Renewable Skills & Consultant GmbH (RSC) is the pioneer of wind energy training with more than 19 years of experience on the market. The RSC network of licensed training providers is the only truly global training network in the field of wind energy training with more than 30 partners on 5 continents. The RSC standard is the world’s leading qualification standard for wind turbine technicians and is considered as the benchmark for training excellence in the industry.
The RSC network covers comprehensive modular courses developed by the industry for the industry delivered in realistic training environments by experienced professionals. All RSC training providers are certified and meet the strict RSC training provider criteria. Additionally, training providers are audited on a regular basis to ensure they always comply with RSC standards. RSC training courses focus on practical training on real turbines, as favoured by the industry, setting them apart from the many classroom-based courses on the market. Thus RSC is making a marked contribution to the creation of qualified "green jobs" in an environmentally sustainable energy sector.
RSC training content is divided into individual modules, which are categorised according to their specific field. Modules are flexible and can be offered as single training events, or grouped together to form a complete course. The qualification levels of RSC modules comply with the reference levels of the European Qualifications Framework (EQF). This provides people with a flexible way to get started depending on the knowledge they already possess and thus enables them to individually plan their own careers.
Modules relating to workplace safety must be regularly refreshed after set periods of time (please note, validation periods and contents may vary according to national regulations). All modules are subject to the highest quality standards and are taught by RSC-certified trainers.
Each individual module meets the unique requirements found within training for the wind energy industry. Each teaching component focuses on real-life conditions both in theory and practice.
RSC is ISO29990 certified and is also an aligned partner of GWO. For more information visit www.rs-consultant.com
CETMAR is a foundation established in 2001 by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Galician Government. Its scope extends at national, European and international level, being beneficiaries of its activity all the public and private sectors related to the sea and its resources.
CETMAR fosters the coordination of marine research and technology organizations in the region of Galicia, boosting competitiveness of marine and maritime sectors and promoting activities that range from education and training, scientific research and technological development to innovation management. Therefore acting as an interim organization between research and education and training organisations, administrations and industry. CETMAR is currently involved in a large amount of projects of different scope and nature. It is part of its background the management of projects under several EU programs such as INTERREG, ESF, Erasmus+, Life and H2020 Projects.
As an instrumental body of the Consellería do Mar (Regional Ministry for the Sea) which is also part of its board of trustees, CETMAR carries out a wide range of services for this regional administration. The most relevant for this project has been the coordination and management of the Aixola Training Centre since 2004, with the mission to provide learning opportunities and improving the professional skills of maritime-fishing workers, being its main quality the adaptation and anticipation to market needs. This leads us to provide training courses, not offered by any other centre at national level. Through its activity as education as trainer provider, CETMAR aims to improve the quality of life of the marine and maritime sectors through training. The Training Department carries out courses, training plans, assessment of sectoral training needs and scientific dissemination.
The Management of the Centro Tecnológico del Mar-Fundación CETMAR (CETMAR Foundation) is firmly committed to quality standards, innovation, security and safekeeping of the information and knowledge managed by this Foundation. To this end, CETMAR implements a Quality Management System based on the ISO 9001: 2015 standard (certified by DNVGL).
For more information visit www.cetmar.org
The University of Santiago de Compostela (USC, 1495), hosts ~25,000 undergraduate students and more than 3,000 PhD students. Being recognized as International Campus of Excellence for the Campus Vida strategic research program (Spanish Ministry of Education), it has the infrastructure facilities and human resources needed for the training of young researchers. The University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) is participating in this Project through CiTIUS, the Research Centre in Intelligent Technologies.
CiTIUS is part of the Singular Research Centres Network of the Campus Vida at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), which has been recognized as International Campus of Excellence in 2009 by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science. Since December 2019, CiTIUS is one of the only eight entities credited in the Galician Regional System, in the north-west of Spain, as research centre. This certifies CiTIUS as one of the leaders of the regional research system and the only one focused on Intelligent Technologies. CiTIUS hosts more than 100 researchers, including 31 senior researchers who have been selected by an external scientific advisory board. CiTIUS research activity is organized into 8 scientific programmes:
In the last 4 years (2016-2019), CiTIUS attracted funding of over 10,5 M€, of which more than 2,7M€ are from projects in collaboration with the industry sector. In the same period, the Centre published over 150 articles in indexed journals (SCI-Scopus), and defended 38 PhD thesis. CiTIUS also transferred 15 software licenses and created 2 spin-offs, Situm and Imagames. CiTIUS is currently involved in five European projects, including 2 H2020 MSCA ETN:
CiTIUS is also beneficiary of a FET OPEN action, MISEL, pending of negotiation of the Grant Agreement.
