There are some basic reasons why we applied for this project, all of them directly related with identified needs. Thus, the recent economic changes and crisis left two big groups of labour victims who have suffered the worst of them: on the one hand, the younger ones, not receiving their first opportunity, while on the other hand several professionals beyond 45 years old have found themselves unemployed. For both, especially if the professionals have worked in the wood or maritime sector, a specialised craft as shipwright is a good life option. Furthermore, the European Union is actively moving towards a green future, for which environmentally friendly sectors are crucial. Shipwright craft is one of them, because not only is it based on wood –as well as other recently developed materials–, but it establishes local economy roots, thus powering close economic networks. In addition to this, shipwright represents a critical European shared heritage, part of our common identity and in risk of disappearing in many of the countries of the EU due to the lack of transmissions from every year older masters of the craft to decreasing numbers of apprentices. By recovering and making the skills of shipwright available, we are targeting all these needs. With the needs identified, we established objectives that helped the project define its course of action. The primary one was to contribute to the preservation of the craft of shipwright as it is nowadays and as it has been historically. Making it easier to be spread, learn and exchange, the project aimed to back its development towards a full 21st century profession. As this was difficult to measure, we created minimum quantitative objectives easier to be measured for guiding the development of the intellectual outputs. We have summarised them here: •8 documents in each maritime area (6) for the repository •1 video with professional shipwrights per maritime area •Compilation and comparison of official shipwrighht studies in 18 European countries •Free open access digital repository •7 modules in the course of European shipwright •6 intensifications of the course •3 units in each module •9 close job positions which could be benefitted from this course •Free open access e-learning platform for the material of the project. •6 languages that the e-platform will be available in •26 internal and external people who tested e-platform •8 modules of the Shipwright mentoring course •12 people who tested the mentoring course As stated in the proposal, in order to achieve the aforementioned objectives 12 activities were established through the 3 intellectual outputs of the project. All of them have been successfully implemented with greater results than the ones proposed: •IO1A1 Collection of clue documents about shipwright around Europe •IO1A2 Creation of videos with interviews with professional shipwrights about their job •IO1A3 Study and compilation of the different official studies that are available in Europe about shipwright •IO1A4 Design the framework of online repository •IO1A5 Integration of the whole information and release of the online repository •IO2A1 Comparative report about the different official necessities and training studies •IO2A2 Definition of training paths, training units and learning outcomes •IO2A3 Development of the material to acquire the knowledge and the skills for shipwright job position •IO2A4 Development of e-platform and training content integration •IO3A1 Description of objectives of mentoring course and necessary skills for being a shipwright mentor •IO3A2 Development of the shipwright mentoring course for adult learners •IO3A3 Implementation of the Shipwright mentoring course in the e-learning platform and test The project developed a first output consisting of an “Online repository with clue documents relating with shipwright around Europe”, so the craft knowledge is easily preserved and disseminated. It has around 500 objects that keep increasing every day in 10 languages. It also includes living knowledge preserved by the 12 interviews with shipwrights and courses offered from 29 countries. After that, we “Designed and developed an adult training course for shipwright in every maritime area including potential adjustments from related sectors”, aimed both to adults with previous background in close sectors and to newcomers to the craft. It has 15 modules consisting of 109 units and a total of 438 hours, plus extra content such as introductory and animated videos, infographics and tests. Finally, since most of the shipwrights are mid-age or close to retirement and without enough apprentices, we created a “Mentoring course for intergeneration training to preserve immaterial cultural heritage of shipwright job position around Europe”, thus helping them to transfer their wide, specific knowledge. It has 8 modules consisting of animated videos or videos with a mentor giving useful, easy advice.
With the needs identified, we established objectives that helped the project defining its course of action. The primary was to contribute to the preservation of the craft of shipwright as it is nowadays and as it has been historically. Making it easier to be spread, learn and exchange, the project aimed to back its development towards a full 21st century profession. As this was difficult to measure, we created minimum quantitative objectives easier to be measured for guiding the development of the intellectual outputs. We have summarised them here: •8 documents in each maritime area (6) for the repository •1 video with professional shipwrights per maritime area •Compilation and comparation about official studies of shipwright in 18 European countries •Free open access digital repository •7 modules in the course of European shipwright •6 intensifications of the course •3 units in each module •9 close job positions who could be benefit from this course •Free open access e-learning platform for the material of the project. •6 languages that the e-platform will be available •26 internal and external people who tested e-platform •8 modules of the Shipwright mentoring course •12 people who tested mentoring course
There are some basic reasons why we applied for this project, all of them directly related with identified needs. Thus, the recent economic changes and crisis left two big groups of labour victims who have suffered the worst of them: on one hand, the younger ones, not receiving their first opportunity, while on the other hand several professionals beyond 45 years old have found themselves unemployed. For both, especially if the professionals have worked in the wood or maritime sector, a specialised craft as shipwright is a good life option. Furthermore, the European Union is actively moving towards a green future, for what environmentally friendly sectors are crucial. Shipwright craft is one of them, because not only is based on wood –as well as other recently developed materials–, but it establishes local economy roots, thus powering close economic networks. In addition to this, shipwright represents a critical European shared heritage, part of our common identity and in risk of disappearing in much of the countries of the EU due to the lack of transmissions from every year older masters of the craft to decreasing numbers of apprentices. By recovering and making the skills of shipwright available we are targeting all these needs.