1. Process Industry LEarning Unit Project
Manfred van de Kreeke
Brussels, 4 October 2012

2. Today’s story about Pile Up
1. What?
2. Who?
3. Why?
4. How?
- ECVET
- activities
5. What about a skills council?

3. What is Pile Up about?
mobility of workers in the chemical industry in Europe
a common European competence profile for Maintenance technician & Process Operator
based on ECVET methodology
assessment and validation of worker’s competences
Pile Up competences to reach a higher qualification

4. Core partners (Steering group)
ROC West-Brabant (project coordinator) NL
Kenteq Centre of Expertise NL
SBG für Umweltschutz und Chemieberufe DE
Belgian Maintenance Association (BEMAS) BE
Instytut Technologii (ITeE-PIB) PL
National Agency for VET (NAVET) BG
Wear Management CH

5. Associated partners/subcontractors
Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BIB) DE
PMLF Centre of Expertise NL
Voka-KvKAW BE
Bulgarian Chamber of Chemical industry BG
Maintenance Education Consortium (MEC) NL
Czech Maintenance Society CZ
Dr. Kolb and other companies NL
University of Dresden DE

6. Why did we start Pile Up?
Need for skilled workers (All round Operators & Maintenance Technicians) on EQF level 4
Need to understand the levels and content of qualifications of foreign workers
Necessity to upgrade skilled workers towards level 4 by assessing their skills and offering them flexible learning possibilities

7. The main aim of Pile Up
To develop and implement units of learning outcomes, (competence profiles) based on ECVET* methodology which can be used for:
The recognition and validation of competences of foreign workers
Piling up (accumulate) the competences of workers to reach a higher level of qualification
* ECVET: European Credit system for Vocational Education and Training
What is ECVET??

8. - A technical framework for the transfer, recognition and accumulation of individuals’ learning outcomes with a view to achieving a qualification
- improve the general understanding of citizens′ learning outcomes and their transparency, transnational mobility

10. ECVET basics Learning outcomes Unit based Mutual trust
NIET allemaal dezelfde opleidingen in EU, respect voor diversiteit
ECVET is based on:
• Learning outcomes, which are statements of
knowledge, skills and competence that can be
achieved in a variety of learning contexts.
• Units based of learning outcomes that are components
of qualifications. Units can be assessed,
validated and recognised.
• Partnerships 10

11. Project activities PILE UP
Compare existing job profiles (all partners)
Create a common job profiles for All-round Process Operator and Maintenance Technician:
Learning outcomes: knowledge, skills and competences related to work tasks
Units of LO; smaller components of qualifications that can be assessed, validated and recognised

12. ULO 1 Performing operational logistics
Units of learning outcomes
ULO 1 Performing operational logistics
ULO 2 Perfoming physical processes
ULO 3 Performing chemical processes
ULO 4 Performing biological processes
ULO 5 Participating in quality assurance and customer orientation
ULO 6 Participating in maintenance and repairs

13. Theoretical Knowledge Technological context
Work tasks: Unit Manual and automatic temperature control of liquids
Practical knowledge
Characterization of work activity
Theoretical Knowledge
Characterization of a work system
Work steps
Skills/abilities
Scientific context
Technological context
The operator analyzes the current work plan.
Reflection of the knowledge acquired. Planning the process
Explanation of the functioning of the heating (switch-on sequence) – manually und automatically
Operation of process thermostats
Heating and cooling of liquid media (boiling and melting point)
Operation of process thermostats
Implementation of instruction, thereby repeat filling and emptying
Unlock the ways of conveying and filling the reactors with the prescribed levels. Operating the process thermostats in the manual and automatic mode.
Basics of measurement and control engineering
Operating the system, thereby using the existing measurement and control technique and process control technique.
The operator documents all activities
Creating log according to specified matrix

14. Project activities PILE UP
Compare common profiles to national qualifications
Testing:
Theoretical feedback from industry (ESSC)
In practice: assessments in companies
Evaluation of test results
Recommendations for the use of units of learning outcomes and the implementation of ECVET (ESSC)
Implementation in practice by the sector

15. What about a European SSC?
Success of Pile Up depends on support and accessibility of the sector
European SSC could provide an organised structure to:
… get the necessary feedback from the sector
… to present projects or other initiatives to the sector
… reach the target group / end users of project results
… realize mutual trust between interested parties
Note: very important to include the right people!

16. How can these 2 worlds communicate better?
Industry
Profession
Description learning outcomes (skills)
Assessment
Training
Training providers
How can these 2 worlds communicate better?
European SSC?!

17. For more information: www.pile-up.eu
Contact details:
Annejet Goede
Manfred van de Kreeke