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LDV-project “VET-WIND”
Kick-off meeting Norway, 14-15 November 2011
Presentation of Syntra West
Syntra West• Training center for small and medium-sized companies• Not for profit organisation• Founded in 1960• Part of a network in Flanders • 220 FT staff • 2500 trainers • 60000 participants each year• Trainings offered in 22 different sectors • Funded for about 50% by Syntra Vlaanderen: a semi-
governmental body, controlling, funding body – certification of trainings
Location
SYNTRA West
SYNTRA Midden-Vlaanderen
SYNTRA Antwerpenen Vlaams-Brabant
SYNTRA Brussel
SYNTRA Limburg
Our mission
Improve entrepreneurship in SME’s: “Train towards more and better
entrepreneurship”
Target groups
1) Individuals2) Professionals3) Companies4) Social and non-profit – Public
authorities
Syntra West vzw • Erkend door de
Vlaamse Regering
• ISO 9001:200
0 gecertific
eerd • www.syntrawest.be
Types of training
1) Apprenticeship- 15-18 years- 1 day/week - on-the-job training- 45 professions
Syntra West vzw • Erkend door de
Vlaamse Regering
• ISO 9001:200
0 gecertific
eerd • www.syntrawest.be
Types of training
2) Open offer - certified long-term courses (entrepreneurial trainings) - For people who want to become self- employed or people working in SME’s - 2 evenings/week• 1 evening management training • 1 evening professional training- 200 professions
Syntra West vzw • Erkend door de
Vlaamse Regering
• ISO 9001:200
0 gecertific
eerd • www.syntrawest.be
Types of training
3) Open offer - short courses - Certified / not certified- For people already having a job or being self-employed - 4 different subjects: management, IT, languages, technical
Syntra West vzw • Erkend door de
Vlaamse Regering
• ISO 9001:200
0 gecertific
eerd • www.syntrawest.be
Types of training
4) In-company trainings - For SME-employees/employers- Tailor-made courses- Standard trainings
Syntra West vzw • Erkend door de
Vlaamse Regering
• ISO 9001:200
0 gecertific
eerd • www.syntrawest.be
Types of training
5) Full-time training– Age: 18+– e.g. accountant, medical secretary, PC
technician, fashion designer, …– 100% focused on the profession
Syntra West vzw • Erkend door de
Vlaamse Regering
• ISO 9001:200
0 gecertific
eerd • www.syntrawest.be
Methodology
• Still “contact education” • Focus on the practice (trainers)• Limited e-learning, blended learning
however strategic aim• Competence-based learning: under
development
Syntra West vzw • Erkend door de
Vlaamse Regering
• ISO 9001:200
0 gecertific
eerd • www.syntrawest.be
further training
entrepreneurialtraining
apprenticeshipLIFE L
ONG LEARNIN
G PHILOSOPHY
Technical training department
• Energy & sustainable building• Construction & Installation (heating,
whelding, electricity, roofing, carpentry, aluminium, …)
• Production & industry (industrial electricity & mechanics, maintenance, pumps, fans, …)
• Garage & bodywork – bicycles and vessels
Extra services
- HR Services (Competence Management – scans - …)
- Project Office: search for additional funding
Project types
1) Transfer of knowledge, know-how, expertise and experience with regard to professional training for the individual, the professions and the companies
2) High level of innovation:content, methodology, tools, …
Why?
• In Flanders: full practical training package “Windturbinetechnician” does not exist
• Region of West-Flanders: energy province – big potential for green and hightech energy technologies – Ostend as energy centre
• Booming business – raising demand for technicians for the installation and the maintenance of windturbines
• As a training provider, we should meet the demand of the sector or even anticipate on it!
Target groups for the project
• Active technicians who need to be retrained/further trained
• Candidate-technicians (technical schools)
• Bachelors and masters (technical)• The unemployed (basic technical
knowledge)
Partnership in Flanders
• Labour Office• Port of Ostend • Companies: Electrawinds, Logi-Technic, … • Higher education and secondary education • Flemish Windenergy Association • Organisation for Sustainable Energy Flanders • Powerlink: energy knowledge platform (University
of Ghent) (knowledge and networkpartner)
Questions?
Thanks for your attention!
Kürt Demurie, Developer Technical Trainings,
Syntra West