The Leonardo da Vinci Project

VOMTE

(2005-SE/05/B/F/PP-161003)

IT-based Validation and Certification System for practical working Maintenance Technicians

The Swedish Maintenance Society, UTEK The Danish Maintenance Society, DDV The Belgian Maintenance Society, BEMAS The Slovakian Maintenance Society, SSU The Slovenian Maintenance Society, DVS The Dublin Institute of Technology, DIT

For further information contact: [email protected]

The Validation of Maintenance Technicians project will develop

a validation tool to make it possible to measure knowledge and proficiency in the maintenance area.

This professional group of maintenance technicians, which is the core force for maintaining the reliable function of advanced technical systems, will in the years to come be in short supply due to natural retirement. This, together with the fast technical development towards even more sophisticated equipment, is

now requiring an urgent need of being able to define training- and development plans for those will who will become part of this professional group. The developed system will also give unique possibilities to compare standard of knowledge and proficiency for maintenance technicians within

Europe. The project gives also indications

to increased quality, attraction and status of the professional training in Europe, due to the goal of the

Copenhagen declaration.

The aim of the project is to

develop

an IT based validation tool, with one thousand questions and four thousand answers, to make it possible to measure knowledge and proficiency in the maintenance area. The tool will help each individual to measure how they correspond to the requirements of professional maintenance technicians. No neutral method is available today. The goal for the project is to create a new system to validate the individual’s competence, theoretical knowledge and practical skill, within maintenance and how to increase the individual’s knowledge through training.

By the developed system the validation of maintenance technicians will be part of a system for lifelong

learning. The individual will have a neutral recommendation of a course as a guideline, in the lifelong learning, as part of the technical development and on the job training.

This new method is needed which easily can be adapted for various languages and using the same quality standard. The IT-based validation system shall give all the mentioned possibilities to a limited cost. The system will be established in European countries and follows the ISO standard 17024. Every tested person will have an individual syllabus supporting the person to develop knowledge of

technical areas to stipulated standard.

Employment’s office can use the system in the process to match individual capability to employer’s

requirement.

The enterprises can use the system to map and develop labour force for new type of work or to keep the

required knowledge.

An individual will have a formal document showing knowledge and skill level captured during

“on-job-training” as informal, formal and not formal learning.

The validation system will become an extreme good tool in the process to increase European mobility of

practical working maintenance technicians.

1 000 questions and 4 000 alternative answers to be developed in these areas: 1.1 Work Planning 1.2 Team Working and Communication 1.4 Information Technology 1.5 Training and Instructions 1.6 Quality Assurance (Systems) 2.1 Maint. Objectives and Policies 2.2 Maintenance Concepts 2.3 Restoration Techniques 2.4 Maintenance Terminology 1.7 Environment 2.5 Contracts 2.6 Laws and Regulations 1.8 Automation 1.3 English language 3.1 Practical Computer Handling 2.7 Condition Monitoring 2.8 Fault Finding Techniques 2.9 Improvement Techniques 2.10 Documentation 2.11 Spare Part Management 2.12 Materials Technology 3.2 Practical Fault Finding Based upon the requirement by The European Federation of National Maintenance Societies 30 Practical tests to be developed for each of these areas:

Development organisation

Project leader

Swedish National Maintenance Society

Partner:

Methodology quality assurance Gavle University

Technical support

from many member companies

Partners:

Basic question production by National Maintenance Societies from Slovenia, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Slovakia, Ireland

Technical support

from many member companies

Partner:

Language and method development: Irish Maintenance Society

Valorisation

:21 members in European Federation of National Maintenance Societies - EFNMS

Technical supporters from industry and vocational schools Local agreements Contract Project leader UTEK with Leonardo contract Contract Partners developing questions Local agreements Partners developing language and quality aspects Valorisation plan Information packages IT-system testers from industry Technical supporters from industry and vocational schools Development structure and participation in valorisation EFNMS future users

Forming questions and quality arrangements

Question proposals from Belgium, Croatia, Denmark Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, . . .

Gavle University Adjustments and language refinements Irish Maintenance Society Feedback adjustments Enter into data base Practical tests IT-system usage

Development of practical tests covering the technical areas Financial circumstances Needed facilities and equipment Reporting of test results Test places Regulations for testing Record for tests Validation criteria Planning; Training of test supervisors Test supervisor

Practical tests in validation system for practical working maintenance technicians

Validation system for Maintenance Technician

Registrations of persons

Test leader

Test process supervisor

Theoretical test

Initiating fee handling Quality and IT-system security Reporting results

Practical tests

Accredited

Test Centres

with direct access with the server

For use in 21 member countries of European Federation of National Maintenance Societies

Results from practical tests Theoretical tests Master question bank in English and in local language Server based 

Validation and certification IT-tool

Failed tests Training recommendations Internet Passed tests Certificate Supervisor Security and updating