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A collection of tests is available to be used by school counsellors and students to assess aptitudes and skills.
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Abilities Tests
These tests, produced by the project experts, have been designed to unveil students’ abilities.
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Database of Aptitudes Tests
These tests, identified and reviewed by the project experts, measure the aptitude of the students.
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Database of Skills Tests
These tests, identified and reviewed by the project experts, measure the skills of the students
This section offers the access to a collection of tools to guide the students to choose their professional carrier.
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Job Profiles
The most researched job profiles have been identified in 6 countries.
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Skills
The most relevant skills for the labour market in the 6 countries involved have been identified.
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Entrepreneurship
From this section it is possible to access learning objects to promote entrepreneurial spirit among students.
What is the secret of success? This section might offer you an answer
Successful Entrepreneurs
A collection of interviews with successful entrepreneurs.
Successful Employees
A collection of interviews with successful employees.
Successful People
A collection of interviews with successful people.Six training modules are available for school teachers and counsellors to provide them with the skills to guide students in their professional carrier.
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1. Understanding Pupils
A module presenting the strategies to understand the pupils' personal aptitudes and characteristics
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2. Capitalise on Pupils Interests and Skills
A module presenting methodologies to build up on the students' interests in order to implement personalised educational paths
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3. World of Work
A module presenting tools and mechanisms available for young people to make a successful transition from school to work
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4. Innovative Entrepreneurial Experiences at Schools
A module presenting initiatives and strategies to foster entrepreneurship among students
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5. Mobility to Learn and Work
A module presenting the opportunities to study, carry out voluntary services and work experiences abroad
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6. Guidance, Counselling and Support Services
A module focusing on how to provide effective guidance, counselling and support to students
Events
The School&Work project has been promoted trough conferences and articles.
Conferences
The School&Work project was presented in a number of events in order to report about the activities carried out and the results achieved.
Press Review
The School&Work project partnership made contacts with web sites focusing on the fields of education.Network
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Contractual Partners
From this section it is possible to access to a description of each contractual partner of the School&Work project.
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Schools
From this section it is possible to access to the information about the schools involved in the School&Work Project in the 6 European countries involved.
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Associated Partners
As a result of the exploitation activity a number of associated partners officially joined the project in order to contribute to the improvement of the project impact on their target groups and to ensure the project sustainability by continuing using the project deliverables in the next years.
This section of the School&Work portal provides administrative information for the project contractual partners and for the European Commission and it is password protected.
Skills& Jobs
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Job Profiles
The most researched job profiles have been identified in 6 countries. For every profile, the related skills have been listed.
Teachers and school counsellors should use the information provided to enhance students' motivation underlining the consistency between what is learnt at school and the skills required by the labour market.
For every country the most researched job profiles are presented providing information on the related qualifications, knowledge, skills, competences and personal attitude.
NAME OF THE JOB PROFILE:Mechanics and assemblers of industrial machinery and similar
Description of the job profile
Workers included in this group build handcrafted machinery, industrial plants or their parts, ensure their maintenance and repair, in the workshop or on the plants themselves Economical sectorSecondary
CountryItaly
Qualifications required- Tecnico delle operazioni di riparazione e manutenzione di macchinari e impianti meccanici ed elettrici (Tecnical in repairs and managing mechanics and electricity stuff)
Total number of training hours600
Knowledge| Knowledge |
Description | Level |
| Customer care | Knowledge of the principles and procedures to provide services to customer and people. Includes the evaluation of customer needs, achieve the standard of quality and evaluation of customer satisfaction. | Level 3 |
| Engineering | Knowledge of engineering sciences application and technology. Understanding of how to apply principles, techniques and procedures to design and produce goods and services. | Level 3 |
| Knowledge of materials/goods and techniques/procedures | Knowledge of machines and equipments, including their design, use, repair and maintenance. | Level 3 |
| Knowledge of materials/goods and techniques/procedures | Features of a mechanic’s workshop: tools, technologies, methods of work and production. | Level 3 |
| Management | Theory and techniques ruling companies; strategic plannig, allocation of human, financial and physical resources, production methods, control and coordination of resources. | Level 3 |
| Sciences and Mathematics | Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications. | Level 3 |
Skills| Skill |
Description | Level |
| Analytical thinking | To understand causes of operating errors and decide how to solve them. | Level 3 |
| Communication skills | To pay full attention to what people say, focusing on the essential in order to ask question in appropriate ways, avoiding interruptions. | Level 3 |
| Customer care | Recommend solutions to customer in relation to the needs expressed. | Level 3 |
| Computer Skills | To understand data and technical files as a check-up result | Level 3 |
| Managing safety rules | To recognize and prevent risks for personal and work environment security. | Level 3 |
| Using of technical tools | To identify tools and machine tools (conventional, computer numerical control ect.) to be used for different processing steps. | Level 3 |
| Maintaining-Constracting structures | To repair parts or components of machines or industrial plants. | Level 3 |
| Maintaining-Constracting structures | To perform routine maintenance on equipments and determine when and what kind of maintenance is needed. | Level 3 |
| Maintaining-Constracting structures | To carry out ordinary and extraordinary maintenance of equipments or facilities (clean machinery and equipment, etc.). | Level 3 |
Competences| Competence |
Description | Level |
| Maintaining of equipment | Repair of machinery by using the appropriate equipment. | Level 3 |
| Maintaining of equipment | Implementation of controls and/or revisions of parts or components of machinery or industrial plants to test their functionality. | Level 3 |
| Organisational competences | Workspace management. | Level 3 |
| Specific competences | Processing units in the engineering area. | Level 3 |
| Using of technical tools | Installation, assembly and/or disassembly of parts or mechanical components. | Level 3 |
Previous ExperienceCurricular and extracurricular internship in related economic sector.
Personal Attitude- Attitude to understand that something is wrong or that it will go wrong (this refers to the attitude to recognize problems not to solve them).
- Attitude to quickly and repeatedly adjust controls of a machine or a vehicle on the exact position.
- Attitude to read and understand information and ideas submitted in a written form.
- Attitude to listen and understand information and ideas submitted in oral form.
- Attitude to keep information in mind (words, numbers, images, procedure etc).
- Attitude to quickly and repeatedly adjust controls of a machine or a vehicle on the exact position.
- Attitude to read and understand information and ideas submitted in a written form.
- Attitude to listen and understand information and ideas submitted in oral form.
- Attitude to keep information in mind (words, numbers, images, procedure etc).
