TRAIN4WORK was an initiative of the Federation of European Ergonomics Societies under the umbrella of Erasmus+ to create freely accessible online ergonomics training material. This section and related posts contain this project’s archived and not updated material.

Scope and objectives

Human-centred workplaces are a key essential part of the factories of the future due to significant advantages:

Increase flexibility
Increase agility
Increase competitiveness
Reduce occupational and work-related diseases
Reduce absenteeism
Reduce sick leave caused by injuries

Key actions required

Automated and continuous adaptation of work environment to workers
Integrate Health and Safety at work issues with production issues
Train professionals in the design of workplaces, processes and machinery

The main objective of TRAIN4WORK:

Development and implementation of a new online course (in English, Spanish, German and French)
To strengthen the knowledge and skills of targeted professionals in the design of human-centred workplaces.

The target groups of TRAIN4WORK

Engineers responsible for workplaces, process and production design
Engineers responsible for machinery, working equipment and tools design
Health and safety managers
Consultants who provide services related to these issues to industry
Human resources professionals (recruitment and job assignment of workers).

Project partners

IBV Instituto de Biomecánica de Valencia (Coordinator)

The Instituto de Biomecanica (IBV) is a technological centre that studies the behavior of the human body and its interaction with products, environments and services. Founded in 1976, the Institute is currently coordinated under the agreement of the Valencian Institute of Business Competitiveness (IVACE) and the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia (UPV).
Contact: Elisa Signes Pérez, elisa.signes@ibv.org

IAD (TUD) | Technische Universität Darmstadt – Institut fur Arbeitswissenschaft

The Technische Universitat (TU) Darmstadt is one of Germany’s leading technical universities. Its 303 professors, 4,250 employees and 25,100 students devote their talents and best efforts to the significant future research fields of energy, mobility, communications and information technologies, housing and living conditions. The wide variety of disciplines represented are all focused on technology, as viewed from the vantage point of engineering, the natural sciences, the humanities, and the social sciences, and cover the full range of academic endeavors, from the origination of fundamental concepts to practical, everyday applications.
Contact: Jurij Wakula, wakula@iad.tu-darmstadt.de

UGA | Universite Grenoble Alpes

The Universite Grenoble Alpes (UGA) is a comprehensive university offering high-quality education in all academic disciplines and levels (undergraduate, master, doctorate, and certificate programs) to 45,000 students in initial and lifelong learning. Its dense territorial grid embraces the towns of Grenoble, Valence, and Vienne, as well as several units located over the Isere territory. It belongs to the Communaute Universite Grenoble Alpes (COMUE). It works with other HEIs on and off campus, mutualizing some of their actions to improve the quality of their services.
Contact: Nicolas Villerme, nicolas.vuillerme@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr

Structo Ingenieros Consultores S.L.

Structo is a dynamic company that adapts well to customer needs because we have a multidisciplinary engineering team. We have experience in conducting projects and facilities. We develop projects in all sectors of industry and institutions. Project management and construction of industries in all sectors and facilities. We also carry out industrial machinery, technical projects, operating licenses, legalising all kinds of industries, and fire safety projects in industrial establishments.
Contact: Hugo Merelo, hugo.merelo@structoingenieros.com

FEES | Federation of European Ergonomics Societies

FEES is the Federation of the European Ergonomics Societies. Its mission is to enhance the recognition of ergonomics contributing to economic development, to quality of life, to health and safety at work, and to social progress in European Countries.

The formal foundation of FEES took place in the context of the 48th Spring Conference of the Gesellschaft für Arbeitswissenschaft in Munich, on May 7th, 2003. It is a network of the ergonomics societies in the various countries in Europe according to the description by the International Ergonomics Association (IEA) of IEA Networks. Members are ergonomics societies, not individuals. All ergonomics societies in Europe can be a member of FEES – inside the European Union landscape, but also beyond.

The governing body is the FEES Council, consisting of representatives of the member societies. All major decisions are taken by the Council, which meets at least once a year. The day-to-day administration is performed by the FEES Executive Committee, which is supported by working groups for specific issues.

For more information, contact Pedro Ferreira, treasurer of FEES: treasurer@ergonomics-fees.eu.

