By implementing the project, we want to achieve following goals: - enable teachers and pupils to participate in mobility and to know other education systems; - strengthen the position of partnerships made up of vocational schools; - create motivating tools for education; - create conditions for the accessibility of educational activities and better orientation in their offer; - proposals for innovation in education; - increase the quality of education in metals welding and give it a European dimension; - create common learning materials available online; - enhance cooperation between partner organizations responsible for vocational education and training for graduates for the labor market, so that training meets its requirements. The implementation team will be made of the International Welding Technologist and International Welding Practitioner from each school, the translator-expert and the expert of ICT. The leadership will be entrusted to management from each partner school. 20 pupils from each school will participate in e-learning in the field of metal welding technology. Four of the best in each country will participate at the end of the project in a five-day mobility to verify project outputs. Results: O1: ECVET metal welding - creation of 3 units of learning outcomes for 3 metal welding methods in four languages (Czech, Slovak, German and English). O2: E-learning - creating an e-learning environment with presentations for on-line learning of metal welding technology. This environment will be available in Czech, Slovak, German and English language. It will include a set of work safety tests. This environment will contain 52 presentations + 21 tests. O3: Dictionary - creating a terminological four-language dictionary containing at least 250 words and phrases that are used in metal welding. O4: WPS (welding procedure specification) - we will prepare a set of 3 technological processes WPS according to standard ČSN EN ISO 9606-1 in 4 languages for welding examinations of pupils from partner schools. These WPSs will cover following methods: 135 (shielding gas), 111 (coated electrode) and 141 (TIG). Type of weld FW and PB position. According to these procedures students' skills during mobility will be verified. Impact and long-term benefits: The project will allow the introduction of exchange study visits for pupils in unifying the content of education. Cooperation will be stepped up in the preparation of ECVET system in engineering professions. It improves the professional knowledge, skills, and experience of project participants in vocational subjects. The personality of the teacher will develop. Existing knowledge about education systems in other European countries will be expanded. In-depth qualifications will be enhanced and pupils will acquire new key competences (language skills, motivation for further language preparation, communication skills and multicultural competencies, openness to other cultures, self-confidence). Pupils will be able to recognize new technologies and know-how, obtain a proof of passing abroad, and thus increase their chances with potential employers in the EU. They will use information and communication technologies. The project outputs will be available to other schools in Europe. One of the most important priorities of today's society is the preparation and the development of human resources. An educated and professionally prepared person is a key source of success. At the time of the Internet anyone who is interested in new knowledge can get to many information sources.
We carried out the project due to the lack of a professional qualification for metal welding, the implementation of distance learning, the license of our school for welding tests according to European standards. An extensive four-language dictionary was also included. The condition for performing the welding test is also the so-called WPS, according to which these tests are passed. By implementing the project, we have achieved the following goals: -modernize vocational education in partner schools by connecting school and practice; -exchange experiences and bring interconnections of educational systems of partner schools; -deepen cooperation in partnerships formed by organizations, -realize the exchange of information, knowledge, insights, and experiences; -create opportunities for expanding cooperation in the future and thus lay the foundations for multilateral partnerships; -strengthen the position of partnerships formed by vocational schools; -create motivational tools for education; -create conditions for the general availability of educational activities and better orientation in their offer; -proposals for educational innovation; -improve the quality of education in the field of metal welding and give it a European dimension; -create common educational materials available online; Teachers of vocational subjects from partner schools were involved in the project, specifically: The Czech Republic: (4) -International welding technologist -International welding practitioner -Translator - expert -ICT specialist Germany: (2) -teacher of metal welding theory -teacher of metal welding practice Slovakia: (2) -teacher of metal welding theory -teacher of metal welding practice Management from each partner school is in charge of managing. 20 pupils from each school participated in e-learning in the field of metal welding technology. The top four from each country were to take part in five-day mobility at the end of the project to verify the project's outputs. Due to the impossibility of traveling to the Czech Republic, this mobility did not take place. We extended the project by half a year, however, October and December dates also weren't realized due to the epidemiological situation. Results: O1: ECVET metal welding - to create 3 units of learning outcomes for 3 methods of metal welding (methods 111, 135, and 141) in four languages (Czech, Slovak, German, and English). O2: E-learning - to create an e-learning environment with presentations for online teaching of metal welding technology. It also includes a set of work safety tests. This environment contains 52 presentations + 21 tests. (http://moodle.sos-tremosnice.cz/course/view.php?id=142 (GE), http://moodle.sos-tremosnice.cz/course/view.php?id=141 (EN), http://moodle.sos-tremosnice.cz/course/view.php?id=140 (SK) a http://moodle.sos-tremosnice.cz/course/view.php?id=139 (CZ). O3: Dictionary - to create a terminological four-language dictionary, containing minim. 1246 words and phrases used in metal welding. It is a table in Excel that allows easy sorting. O4: WPS - We have created a set of 3 technological procedures WPS (welding procedure specification) according to the standard ČSN EN ISO 9606-1 in 4 languages for welding tests of pupils from partner schools. These WPS are for methods 135 (in shielding gas), 111 (coated electrode), and 141 (TIG). Weld type FW and position PB. According to these procedures, only the skills of Czech pupils were verified. Pupils from foreign countries couldn't come. We had to ask for an extension of the project. Three events were planned for June 2020 (mobility, international meetings, and international conferences). Due to the current epidemiological situation in Europe, their implementation was not possible. The exams of Czech pupils were successfully supervised under state supervision. The last international meeting took place only online. The final conference, which would significantly contribute to the promotion and dissemination of the project, did not take place due to the impossibility of gathering. Impact and longer-term benefits: -deepening of international cooperation, new impulses for further cooperation - deeper cooperation in the preparation of the ECVET system in the engineering professions -extension of competencies in the creation and implementation of intellectual outputs and definition of graduate competencies following the needs of a practice -improvement of professional knowledge, skills, and experience of project participants in professional subjects, -development of the teacher's personality, integration into a multicultural society, - getting acquainted with modern elements in the field of methodology and didactics of vocational training, -expansion of existing knowledge about education systems in other European countries -expansion of the portfolio by digital materials, which are so required today One of the most important priorities of today's society is the preparation and development of human resources. An educated and professionally trained person is the basic source of success. In the age of the internet, anyone interested in new knowledge can get to several information sources