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SERVITEC
is a pilot project within the framework of the LEONARDO
DA VINCI Programme of the EUROPEAN UNION. The full title of the project
is:
SERVITEC - Transnational training modules for service technicians in the
sanitary, heating and air-conditioning sector
Objective of the project
Developing transnational training modules for service technicians in the sanitary,
heating and air-conditioning sector.
Project background
In many EU Member States the initial vocational training that students and
young employees receive in the sanitary, heating and air-conditioning sector
is not sufficient to guarantee a good service and maintenance of the every
day more complicated technology and facilities this industry deploys to its
customers. In each Member State the possibilities for service technicians
of this sector to obtain new certified skills are different. Also, the quality
of the continuing training measures offered varies significantly, even within
the Member States itself. For this reason, the German Federation for Sanitary,
Heating and Air-conditioning has formulated in 1997 some minimum requirements
for the continuing training of service technicians and has declared its intent
to issue a federal certificate for the successful completion of corresponding
training courses. A continuing training initiative and the acquisition of
new additional skills is in the interest of students and employees with regard
to securing their jobs as well as in the interest of companies with regard
to keeping up with international competition.
Project results
The development of pedagogically useful training moduls that can be used in
continuing training courses for service technicians in different Member States
is a task that has to be solved in the future. Industry associations, scientific
organisations, small and medium sized enterprises and initial and continuing
training centers and schools have to co-operate to develop these modules.
The SERVITEC partner team is dedicated to make a first step in this direction
by developing during the course of the project exemplary modules for the following
subjects:
- Communication & Customer advisory
- Solar energy technology
- Air-conditioning - Solar cooling
- Condensing boiler technology
- Electrical engineering - Basics
Project partners
The project is co-ordinated and realised by IWB
Radolfzell e.V.. Project partners
from Germany, Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal and France participate in the
project. The project receives financial support from the LEONARDO
DA VINCI Programme of the European Union.
Dissemination
The Sanitary, Heating and
Air-conditioning Association of Freiburg (SHK Innung Freiburg) supports
the dissemination of project results. The developed moduls will also be integrated
into the EDUVINET (Education via Networks)
Information Service IWB maintains on the Internet. In this way, the popularity
of EDUVINET can be used to promote the SERVITEC contents and materials. Furthermore,
the moduls will be available on CD-ROM as well. The project partners will
support the dissemination of results as best as they can using the normal
information distribution channels of their respective partner organisations.