practice firm inside the VET centre (at least 400 hours in a year) Udine, 12th November 2015 School and WOrk-Related Dual learning – SWORD IT01-KA CUP: C65C

The piloting project will be developed in 2 steps selection of VET centres to involve in the project, enhancement of their guidance and placement services and identification of a good organizational model for guidance start up of the training courses that will preview the dual system Udine, 12th November 2015 School and WOrk-Related Dual learning – SWORD IT01-KA CUP: C65C

STEP 1 – SELECTION OF VET CENTERS open national call to select and involve in the piloting project 300 VET centers at the national level – 8 in FVG every selected vet provider will receive ,00 € the grant will contribute to enhance a new organization of guidance and placement services, will fund the training for operators and promotion of new tools to improve relations with production system …. Just to facilitate the start up of the dual system Udine, 12th November 2015 School and WOrk-Related Dual learning – SWORD IT01-KA CUP: C65C

STEP 1 – OTHER ACTIVITIES Italia Lavoro is the Labour Government Agency that will select the VET centers and provide some servicies to VET centers during the piloting project. Support VET providers to raise guidance and placement services to new identified standards Support Vet providers to define and organize new models of placement and guidances Train the operators Support VET providers to take part in the list of authorized subjects allowed to realize the dual system and placement Support VET providers in designing and signing apprenticeship contracts to hit qualification or diploma Udine, 12th November 2015 School and WOrk-Related Dual learning – SWORD IT01-KA CUP: C65C

…………. And more ………… Provide training about law aspects of the apprentice contract Realization of informative material about the new apprentice contract to disseminate in the production sector Create a model to support companies about their fullfillments for hosting students of the dual system Monitoring the going on of the project Support vet providers in scouting of companies interested in the dual system Territorial needs assessments Dissemination activities among stakeholders Collecting the companies requests and defining the requested professional profiles Udine, 12th November 2015 School and WOrk-Related Dual learning – SWORD IT01-KA CUP: C65C

STEP 2 : START UP OF THE TRAINING COURSES The project will be developed in two years – 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 with VET courses that start in september The challenge is to involve at least 50 companies within 2 years The final EQF levels of qualification will be the 3° and the 4° In the case Vet providers are not able to find an hosting company for the piloting experience, the practice firm could be a valid solution and it will have to take at least 400 hours per year The practice firm is a protected work environment realized inside the Vet Center, very similar to the company Udine, 12th November 2015 School and WOrk-Related Dual learning – SWORD IT01-KA CUP: C65C

PROBLEMS? we are absolute beginners, so we need suggestions, things to avoid…. at the moment little cooperation with the Ministry of Labour, despite the agreement – centralization of the decisions (too) many operating details are still unknown Udine, 12th November 2015 School and WOrk-Related Dual learning – SWORD IT01-KA CUP: C65C