EUROWELD

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• EUROWELD
• European Certification for Welding Personnel

Eligible Period December 2002 November 2004
Company Network Seminar EMCC Cedefop The role
of competence and qualifications development in
fostering workforce mobility Thessaloniki, 9
10 November 2006
Project co-financed by the Programme Leonardo da
Vinci Agreement nr 2002 - 4552
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EUROWELD background
EWF European Welding Federation Network
involving 28 European countries represented by
its National Welding Institutes
National industrial needs and interests

• Awareness of the importance of current
  competence in the field of welding.
• Need of harmonising the qualification and
  certification of welding personnel

EUROWELD Goal accomplishment of a harmonised
Welding Certification system implemented in EWF
members countries
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EUROWELD Consortium
P1 ISQ Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade
(PT) P2 EWF European Federation for Welding,
Joining and Cutting (PT) P3 IBS Belgisch
Instituut voor Lastechniek (BE) P4 VCL
Vervolmakingscentrum voor lassers (BE) P5 MHTE
Magyar Hegesztéstechnikai Egyesulés (HU) P6
Mátrai Hegesztéstechnikai Kft. (HU) P7 RM
GYGV Multiszerviz Kft. (HU) P8 GBM (IT)

• P9 IIS Istituto Italiano della Saldatura
  (IT)
• P10 HARPEX (PL)
• P11 IS Instytut Spawalnictwa (PL)
• P12 Izotechnik (PL)
• P13 Bombardier Transportation Portugal, SA (PT)
• P14 Balfour Bealty (UK)
• P15 Rolls Royce (UK)
• P16 Transco (UK)
• P17 TWI Ltd. (UK)

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Project Main Goal
Accomplishment of a harmonised Welding
Certification System for welding personnel
(Engineers, Technologists, Specialists and
Practitioners) implemented in EWF member
countries. This system aimed to be commonly
recognised and implemented according to the
developed guidelines, promoting the mobility of
welding professionals.
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Project Main Goal

• Key-words vs Key-ideas
• Harmonised Certification System equally
  recognised competences
• Welding personnel Sectoral technological area
• Implementation in EWF member countries not
  regional or national, but European implementation
  (28 countries)
• Commonly recognised and implemented
  establishment of criteria, procedures and
  guidelines to facilitate mutual recognition
• Promoting the mobility of Welding personnel
  accredited degrees are recognised under a common
  quality assurance framework

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Overview of the Project

• Achieved Specific Objectives
• Identification of the national certification
  systems, in each partner country.
• Definition of the harmonised certification system
  to be implemented
• Definition of the curriculums to the courses of
  Certified European Welding Engineer,
  Technologist, Specialist and Practitioner
• Definition of rules and procedures for the
  management of the European certification system
  of welding personnel in welding and related areas
• Definition of the evaluation system through a
  database of exam questions

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Methodology and contribution of the transnational
work
Identification of the national certification
systems (done at national level)
Analysis of differences and similarities between
the identified certification systems
Definition of the Certification System
Development of guidelines for the certification
of welding personnel
Database of Examination Questions and Answers
(development, revision and translation)
Development of an online platform to access to
the examination database allowing the generation
of exams
Implementation of the Certification System
performance of pilot exams
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Link with European Qualification Framework
EWF guideline - Certification Scheme for
European Welding Engineers, European Welding
Technologists, European Welding Specialists and
European Welding Practitioners
Definition of the curriculums for the courses of
Certified European Welding Engineer (CEWE),
Technologist (CEWT), Specialist (CEWS) and
Practitioner (CEWP)
Definition of the evaluation system through a
common database of exam questions
EUROWELD Outcomes
Development of criteria, procedures and
guidelines facilitating the mutual transparency
and recognition of competences
EQF Key-ideas
Definition of rules and procedures for the
management of the European certification system
of welding personnel in welding
Quality assurance fundamental to sucessfull
establisment, implementation and maintenance of
European Qualifications
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EUROWELD in practice
Guidelines and Examination content
Guidelines were developed to Engineer,
Technologist, Specialist and Practitioner
Examination system was developed to Engineer and
Technologist, only
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EUROWELD in practice
Access to Examination Application
User registration
Guidelines were developed to Engineer,
Technologist, Specialist and Practitioner
Examination system was developed only to Engineer
and Technologist, only
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EUROWELD in practice
Questions identified in terms of
- Level (IWE, IWT, IWS, IWP, IWIP or IW) -
Module (1 to 4) - Subject - Difficulty (1
to 3) - Part (1 or 3) - Scope (YES
Question with Scope NO Question without Scope)
Questions Create new The user can create new
questions in the Application
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EUROWELD in practice
Standard Question Details
QUESTIONS Validation Process List of Draft
Questions
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Basic Rules/Definitions for the Harmonised
Examination Matrix
- Multiple Choice Examination 1 Question 4
Answers 1 to 4 Correct Answers for IWE level,
for other levels only 1 answer is correct - Time
allocated to answer each question 60 seconds

• Minimum number of questions per examination on
  each module
• 1 Question per subject
• 1 Question per each recommended training hour
• The final amount of questions shall be always an
  entire number
• 50 of the harmonised examination questions
  should be level 2 25 should be level 1 and the
  remaining 25 should be level 3

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Harmonised Examination Exams Generation
Selection of desired Level, Module and Part
Summary of the exam that the user is about to
create
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Harmonised Examination Exams Management
Generation of Exams
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Harmonised Examination Exams Management
Exam Evaluation Sheet
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Overview of the Project
Exams Evaluation Data Results
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Potentialities of the Harmonised Examination
system

• Evaluation of competences at an European level,
  according to common guidelines and equal
  examination rules
• Assessment in terms of thematic subjects,
  levels, difficulty degrees
• Assessment per national results
• Upgrading with new topics, questions, expertise
  domains (inclusive adaptation to other
  technological areas)

Promotion of mutual transparency and common
recongnition of competences in a sectoral
technological area
Use of equal criteria, procedures and guidelines
Updating and maintenance of European
Qualifications
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Contribution to training and mobility policies in
the sector

• The guarantee of a quality system in the
  implementation of the harmonised certification
  system, based on general rules defined by EWF,
  according to the requirements established by ISO
  IEC 17024-2003.
• The methodology used to guarantee the real
  European harmonisation and the large geographical
  intervention areas - differentiation factors to
  be considered.

• The harmonisation of the Certification System
  to be implemented at a European scale, assuring a
  transparency of competences and recognition of
  skills.
• The development of a central Examination
  database which can act as basis for the
  evaluation of E-learning training programs,
  turning the theoretical examination more flexible
  and creating conditions to the mobility of
  welding personnel.
• The upgrading of the harmonised evaluation
  system with new questions and answers will allow
  following the technological advance assuring the
  improvement of competences and encouraging
  life-long learning.

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The future

• Further implementation of the Examination
  Database in all the EWF countries, promoting the
  Mobility of personnel
• Assessment of results per country and course
  category, at an European level, aiming at
  assessing sectoral competences and forthcoming
  needs
• Update of the database and transferability of
  the concept to other technological environments,

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