Sustainability for Environmental Testing Laboratories

The ECVET-Lab project intended to develop an online training course through an OER (Open Educational Resources) Learning Platform promoting the need for sus­tainable deve­lo­p­ment of the sector of labo­ra­to­ries of envi­ron­men­tal testing. Through this platform the trainees, labo­ra­to­ry tech­ni­ci­ans, have the chance to obtain and streng­then high quality work-based skills and com­pe­ten­ces in order to comply with a so-called Qualification Standard/ Competence Profile.

All training content has a modular structure whereas each learning outcome reflects duties and respon­si­bi­li­ties a sus­tain­ab­ly aware labo­ra­to­ry tech­ni­ci­an should have in order to carry out good envi­ron­men­tal practices in the workplace. The qua­li­fi­ca­ti­on standard and the training course were defined in accordance with ECVET prin­ci­ples (including a reference to the EQF).

ECVET-Lab included 7 partners, repre­sen­ting 25 different countries, creating a European bridge of knowledge between Spain (NOVOTEC, FEH), Cyprus (NIREAS-IWRC, MMC), Poland (ITeE-PIB), Austria (3s),  and 21 other EU countries as well as asso­cia­ted countries thanks to the EU level orga­ni­sa­ti­on ‘EUROLAB’.  EUROLAB brought together active members from Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom as well as asso­cia­ted members from Turkey, Macedonia and Lebanon.

This project was funded with support from the European Commission. This com­mu­ni­ca­ti­on reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held respon­si­ble for any use which may be made of the infor­ma­ti­on contained therein.