Aims & Objectives
Provide an up skilling of the trainers operating VET
(vocational education & training) for the sector and
downstream improvement of skills in the workforce,
with more young people being attracted into the sector
through enhanced, more broad-ranging VET that
includes ‘internationalisation’.
Project aims:
• To exchange relevant skills for the maintenance and
restoration of heritage buildings
• To increase the knowledge base for the sector
• To re-discover products and processes lost over time
within the UK
• To increase job opportunities within the sector
• To more successfully maintain the built heritage
• To develop job opportunities outside the
UK e.g. Europe
• Meet personal needs e.g. up skilling, gaining
new knowledge, accessing European ideas, job
security and expansion of working possibilities.
What you can gain from the placement
• Improve professional skills
• Gain some basic linguistic skills for host county
• Develop useful contacts for future partnerships
• Understand training and practice in VET in
another country (Vocational Education
& Training)
• Prepare for the practical, professional and
cultural life of the host county
• Gain better understanding of the requirements
of industry and the labour market of your host
organisation, field and country
International Durham 