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   It is not clear yet if the great technological developments we are living mean a true industrial revolution. What is anyway sure is that the so called Industry 4.0. is brining many organizational and technical changes in companies and VET colleges need to be ready to transmit this to their students.    Through the LAIT 4.0. project, cofinanced by the Erasmus+ Programme, with help of IK4 Tekniker, 7 teachers from HETEL´s schools, 4 from Dundee and Angus College (Scotland), 4 from APRO Formazione (Italy), 4 from SRC Kauno (Lithuania) and 2 from ROC Da Vinci (Netherlands) will update their technological knowledge to be able to assist SMEs and VET students in this adaptation process.    Next Thursday and Friday, 24th and 25th of November, the project team is meeting in Maristak (Durango) and Zabalburu (Bilbao) to start working. Good meeting!

   La Fundación Euskaltel Konekta es una aliada estratégica para HETEL, ya que su apuesta por la Formación profesional y su apoyo a la difusión de las vocaciones científicas en la juventud, nos ha permitido colaborar estrechamente en algunos proyectos, como son SHARE y e-MOTIVE.      Desde el año 2009 HETEL tiene en marcha el proyecto colaborativo SHARE en el que participan alrededor de 60 alumnos y alumnas del ciclo de Sistemas de Telecomunicaciones e informáticos de 4 centros HETEL (Egibide, Zabalburu, Salesianos Deusto y Somorrostro). Los/as alumnos/as trabajan en grupos para desarrollar la instalación de varios servidores de aplicaciones en cada centro, simulando una empresa con diferentes ubicaciones. Esta simulación de situaciones reales favorece la adquisición de competencias transversales clave por parte del alumnado (trabajo en equipo, resolución de problemas, trabajo glocal, idiomas – se les pide que realicen la presentación en inglés-, etc).    “En HETEL apostamos por proyectos reales pero innovadores, como los que apoya Euskaltel Konekta. La colaboración con esta Fundación en el proyecto Share es clave para dotarlo de un valor añadido imprescindible en esta nueva FP tan exigente. Esto sumado a nuestra apuesta por la internacionalización nos ha llevado a participar en proyectos Erasmus+ como el e-MOTIVE, (que surge de compartir intereses similares con centros Europeos en el ámbito del Diseño en Fabricación mecánica), cuya jornada final se realizará el 4 de mayo y que contará también con el valioso apoyo de Euskaltel Konekta”.    La firma del acuerdo que oficializa y visualiza esta colaboración se ha realizado el 14 de marzo en la sede de Euskaltel en Derio, donde la Fundación Euskaltel Konekta ha destacado su apuesta por los jóvenes en general y con la Formación Profesional y el emprendizaje en particular, a través de la colaboración con los centros educativos. La Formación profesional es una cantera de personas con talento, que por su cualificación encajan perfectamente en las áreas que constituyen el corazón de las telecomunicaciones: despliegue de red, sistemas de información e innovación tecnológica. Nuestra colaboración continuada con HETEL nos permite testar el estado de la FP y nos permite al mismo tiempo acercarnos a las personas que quieren desarrollarse profesionalmente en una empresa tecnológica de referencia que conecta con la sociedad”.

    Our work to improve the quality, impact and expectations for those who choose Vocational Trainining as their career path lead us often to others part of the world. This week, our destination is Germany, where we are meeting with our colleagues of EMPLOVET, an Erasmus+ project to develop materials to help VET graduates in their job hunting process.     During the last months, the project partners have been working in different modules. In the case of HETEL we have been busy with the development of a module on rights and obligations at work from a European perspective, giving also a high importance on professional attitudes at work. These days in Germany, in the premises of our partner  KulturLife in Kiel, we will put our progress in common to assess our results and to start working in the translation of contents to partner´s languages (Spanish, Romanian, Macedonian, Turkish and German). Next year the contents will be available on-line in our project Website, www.emplovet.eu. Don´t miss them!

