Project title: Welding is your chance Project acronym: WeldChance - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Project title: Welding is your chance Project acronym: WeldChance Goran Pikot Denis Jambrošić

Project title: Welding is your chance Project acronym: WeldChance Erasmus+ KA2 – Cooperation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices Strategic Partnerships for vocational education and training, Call 2016 Project duration: 2 years, 1 September 2016 – 31 August 2018 Project number: 2016-1-HR01-KA202-022187

Project goals • Results of the project will have a significant impact on improving the quality of welding, as well as popularize the welding profession, making sure that companies and government institutions become aware of the importance of welders, and to help young people in choosing welding as their future profession. • Welders of all profiles will have the option of lifelong education and training, and keeping up with all the latest developments (website and social networks). • The project will have a long term impact on young people in search of employment, the training of trainees and professionals and will provide the necessary resources (such as network) to keep up with the latest developments in the profession, so that welders could work and acquire new knowledge, skills and achieving stability in welding.

Partners EWF (European Federation for SVS (Schweizerischer Verein für Welding, Joining and Cutting), Portugal Schweisstechnik), Switzerland CESOL (Asociacion Espanola de Končar – Metal constructions, Soldadura y Tecnologias de Croatia Union), Spain Industrial-Trades School, Progress s.r.l., Italy Croatia Project coordinator College Uljanik, Adult education institution

Conference programme Monday, 28.11.2016 12:00 Start of conference 12:10 Introducing the ULJANIK Group and ULJANIK Professional Training Centre (College ULJANIK) 12:30 Presentation of Croatia and the Istrian region (promotional film with the duration of 10 minutes) 12:40 Consortium working meeting (kick-off meeting) 14:00 Lunch on the premises of the Professional Training Centre ULJANIK 14:45 Consortium working meeting 16:00 – 18:00 Sightseeing of Pula Dinner in the restaurant “ Feral ” in Fažana 20:30 Tuesday, 29.11.2016 09:30 Gathering in the Professional Training Centre ULJANIK and presentation of DTZ Istria 09:45 – 11:00 Visit to Uljanik's plant (School of Welding, Outfitting, Island, Olive tree, slipway) 11:00 – 13:00 Consortium working meeting (continuation from the previous day) Professional Training Centre ULJANIK 13:00 – 15:00 Lunch in the restaurant “ Stari grad 2 ”

History of ULJANIK Founded in 1856. 1858. Launching of the 1 st ship KAISER Most modern shipyard of that time

Vision: Uljanik is a leading creative and innovative business and manufacturing group that, with modern methods and synergy effect, creates new values. Mission: With the strength of business reputation, quality and reliability of products and services, Uljanik contributes to the development and satisfaction of their workers, as well as establishing and developing business relationships with the Buyers and business partners.

ULJANIK Group: 4360

Berths: 2 Capacity: up to 100.000 DWT Employees: 2623 Flaciusova 1, 52100 PULA • White collars: 570 Hrvatska / CROATIA • Blue collars : 1741 • Engineers : 312

Berths: 2 Capacity: up to 110.000 DWT Employees: 1737 Liburnijska 3, 51000 RIJEKA • White collars: 308 Hrvatska / CROATIA • Blue collars : 1160 • Engineers : 269

Recent projects: MULTI-PURPOSE CONSTRUCTION VESSEL STERN TRAWLER (BOTTOM FISHING) RO-PAX VESSEL FOR CASPIAN SEA RO-RO PASSENGER FERRY

Market history:

College ULJANIK – Adult education institution  College ULJANIK was established on 12 July 2006  Main reasons were to raise the level of education and skills of workers in the ULJANIK Group and to train unemployed candidates primarily in manufacture and shipbuilding occupations.  Training programs for production occupations, handling machines and equipment, offered by College ULJANIK, are created by Uljanik's experts.  All training and specialization are accredited by the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports of the Republic of Croatia.  After completion of training, appropriate certificates are issued as certificates of qualification which have a value of public documents.

 58 educational programs  3 branches (Pula, Rijeka and Slavonski Brod)  5 practical training centers (3 in Pula, 1 in Rijeka and 1 in Sl.Brod) with more than 80 training boxes.  in school year 2015/16 1358 participants successfully completed training for various educational programs.  In school year 2015/16 more than 320 unenployed people have completed training and got employed in ULJANIK Group  primary education programs are welding , ship fitters, ship pipe fitters, crane operators, grinders, binding and signaling but other programs are taking place in college like IT programs, safety, firefighting etc...

Web page demonstration http://welchance.eu