Updating the clothing technician profile through synergies between industry and vocational and educational training; Actualizarea profilului Tehnicianului îmbrăcăminte prin sinergii între industrie și formare profesională

Abstract

The importance of the textile and clothing sector in the European manufacturing industry, particularly in terms of the economy and employability, is very representative and crucial. To act upon urgent need felt by the textile and clothing industry and qualification gap, the CosTUmE project, in alignment with the Skills Agenda for Europe, created and updated the Clothing Technician profile and skills, facilitating the mobility of qualified people in the EU. This paper presents several aspects concerning the field and desk research developed in order to map the qualifications needs and the Work Based Learning Practices (WBL) in the textile and clothing sector. Also, this work presents the tools developed in order to enable people to make better career choices in UE and help them to find higher quality jobs and improve their life chances: Clothing Technician profile and qualification, ECVET Matrix, Tutorial guide for EU mobility and Training package. © 2020 Inst. Nat. Cercetare-Dezvoltare Text. Pielarie. All rights reserved.

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education Labour market clothing Profile Technician

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Author Affiliations

Centro Tecnológico das Indústrias Têxtile do Vestuário de Portugal, Vila Nova de Famalicao, Braga, Portugal

🇵🇹 CENTRO DE FORMACAO PROFISSIONAL DA INDUSTRIA TEXTIL VESTUARIO CONFECCAO E LANIFICIOS (MODATEX), Porto, Portugal

ATP - Associação Têxtil e Vestuário de Portugal, Vila Nova de Famalicao, Portugal

INOVA+ - INNOVATION SERVICES, SA, Matosinhos, Portugal

Asociación de Investigación de la Industria Textil, Alcoy, Alicante, Spain

Comunidad de Madrid, Madrid, Madrid, Spain

ASTRICO NORD-EST Association, Savinesti, Romania

National Institute for Research and Development for Textiles and Leather, Bucharest, Romania

Funding & Acknowledgements

European Commission, EC

Funding text 1: The research presented in this paper was prepared by the CosTUmE consortium. Funds support this work are from Erasmus+ KA3 Support for Policy Reform, Clothing Technician Profile Update via Education - CosTUmE Project, Contract 597854-EPP-1-2018-1-PT-EPPKA3-VET-JQ, funded by European Commission. This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.; Funding text 2: The research presented in this paper was prepared by the CosTUmE consortium. Funds support this work are from Erasmus+ KA3 Support for Policy Reform, Clothing Technician Profile Update via Education – CosTUmE Project, Contract 597854-EPP-1-2018-1-PT-EPPKA3-VET-JQ, funded by European Commission. This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication [communication] reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

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Updating the clothing technician profile through synergies between industry and vocational and educational training; Actualizarea profilului Tehnicianului îmbrăcăminte prin sinergii între industrie și formare profesională

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