The Competency Based Inland Waterway Transport Education & Training (IWTCOMP) will prepare the inland navigation and training institutes in training and assessing with the competency based approach. STCIN (Standards of Training and Certificiation for Personnel in Inland Navigation) will become the standard within the inland navigation education at European level. The STCIN is built around tables of competencies for personnel working on board a vessel on Operational Level and Management Level and lay down the minimum key competences for staff working on board of an inland navigation vessel in the entire EU. The standards are obligatory for all European inland navigation education and training institutes. Before the establishment of the European standards all inland navigation education and training institutes throughout the EU offered education and training for personnel on Operational Level (OL) and/or Management Level (ML), however the outcomes were differing from Member State to Member State and from institute to institute. In addition to the competency based system as proposed by the EU Commission, the inland navigation education and training institutes need to get prepared for competency based education, asessing and examination. The best way to handle these changes is a common harmonized European wide approach, in a European way and for the EU labour market.The project will deliver the following intellectual outputs:- table with all competences from the Standard competences combined with EQF levels- collection of best pratices in competency based education- didactic manual and train-the-trainer course on competency based educationAll existing inland navigation education and training institutes in the EU are members of EDINNA - Education in Inland Navigation (www.edinna.eu) and the members of this consortium are also all members of EDINNA. By means of this project and the members of EDINNA, IWTCOMP will not only lay the foundations on a European level for competency based education and training for IWT throughout the EU, it will ensure that every student will benefit from this approach and be able to work in inland navigation in every EU Member State, and at last the systematic approach of IWTCOMP can be transferred to other sectors as well. Students will receive a high quality training provided by the well trained trainers and they can acquire required competencies needed to work in the IWT sector. This results in bigger changes of finding a job. The trainers (in this project at least 20) trained during the lifetime of IWTCOMP will become multipliers. The teachers will train other teachers with the material developed in the project, and thereby facilitating the uptake of competency based education and training by all IWT E&T institutes throughout the EU (since all known IWT e&t institutes in the EU are member of EDINNA). This way, IWTCOMP will strengthen key competences in Inland Waterway Transport curricula and will lay foundations for future use by other sectors.With the use of the EDINNA network we will be able to reach all inland navigation education and training institutions in Europe. During the meetings of all EDINNA members there will be paid attention to this project and output will be shared. The first draft of every intellectual output will be send to the network and will be discussed during a meeting. The EDINNA members will be involved in all parts of the project and can also be part of one of the multiplier events. The project partners will be:STC-Group: coordinatorCeronav, RomaniaUniversitatea din Craiova, Ingineria si Managementul Sistemelor Tehnologice - IMST, RomaniaZilinska Univerzita v Ziline, SlovakiaSchiffer-Berufskolleg RHEIN, GermanyStichting Dunamare Onderwijsgroep, Maritieme Academie Harlingen, NetherlandsFor the project management we will make use of Prince 2.
Projectcontext: The Competency Based Inland Waterway Transport Education & Training (IWTCOMP) supports the implementation of the European directive 2017/2397, on the recognition of professional qualifications in inland navigation. According to this EU Directive all Inland Shipping Training and Education institutes must be prepared to comply with the CESNI Standards of competence, built around tables of competencies for personnel working on board inland vessels on Operational Level (OL) and Management Level (ML) and lay down the minimum key competences for staff working on board of an inland vessel in the entire EU. Due to this new Directive, the IWT education and training institutes need to get prepared for competency based education, assessing and examination. Objectives: The purpose of IWTCOMP project is to lay the foundation for competency-based education and training for the IWT sector, to ensure that every student in the EU possesses the same competencies on OL and ML after graduating from their study or training. To reach these goals, teachers need to be able to educate students in the competency-based system. Within the IWTCOMP project specific products were developed to prepare the institutes in training and assessing with the competency based approach, namely: • Table with CESNI Standards of competence on OL and ML combined with EQF levels • A collection of best practices in competency based education • A train-the-trainer course on competency based education, including didactical manual and supporting (e-)learning materials Project partners number/profile The 6 IWTCOMP partners are members of EDINNA (Education in Inland Navigation), the network of all existing inland navigation education and training institutes in the EU. All these institutes educate their students for their future jobs and have therefore similar aims: to prepare their students to navigate and work safely on European waterways, and to become well-qualified crew members. All teachers working within these institutes must be prepared in training and assessing with the competency based approach. From all partners a project manager and 2 or more teachers were involved in the development of the intellectual outputs. Besides additional teachers from every partner were involved in the trainer the trainer course and workshops conducted during the project. Activities: The application of the EQF system in the different partner member states was analysed and compared to the existing qualifications for IWT. After review by national EQF experts, findings were discussed during a meeting with all EDINNA members. Conclusions were drawn about the use of the EQF system for IWT and a proposal for minimum job requirements for IWT job qualifications. The collection of best practices in Competence Based training started with a study on the definitions used, such as “competence based learning” and “best practices”. With these definitions as a framework the examples from EDINNA members as well as education institutes from related sectors, such as maritime, shipbuilding, fishery, etc were gathered. The development of the train the trainer course was done by first defining the target group (teachers), objectives and main subjects. It was decided to create a didactical manual as well as additional (e-)learning material, which can be used as an integrated set of learning materials. The topics were divided and developed by different partners. All materials were reviewed by EDINNA members. During the course evaluation was done by a dedicated evaluator, the trainer and the 12 participants. To reach a higher amount of teachers follow-up workshops were conducted within each partner institute. These 6 different workshops in 4 different countries were led by the participants of the train the trainer course and a total of 90 teachers from different sectors attended these workshops. Results, impact and long term benefits By means of this project and the members of EDINNA, IWTCOMP did lay the foundations on a European level for competency based education and training for IWT throughout the EU, furthermore it will ensure that every student will benefit from this approach and be able to work in inland navigation in every EU Member State, and at last the systematic approach of IWTCOMP can be transferred to other sectors as well. Students will receive a high quality training provided by the well trained trainers and they can acquire required competencies needed to work in the IWT sector. This results in bigger changes of finding a job. The trainers trained during the lifetime of IWTCOMP will become multipliers and will train other teachers with the material developed in the project, and thereby facilitating the uptake of competency based education and training by all IWT E&T institutes throughout the EU. This way, the outcomes of IWTCOMP will strengthen key competences in Inland Waterway Transport curricula and will lay foundations for future use by other sectors.