Cada centro  contará con un/una ponente que transmitirá al alumnado su forma de enfrentarse a los retos desde una actitud positiva bajo el eslogan “HETEL Abantean” HETEL Abantean es una actitud compartida por los 20 centros para enfrentarse al futuro        Un total de 20 centros y un solo objetivo: Transmitir a los jóvenes una actitud positiva para hacer frente a los nuevos retos del mercado laboral y de la vida en general. Se trata de una actitud que bajo el lema “HETEL Abantean” comparten los 20 centros de Formación Profesional que forman parte de la Asociación de Centros de FP de Iniciativa Social de Euskadi y que busca un alumnado y un profesorado comprometido y con una actitud constructiva ante los nuevos retos que se avecinan. Una forma en definitiva de preparar a los estudiantes para enfrentarse al mercado laboral.    Para llevar a cabo este programa HETEL Abantean cada centro de HETEL ha invitado a un/a conferenciante a dar una charla sobre su experiencia personal y profesional, que sirva de ejemplo a su auditorio, con títulos como “Student Branding, las oportunidades no ocurren, las creas tu” o “construyendo tu propio futuro”; con referentes como la del nadador paralímpico Richard Oribe, la ciclista Eider Merino o el montañero Alex Txikon…

   HETEL launched a competition among its associated VET schools to design a Website for the European project LAIT 4.0. Through this project, co financed by the Erasmus+ Programme, 7 teachers from HETEL, 4 from D&A College (Scotland), 4 from APROFormazione (Italy), 4 from SRC Kauno (Lithuania) and 2 from ROC Da Vinci (Netherlands) will attend a training course provided by IK4 Tekniker to update their technological knowledge so they will be able to guide SMEs and students in the adaptation process to industry 4.0.    In the first place, we want to thank the participation of all our schools and to recognise the high quality of the received proposals.    In the second place, we congratulate our VET school, Maristak Durango, for winning the competition! We are looking forward to seeing the work of the students!  

   HETEL is these days in Berlin with the partners of the IMPROSK projects to discuss about training of teachers and tutors/mentors in company in order to improve the quality offered in Work Based Learning (WBL) programmes.    5 teachers from HETEL´s schools will go in May to Stuttgart (Germany) to see how tutors/mentors in company are trained and how they offer guidance to the VET students they host. On the other hand, HETEL will also receive 18 teachers from Germany, Italy, Romania and Turkey to see how we are implementing our own WBL, which methodologies we use and how we involve companies in the process.   These days in Berlin we will also visit an automotive training centre to get in contact with experienced trainers of VET students in the dual German system.

   HETEL launched a competition among its associated VET schools to design the logo for the European project LAIT 4.0. Through this project, co financed by the Erasmus+ Programme, 7 teachers from HETEL, 4 from D&A College (Scotland), 4 from APROFormazione (Italy), 4 from SRC Kauno (Lithuania) and 2 from ROC Da Vinci (Netherlands) will attend a training course provided by IK4 Tekniker to update their technological knowledge so they will be able to guide SMEs and students in the adaptation process to industry 4.0.    In the first place, we want to thank the participation of all our schools and to recognise the high quality of the received proposals.  In the second place, we congratulate Igor Melgosa, student in Politeknika Ikastegia Txorierri, for winning the competition. Congratulations!    

   Vocational education also offers students international experiences. On the 4th of May, HETEL presented, together with Euskaltel Konekta Foundation, the Erasmus+ project e-MOTIVE to show this reality to 80 students in upper secondary education.    The project is an international experience implemented on a higher VET programme on mechanical manufacturing design where students and teachers from VET centres associated to HETEL (La Salle Berrozpe and Egibide) and from an Italian VET college have worked together to design, solve, present and evaluate a given challenge in this field (the design of a wind turbine).   The process followed during the project is gathered in e-MOTIVE methodology. With it, HETEL has aimed to show that internationalization does not necessarily involve physical mobility and working in an international context is possible also from one´s school.    You can access more information on the project in these links: http://e-motive.vet/y https://youtu.be/C-8yP2Y12tA

   The first stage in the implementation of LAIT 4.0. is training VET teachers in those technologies related to industry 4.0. so they will be able to recognise them, know their applications in companies and be aware of their interrelation.    Our partner IK4 Tekniker will provide a training course to 20 teachers from Scotland, Lithuania, Italy, the Netherlands and the Basque Country to update their knowledge and skills related to industry 4.0. so they will be able to pass this to their learners but also to provide added value services to companies.    The course will have a duration of 35 hours and will take place between the 8th and 12th of May in IK4 Tekniker´s facilities in Eibar. During these days, the attendants will learn in a practical and experimental way about aditive manufacturing, collaborative robotics, Internet of things platforms, big data and implementation of technological check-ups in companies. The programme and expected learning outcomes of the course is available in this link: LAIT 4.0 Contents of industry 4.0 course