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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

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Types of training

1) Apprenticeship- 15-18 years- 1 day/week - on-the-job training- 45 professions


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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


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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


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Types of training

4) In-company trainings - For SME-employees/employers- Tailor-made courses- Standard trainings


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Types of training

5) Full-time training– Age: 18+– e.g. accountant, medical secretary, PC

technician, fashion designer, …– 100% focused on the profession


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Methodology

• Still “contact education” • Focus on the practice (trainers)• Limited e-learning, blended learning

however strategic aim• Competence-based learning: under

development


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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

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