Project Planning

Project management & Quality management: To assure an adequate deployment of the project activities and the achievement of objectives set within the timescale and resources planned
Definition of curriculum: Identification of training requirements, definition of learning objectives and course structure
Development of training content in English: To develop the content based on the curriculum and the learning methodology defined in WP2
Development of e-learning course contents in English: Transform all the materials developed in the WP3 into a fully functional e-learning course, ready to be used in the pilot tests
Validation of the course and lessons learnt: Validation of the course adequacy to the skills/requirements of targeted end-users and usability assessment of the online platform
Development and Implementation of the final version of the e-learning course: Based on Deliverable 5.1 (Report on the course validation and lessons learnt), IBV will develop a final version of the e-learning course, implementing changes proposed in the validation. The course will be translated into Spanish (IBV), German (IAD) and French (UGA)
Dissemination and exploitation activities: Planning and management of dissemination activities and exploitation of project output

Multiplier event

E1. Workshop on design of human-centred work. (18-02-2020) (IAD)
E2. Workshop on Train4HCWork e-learning course. (10-03-2021) (IBV)

Intellectual Outputs

IO1. Course curriculum (M1-M6): It will include the learning objectives, the structure of the selected contents, the type of reinforcement activities, the ongoing monitoring schedule, the methodology for continuous assessment, and potential accreditation procedures. It will be available in two different formats: text file and project website, and it will be developed in English.
IO2. Online course in English (M7-M21): This output will consist of the first version of the Train4HCWork course developed online according to the curriculum (IO1). This course will include the contents previously developed in an open e-learning platform and reinforcement activities. This prototype will be developed in English and ready to be tested in pilot validations.
IO3. Online course in French, German, and Spanish (M17-M29): Four main actions will be required to deploy the final course: validation of the first version of the e-learning course (IO2) (pilot course), development of the final version of the e-learning course, translation (to Spanish, German, and French), and implementation in the platform.

Project results

AR1. Training requirements: Partners will develop a report summarizing the results of the studies performed to detect the vocational training requirements (knowledge, skills and competencies) across Europe. This report will be provided in electronic format and disseminated on the project’s website in the Multiplier Event 1 and at partners’ websites. It will be the basis for defining a suitable and precise course curriculum (intellectual output IO1). Three focus groups (FG) in three different countries and one online survey will be carried out to get these training requirements.
AR2. Training contents: It will include the final version of the training content. The content will cover the most important issues for human-centred design, integrating knowledge in ergonomics, health and safety at work, and productivity.
AR3. Validation of the e-learning course: A pilot course will be led by FEES (focused on ergonomics professionals), UGA (focused on engineering students and professionals), and Structo (focused on companies’ specific demands). IBV and IAD will monitor participants’ progress and analyse the results. Finally, a report with recommendations to improve the training course (contents, reinforcement activities, schedule, platform, evaluation activities, etc.) will be proposed.
AR4. Dissemination activities: Besides the multiplier events, additional dissemination activities will be carried out. These activities will include, among others, presentations on key events of the target groups, dissemination through social networks, posters in conferences and symposia, or dissemination in the websites of project

Dissemination plan for project results at European level during and after the duration of project

(Deliverable D7.1: Dissemination and Exploitation plans)

Report on training requirements (AR1):
- Dissemination of report amongst FEES members and collection of feedbackProduce input to Multiplier Event 1
Development and deployment of online survey:
- Development of survey structure based on input from focus groups
- Testing of survey
- Deployment to FEES members, aiming to reach a minimum of 100 respondents
- Provide feedback to respondents
Release of pilot course:
- Dissemination of project milestones
- Engagement of volunteers for the piloting
Multiplier event 1 (Workshop on design of human-centred work):
- Announcement and promotion of workshop
- Dissemination of workshop achievements and outputs
Multiplier event 2 (Workshop on Train4HCWork e-learning course):
- Announcement and promotion of workshop
- Dissemination of workshop and project achievements and outputs
Scientific dissemination
- Validation of project methodology and approach
- Project achievements

Project Administration

Grant Agreement obligations

The consortium should consider the importance of disseminating and exploiting the results and of their visibility at a transnational level.
Publicity obligations: The consortium should follow the instructions and logos available on the website indicated by the Agency. Always indicate “with the support of the European Union” and the graphic logo in all communications. Communications and publications: shall indicate sole responsibility lies with the author and the Agency and the Commission are not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.
Ownership of the results (including industrial and intellectual property rights): the educational materials within the scope of the project should be provided access to such material downloaded from the Internet, free of charge and in open licensing regime.

Dates and figures

Starting date of the action: 1 October 2018
Closing date of the action: 31 March 2021
Duration and period of eligibility: 30 months
Project total budget: EUR 252 388

Planned meetings:

Kick-off meeting: IBV, Valencia, 25th October 2018
Mid term meeting: TUD, Darmstadt, September 2019
Mid-term meeting: UGA, Grenoble, January 2020
Final meeting: IBV, Valencia, March 2021

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