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Praxis 2014 - Project Work and Internship: impacts on labour market and society
Internship: an added value for internationally recognised qualifications in the field of metalworking
Dr. Eng. Luca Costa
IIS Progress, Italy [email protected]
Genoa (I), 26/09/2014
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Significance of Welding and joining
• • • Welding is used by preference in the industrial sectors which manufacture
products made of weldable (metallic and non metallic) materials
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Welding frequently plays an essential role in
product design
and constitutes an essential al step in the
value added
at the manufacturing companies. Welding and joining are important
economic factors
during manufacturing of technical products and also often represents the only possible way to manufacture large parts.
Proportion of added value due to welding in mechanical and apparatus engineering (IIW, 2012) Value added in 2007 in Europe in wedling (Reproduced courtesy: DVS) IIS Progress Gruppo Istituto Italiano della Saldatura
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Welding fabrication - examples
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The role of personnel in welding fabrication
• • • Welding is a complex technology, involving – Material
metallurgy
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Production
systems – Quality
management
–
Design
Since welding has been considered a science, qualification and experience (i.e. competence) of personnel started playing a significant role: – –
Welding coordinators Welding inspectors
In consideration of the importance of the industrial experience, several welding institutes were founded in Europe: – IIS started running post graduate courses
in 1951
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Internship
was already considered as a key part of the training
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Why internship in IIS Training?
• The Italian Institute of Welding (IIS) is a private
non-profit agency, founded in 1948
as an association of individuals and legal entities, whose main tasks are: training, research, certification, troubleshooting, and technical assistance in the field of welding • IIS operates
multiple services
including: – Education and training in the filed of welding and ealted activities, – Certification of personnel, ccompanied and products – Research and laboratory – Technical assistance, NDT and engineering services – Standardization, publications, media • The turnover is aroun
28 Mln €
, 220 employees (around 150 Enginers)
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The international system of qualification
• • • In 1978, an
European Council for Cooperation in Welding
was created among European welding institutes to develop harmonized systems for the qualification of personnel In the 90’s the European qualifications system was created by
EWF
(European federation for joining, cutting and allied processes): – –
European Welding Engineer (EWE); European welding Inspector – Engineer (EWI-E).
In the 2000 years, the European system was enlarged on the Intercontinental scale, having the recognition of the IIW (international institute of welding): – –
International welding Engineer (IWE) International welding Inspector (IWI-C) The IIW network IIS Progress Gruppo Istituto Italiano della Saldatura
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The international system of qualification
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The role of intenship in the qualification processes
• • The qualification programs include a compulsory
practical part
(120 hours), to be possibly considered as internship: – Demonstration and use of technologies – Practical work on design of industrial processes – Industrial experiences The industrial request of this qualified personnel is enforced by standards, resulting in a compulsory presence of IWE and IWI in the welding industry: –
Industry (and standards) require competence, not only qualification
– This lead to the development of University master degree, being the added value mainly the internship
Welding industry Other sectors Just graduated Origin of participants to IIS training coures Partnership with Italian universities: Ferrara, Bari, L'Aquila, Genoa IIS Progress Gruppo Istituto Italiano della Saldatura
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Master advanced welding engineering
• • • • Training
Partners
: – IIS (
IIS Progress
), – Innovative Technologies for Environmental Control and Sustainable Development Consortium (
TICASS
); – Italian association for Robotics and automation (
SIRI
) MAWE Master's course covers
automation, metallurgy and materials science, welding processes, design and quality control
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Students that attend pass the evaluation process will receive both the
Master Diploma MAWE
course and successfully and the title of
International Welding Engineer
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Master duration is of 12 months, for a total of 1.500 hours: – 500 hours of lectures; – 680 hours of personal training and to the thesis preparation; –
300 hours of internship (stage / project work)
; – 20 hours of monitoring and work orientation activities
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