Logistiek

To increase inflow from experienced VET students into logistics HE programmes and companies, we want to implement the practice enterprise (PE) methodology  in logistics educational programmes and set up pilots for logistics PEs in VET schools in the partner countries.

By using the PE methodology we are certain that this project can reduce the mismatch between the skills people are taught and the skills needed by the sector.

• Creation of a model Practice Enterprise for logistics + integration of software & tools
  The consortium will set-up a common curriculum using the PE methodology for logistics profiles in VET in the different countries and will create a future proof model for logistics PEs. Relevant logistics software and tools will be integrated in this model.
• Set-up of pilot Practice Enterprises
  Once the model is defined, we will set-up pilot PEs in VET schools offering logistics training programmes in the different countries, paying attention to the technical and transversal skills required by the labour market. They will have solid partnerships with commercial PEs (purchases and sales) within the global PE network, but we will also create partnerships between the different logistics on a national and international level.
• Training in for teachers
  Our final goal is to create a train the trainer and accompanying manual to make sure the teacher masters this new methodology, taking into account the management of the PE, the evaluation of students and the necessary adjustments in the learning path of each individual.

• Implementation Guide and Materials  
  The guide is conceived as an operating tool supporting VET schools providing logistics training within the PE, to cooperate in arranging and implementing the methodology within a school context.
• Practice Enterprise Piloting Experience
  Pilot experiences will be realised within the Belgian and Spanish VET schools involved as project partners. According to the guide and teachers training, the national central offices for PEs assist the schools in organising and implementing the PE logistics training piloting.
• Piloting Evaluation and Report
  The report on testing contains not only general and comparative conclusions on the results of testing as carried out in the piloting schools, but, outlines indications for the improvement of the learning methodology and suggestions for sustainability and transferability of the Practice Enterprise logistics learning approach within the school programmes and also in other school contexts.