INDUCE 4.0

 

Launched on October 2017, the ERASMUS+ project INDUCE 4.0 aims to establish a sustainable VET business partnership aimed at promoting work-based learning on the topic of Industry 4.0 and to involve social partners, companies and VET providers in the apprenticeship training.

Why INDUCE 4.0?

• The digital transition alters requirements for employees across all steps of the value chain
• Work in industry will increasingly consist of designing, maintaining and supervising intelligent machines that assist in the performance of tasks
• Future jobs will require an appropriate mix of basic, soft and technical skills, notably the digital and business-specific skills.

What needs addresses INDUCE 4.0?

Manufacturing SMEs need of:

• Re-shaping production processes, which requires new skills and knowledge of the employees in the “factory of future”
• Equipping with adequate training tools providing the technical knowledge on the topic of Industry 4.0
• Innovative training approaches that will enable them to nurture the necessary skills in their current and future employees

Results:

1. A flexible online learning package for Work-Based Learning aimed at providing fundamental technical knowledge on the topic of Industry 4.0

• Introduction to Industry 4.0
• Solutions for Smart Production Environments in the manufacturing sector
• Smart Robotics
• Application of CPS/IoT across the process chain

2. A comprehensive tool equipping with a step by step mentoring plan and guidelines:

• Relevance of Industry 4.0 and WBL as a key to acquiring the “Skills of the Future”
• Mentoring plan – Practical guidelines on how to organize work-based trainings
• Legal framework for regulation of Work-Based Learning / Apprenticeships
• Comprehensive apprenticeship programme

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