UPgrading the construction Sector Workforce traINing and qualification in Greece (BUILD UP Skills UPSWING)
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BUILD UP Skills UPSWING aims at developing three large scale fully functional training and qualification schemes for 3 professions with substantiated great impact on the energy upgrade of buildings in Greece, in full compliance with the priorities and Action Plan of the National Qualification Roadmap for Greece (BUS-GR - Pillar I), namely:
- insulation technicians,
- aluminium & metal constructions craftsmen,
- installers-maintainers of burners.
Partners
Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving Greece
National Technical University of Athens Greece
Technical University of Crete Greece
Small Enterprises Institute of the Hellenic Confederation of Professionals, Craftsmen and Merchants Greece
Labour Institute of the Greek General Confederation of Labour, Greece
Technical Chamber of Greece, Greece
National Organization for the Certification of Qualifications and Vocational Guidance, Greece
Aim
BUS UPSWING aimed at developing 3 fully functional training & qualification schemes for the 3 building professions that were identified in the Greek Qualification Roadmap as having the greatest impact on the attainment of the national energy targets for 2020: insulation technicians, aluminium & metal constructions craftsmen, installers-maintainers of burners.
Outcomes
Impacts/Outcomes 1:Development of three large-scale fully functional training and qualification schemes for insulation technicians, aluminium and metal constructions craftsmen, and installers-maintainers of burners, in Greece. Establishment of a pilot training and qualification system to facilitate the transition to the fully functional aforementioned schemes. Certification of the 3 qualification schemes.
Impacts/Outcomes 2:
During the project, a number of courses were implemented, namely 9 pilot courses (3 per professional group in 3 different regions of Greece); 3 pilot 'train the trainers' courses, one for each group of professionals, resulting in 58 new trainers qualified till the end of the project (225 in the near future) & 139 professionals (of all 3 categories) qualified and certified till the end of the project.
Impacts/Outcomes 3:
Implementation of supportive measures to ensure the sustainability of the developed training and qualification schemes: proposals for incentives to boost the interest for the building sector professions and the demand for highly qualified craftsmen, proposals for funding mechanisms, dissemination activities to reach the targeted stakeholders, etc.
Impacts/Outcomes 4:
Significant strengthening of the Continuous Vocational Education and Training of the three targeted professions.
Impacts/Outcomes 5:
Provision of guidelines for the preparation of the bodies that will undertake the training and those that will implement the examination and certification of graduates.
Impacts/Outcomes 6:
Establishment of a “qualifications/skills observatory" for the systematic monitoring and recording of the needs for skills enhancement and/or acquisition of new skills. Focused work on the promotion of the most important new skills, identified in the National Qualification Roadmap.
Policy/Initiative
Skills Gaps:Update and validation of the professions’ occupational profiles; provision of incentives to boost the interest and demand for qualified workers; formation of an observatory for systematic monitoring of new skills; proposals for funding mechanisms.
Recommendations
Training:Update and validation of the professions’ occupational profiles; provision of incentives to boost the interest and demand for qualified workers; formation of an observatory for systematic monitoring of new skills; proposals for funding mechanisms.
Contact Information
| Name of Organisation: | Centre for Renewable Energy Sources and Saving |
|---|---|
| Role: | Coordinator |
| Address: | 19th km Marathonos Ave, 19009, Pikermi Attiki Greece |
| Country: | Greece |
| Email: | malam@cres.gr |
| Website: | https://ec.europa.eu/energy/intelligent/projects/en/projects/upswing |
| Contact Person | |
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| Contact Name: | Dr. Charalampos Malamatenios |
| Contact Phone: | +30-210 6603340 |
| Contact Email: | malam@cres.gr |