About This Course
The relationship between VET institutions and the employers who host their learners is one of the most critical and most neglected dimensions of VET quality. Research consistently shows that placement quality is determined less by the placement itself than by the quality of the relationship between the VET institution and the workplace host.
This course gives VET professionals a thorough, practical and relationship-focused engagement with industry partnership and workplace mentoring. Participants explore how to build and sustain productive long-term partnerships with employers, and develop effective workplace mentors who can support VET learners.
The course is aligned with the Herning Declaration's emphasis on VET as a driver of local economic development, the Erasmus Quality Standards and the EU agenda for strengthening VET-employer cooperation.
Who Should Attend
- VET teachers and trainers who coordinate work placements and industry partnerships
- VET institution managers responsible for employer relations
- Erasmus+ coordinators managing VET learner mobility
- In-company trainers who mentor VET learners
- VET curriculum developers working with industry advisory groups
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course participants will be able to:
Build and sustain productive long-term partnerships with employers across your vocational sector.
A strong employer partnership is built over years. You will have a practical framework for developing employer relationships from initial contact to strategic partnership, with communication strategies for each stage.
Design and deliver effective workplace mentor preparation programmes.
Most workplace mentors receive little or no preparation. You will design a practical mentor preparation programme for your own sector covering the skills, knowledge and attitudes that effective mentors need.
Use structured work-based learning agreements and review processes to maintain placement quality.
You will have practical tools for monitoring and improving placement quality on an ongoing basis, including mid-placement reviews, learning agreement monitoring and employer feedback processes.
Connect VET-employer partnerships to local economic development and the twin transition agenda.
VET institutions that position themselves as drivers of local skills development for the digital and green transitions are the ones employers most want to partner with.
A 7-Day Professional Development Experience
Five days of intensive training with a structured arrival day and cultural excursion. We tailor every programme to your organisation's needs.
Welcome dinner and orientation walk.
Guided cultural excursion. Departure at convenience.
This outline is a starting point. Contact us to discuss how we can tailor this programme for your organisation.
EU Policy Alignment
EU Priority Alignment
EU Competence Frameworks
EU Policy Initiatives
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