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Investment in continuing vocational training for forestry-machinery operators

Objective

Swedish forestry depends on a high degree of mechanisation, particularly the logging process which is undertaken by small contractors often employing less than five people. Demands imposed on the forestry sector by environmental organisations and consumers have considerable implications for the training needs of forestry workers. There is a need to develop standards in forestry practice which will upgrade skills and minimise obstacles to mobility. The overall objective of this pilot project is to develop a transnational vocational training strategy for machine operators which will ensure that forestry work is carried out in a manner that is environmentally acceptable and economically sound. Exchanges of experience between partners will contribute to a joint vocational training syllabus which will facilitate the transferability of skills and increase the mobility of the workforce within the Union.

The project partnership will devise training resources to promote lifelong learning, integrate vocational training components into operator activities, and formulate criteria for skills assessment that will count towards a standard certification.

Impact
The outcome of this project will be a European standard for the certification and accreditation of forestry qualifications. Access for forestry workers in small companies to continuing vocational training will upgrade skills, increase employment opportunities and facilitate mobility.

Contract number : S/96/2/0306/PI/II.1.1.b/CONT

Domaine : Life long learning

Contents :
Vocational qualifications
Training in SMEs
Relationship training - work organisation

Products :
Short training courses
Distance training
Book, manual, guide

Public :
Migrant workers
Trainers, designers & managers of training programmes
Representatives of sectoral organisations

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Coordinator

MÄLARSKOG EK. FÖR.
EU contribution
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Address
HYTTGATAN 5
733 22 Sala
Sweden

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