For more information visit www.usc.es
SGS TECNOS is a leader in certification and regulation. It´s also a renowned training company with long experience in vocational training in the energy sector. They work to achieve an improvement in the energy performance of its clients and partners. SGS TECNOS belongs to SGS Group, a multinational company with presence in more than 100 countries and more than 90.000 employees worldwide.
Since 2005, SGS has a specific department to carry out numerous National and International projects in all activities and sectors, as coordinators as well as a partner. In these projects, SGS has different roles: coordination, technical assessment in energy, ICT Projects, R&D&i Projects, environment, energy, vocational training, etc.
Through its division of innovative projects, they have created innovative trainings to for the energy sector, in order to harmonize procedures and increase mobility of workers. SGS seeks to transfer the gained knowledge in energy efficiency certification to the public arena through collaborative projects in national and international calls.
As wind energy sector is one of the core business of SGS work, the enterprise seeks to improve the skills of their workers and associates by delivering trainings, developing plans and certificating facilities. They also publish their trainings ins public platforms, using OER’s and platforms such Moodle.
In its previous projects, SGS has developed several activities which can bring added value to the DITMEP project such:
For more information visit www.sgs.es
ISQ is a private, non-profit and independent technological institution founded in 1965, currently running operations in more than 40 countries across the world (EU, Eastern Europe, Africa, Americas and Asia), offering its experience in technical inspections, technical assistance for engineering projects, consultancy services and Human Capital development - including Lifelong Learning and VET training, supported by transversal research and development activities and by 17 accredited laboratories (e.g.: chemical, bio and agro testing, non-destructive testing, Aerospatiale, materials and nano technology, electronics, addictive manufacturing, IoT and IT etc.). For that propose, ISQ conducts also a Research and Innovation activity (R&Di), promoting projects with national and international partners, both from the public and private sector, aiming at a continuous product, services and process development.
ISQ Group has 16 companies worldwide (Angola, Mozambique, Brasil, Norway, Spain, Emirates, Algeria, Mexico, etc) and 18 companies in Portugal, supported by strong network of companies, industrial big players, governmental and international organizations. ISQ is also an active member of International Certification Bodies and accredited for deriving services, products and people’s certification, following international certification standards applied to different sectors.
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ISQ is the largest technological infrastructure in Portugal and leads or participate in innovation Hubs namely: energy and sustainability, maritime, AED (aeronautic, space and defense) agroindustry and 4.0 Digital Transformation. ISQ is also a Training leader in Lifelong Learning – ISQ Academy- focused in adult learning for companies and covering also innovative VET training for youngsters/apprenticeship and disadvantage people (has several training centers and Corporate Academies in companies). At an international level, ISQ also integrates UNESCO VET “Centers of Excellence”, ITU Centers of Excellence (from United Nations for Telecommunications), a Board member of EVBB (European Association of VET Centres) and member of SOLIDAR (European Association for Social Justice in Europe).
At a national level, ISQ belongs to several Boards with agility in promoting and marketing in different networks and end users:
ISQ is accredited in several engineering and technical services and also for training services and training of trainers, certified by Quality, Environmental and Safety management according to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 standards, and accredited to certify people according to ISO 17024.
ISQ received several awards, in particular for Training and Human Capital development services:
ISQ Academy has a recognized experience in all areas of the training cycle (needs analyses, design, implementation, evaluation) including expertise in national and international standards (professional profiles) Quality Standards for VET, expertise in e-learning/b learning, digital learning, work based learning and apprenticeship, technological training with ECVET, training for social inclusion professional, professional marketing and social marketing for employment (including disadvantage people and NEETS) entrepreneurship, certification and recognition of knowledge and competencies.
With more than 30 years of experience of participation in EU funded projects, ISQ as a whole has promoted or participated in over 500 projects, including projects in the field of lifelong learning, support to SMEs and human capital development. From 2006 onwards, ISQ has participated in more than 50 lifelong learning projects, from Erasmus+, Horizon 2020, EPLUS, FP7 or national funding programmes. Currently, the R+Di Unit is running 62 European projects in Low-Carbon and Resource Efficiency, Materials and Technologies, Intelligent and Digital Systems and, Training and Qualifications areas.
For more information visit www.isq.pt
