New Pedagogical Modeis Strengthen Workplace Training and Know-How Transfer to Personnel From Industry.

Quality assurance in the mechanical industry sector depends to a large extend on effective lifelong skills management. Up to date skills developed through harmonized educational processes in Europe ensure that personnel have the required technical competence and experience to execute specific tasks according to internationally acknowledged quality standards. Up to date qualifications is especially urgent in industries where the output quality depends on the management of production where different categories of staff work. Through ongoing Leonardo da Vinci projects are the experiences from use of Activity Based Training (ABT) disseminated to several European countries. ABT utilizes pedagogical models that have been developed recently. Welders, welding engineers, welding organizations and industrial training organizations constitute model user groups. Instructor training activities provides examples on good practices, learning activities, technical advices based on expert knowledge, good practice based on collective end-user knowledge, and model recommendations for the wide adoption and effective integration of video services into in-company training programs. This paper presents good practices and experiences related to use of video and ABT in skills upgrading, and the extension of ABT into higher education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]