Year 2011

Project Type Development of Innovation

Status running

Country EU-Centralised Projects

Marketing Text After the real-estate boom, the crisis and the recession process fostered the building sector remained one of the most affected, generating higher and higher unemployment rates. Besides, the last reports and analysis provided by the EC indicate a lack of qualified workers for the future market needs, especially regarding green skills. e-SKILL will provide an innovative solution to the sector. The integration of new “green” skills, ICT-based tools and recognition of qualifications will be a central point in order to foster mobility and employment in Europe. e-SKILL is innovative since at present few similar materials and tools exist addressed to the building sector and more concretely to target group of the project (non- and low- qualified workers from the main construction trades).

Summary The real-estate boom occurred in the last years favored a large growth of the sector fostering the admission of non- and low-qualified workers in the construction companies. After the real-estate boom, the crisis and the recession process fostered the sector remained one of the most affected, generating higher and higher unemployment rates. At present, the situation still remains highly difficult since most workers are not qualified. In addition, the last reports from the EC stress a lack of qualified workers for the future market needs, especially regarding green skills, thus being the building sector one of the priority sectors where high qualification staff will be required within the next years.

The main objective of e-SKILL is to support low- and non-qualified workers (mainly) of the construction sector to improve their skills and to get a formal recognition Europe-wide, aligned with the new strategy of New skills for new jobs launched by the EC, and specially devoted to environmental skills. As a secondary aim, e-skill will foster the use of ICT resources as training method.

The tangible results from e-SKILL will be:
• A training programme and toolbox consisting of easy-to-use, innovative, ICT-based training materials;
• A new training methodology ICT-based;
• The e-SKILL website
• The e-SKILL Diploma
Intangible results will refer to personal development of the participating workers in the short-term, but also the increase of qualified workers and environmental skilled workers employed in the sector as medium/long term result.

Description The main objective of e-SKILL is to support low- and non-qualified workers (mainly) of the construction sector to improve their skills and to get a formal recognition Europe-wide, aligned with the new strategy of New skills for new jobs launched by the EC, and specially devoted to environmental skills. As a secondary aim, e-skill will foster the use of ICT resources as training method.

Themes     Sustainability
    ICT
    Lifelong learning
    Recognition, transparency, certification
    Open and distance learning
    Continuous training
    Labor market
    Quality

Sectors     Construction
    Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply

Product Types teaching material
transparency and certification
website
Film
open and distance learning
procedure for the analysis and prognosis of the vocational training requirement

Product information The tangible results from e-SKILL will be:
•A toolbox consisting of easy-to-use, innovative, ICT-based training materials.
•A new training methodology ICT-based.
•The e-SKILL website.
•The e-SKILL Diploma.

Projecthomepage http://www.e-skill.eu/