TRANSFAIR

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TRANSFAIR

• 14th-15th October 2004
• IEA Interactive European Apprenticeship

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The Rhône Chambre de métiers

• The Rhône Chambre de Métiers federates
• 22 116 crafts enterprises
• 60 898 people working in the crafts sector
• 4 000 apprentices
• The Rhône Chambre de Métiers was founded in June
  1933.

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What is a Chambre de Métiers in France?

• The Chambre de Métiers is a public body,
  administered by craftspeople.
• 106 Chambres de Métiers in France represent 250
  different crafts on political, economic and
  social matters.
• They represents the interests of the crafts
  sector on local and national government level.

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European programmes

• As coordinator
• As a partner
• Aims
• To promote the crafts sector
• To provide services for craftspeople within
  Europe
• To identify and integrate new information and
  training practices into existing systems

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Our experience of the transfer of results to
existing practices ETQ and EMA

• The ETQ programme European Trainer
  Qualification
• 3 years programme from 1996 to 1999, extended to
  2000
• 5 European Union countries involved Germany,
  Belgium, Great-Britain, France, Ireland.

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ETQ

• Aims
• To develop a European qualifying programme for
  apprenticeship tutors.

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ETQ

• All partners work on the following subjects
• I The legal foundations of vocational training
• II The organisation, planning and carrying-out
  of training programmes
• III The psychological development of
  apprentices
• IV The social behaviour of the trainer
• V Working and living in Europe
• VI Dealing with change

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ETQ Results achieved

• The development of a system of reference for
  European apprenticeship tutors
• ETQ is continuing in Germany (Cologne) and in
  France (Lyon), where it was directly integrated
  into the curriculum of the Brevet de Maîtrise
  (Master craftsman's qualification).

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EMA European Mobility of apprentices

• A two year programme 1999 2001
• 4 countries Belgium, Germany, France, Ireland
• Aim
• To contribute to the creation of a European
  apprenticeship contract by means of
  experimentation in five different areas of
  professional activity

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EMA Partners activities

• Phase 1 Exchange of methods, practices and
  existing content in initial training in each of
  the countries involved
• Phase 2 Identification of mobility problems
  concerning initial training in each country

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EMA Partners activities (cont.)

• Phase 3 Development of training modules in
  training centers and in businesses
• Phase 4 Definition of European credits and
  their recognition
• Phase 5 Practical applications for the 5 crafts
  involved.

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EMA follow on actions

• The EMA programme enabled
• Understanding of what the notion of
  apprenticeship means in each of the partner
  countries
• Examination of the legal problems involved in the
  mobility of apprentices, resulting in our
  expertise on this matter

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The IEA programme Interactive European
Apprenticeship

• Context
• European Commission call for tenders
• EAC 72/03 INNOVATION TRANSFER
• The Rhône Chambre de Métiers have taken part in
  two LEONARDO projects EMA et ETQ
• At the present time there is no regularly applied
  recognition of skills acquired by apprentices
  during periods spent elsewhere in the European
  Union.

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IEA Aims

• To analyse, update and transfer the Leonardo da
  Vinci products
• EMA European Mobility of Apprentices and
• ETQ European Trainer Qualification
• To encourage the mobility of apprentices by
  creating a guide on the subject
• To develop European certification
• For European apprenticeship tutors
• For skills acquired by apprentices elsewhere in
  the European Union

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AEI Expected results

• The European certification of apprenticeship
  tutors
• The institution of European recognition for
  training periods spent by apprentices in the
  European Union
• The creation of an internet guide to
  apprenticeship mobility
• The publication of an information brochure to
  promote the Internet site

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Transfer process of EMA et ETQ products
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IEA PARTNERS
IMPORTER Compagnons du Devoir
Other Professional Organisations in each partner
country
Crafts businesses in each partner country
BKIK Hungary
Chambre des Métiers Luxembourg
COORDINATOR RHONE CHAMBRE des METIERS
IFAPME Belgium
Professional Organisations Automobile,
Confectionary France
Apprentice Training Centre in each country
Apprentices and Master craftsmen in each partner
country
IMPORTER Cologne Handwerkskammer
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Integration into educational and training systems

• The Rhône Chambre de Métiers
• The institution
• Crafts training qualifications
• Partnerships