Konkurs umiejętności zawodowych związanych z instalacjami sanitarnymi i grzewczymi WorldSkills 2024

<< Background >>We applied for this project with the aim to develop and support young people in building a professional career in the demanding labour market, showing that vocational education can be attractive, interesting, should not exclude anyone and that it is worth investing in one's education from the beginning. The project was a unique proposal focused mainly on the actual bottom-up activation of young people from VET institutions in PL and HU. Participation in each stage of the project (preliminaries, national competitions, international WorldSkills'24) means developing skills, gaining practical experience, extending and testing the knowledge and practical skills, through contact with modern technologies. The inclusion of active VET establishments in the project will allow them to improve the quality and attractiveness of the teaching of the plumbing profession through the use and exchange of good practices, the organisation of practical classes in Grohe GIVE training rooms with the use of modern pro-ecological solutions, digital training materials prepared in attractive forms and activates the staff to establish relationships, exchange national and international experiences, undertake joint activities dedicated to young people.<< Objectives >>1. to increase interest among young people in sanitation education by making vocational education more attractive. 2. to organise and carry out preliminaries and competitions in PL and HU, in which the best participants will be selected who will be prepared for the WorldSkills competition in the sanitary and heating installations competition. 3. the participants will gain knowledge, skills in modern solutions used in sanitary installations. 4. exchange of good practice between countries in the organisation of competitions, training of competitors, establishment of international contacts by the competitors. 5. activation of educational staff to establish relations, exchange of national and international experiences, undertaking joint activities dedicated to young people. 6. activation of a specific group of women and men, 18-22 years old. The project will help to better prepare students for a changing labour market expecting knowledge of the latest technological solutions in the sanitary sector. All materials will be published on the Erasmus+ results platform, ready to be used by VET institutions to enhance the attractiveness and quality of their sanitation programme<< Implementation >>Activities carried out in Poland and the Hungary: partnership meetings with discussion of the current stages of the project, consultation of competition tasks, tasks to be practised for the competitors, construction of training stands for the competitors in the countries of both partners, conducting training at these stands and constant verification of the progress of the competitors from PL and HU, at the place where they practise and during international training, competitions (Skills Star Hungary, friendly training France), study visits (Schweinfurt, Lahr), preparation of tasks, stands, task materials and conducting two-stage preliminaries to SkillsPoland, to the Hungarian Plumbing and Heating Skill Selection, the Skills Hungary qualifiers, the Skills Star Festival competition in Budapest preceded by the preparation and implementation of a campaign to promote the event among VET establishments in Hungary. As part of the promotion of vocational education and to encourage young people to take up plumbing and heating training courses and in preparation for the preliminaries, training sessions were held for young people using the Grohe GIVE truck and S-Trucks at educational establishments training in plumbing and heating courses.<< Results >>Competitors from Poland and Hungary won medals of excellence at the WorldSkills'24 Lyon competition. They both participated in training courses prepared and conducted by experts from HU and PL, vocational teachers involved in the project. They perfected, acquired and tested, in professional competitions (Skills Star Hungary, friendly training - France), at training courses and at manufacturers' training centres (Weishaupt, Grohe, Immergas, Daikin), their skills in plumbing and heating. Training sessions were held in 25 VET establishments for 1177 young people and 92 teaching staff. Out of 40 entries (with 3 ladies), 14 students from 9 VET establishments (no ladies) qualified for the regional qualification stage. In Hungary, the Hungarian Plumbing and Heating Skill Selection preliminaries were organised in 8 selected VET schools from 20 pre-selected competitors, with 4 ladies, 10 competitors, with 2 ladies, progressed to the Skills Hungary competition. The international Skills Star Festival, in the Plumbing and Heating competition, featured 5 competitors from countries invited by WorldSkills Hungary. The Weishaupt & MGVE Partnership Day was attended by 120 students, 2 competitors from the Skills Hungary competition and 22 teachers.