Mess-iN - enhancing the competitiveness of regional SME's through workplace near training in manufacturing metrology

摘要

With shallower vertical ranges of manufacture and a growing global exchange of semi-finished products knowledge about manufacturing metrology (MM) becomes more important in many jobs. The variety of specifications requires a well-founded knowledge in order to obtain correct measuring results. Yet there is no specific job description for metrologists and no coherent training schedule exists. Training is mainly provided on the job, through the exchange of information with other co-workers. If the competent person later on leaves the firm that knowledge may be lost and the enterprise loses also a part of its competitiveness. That is especially valid for small and medium size enterprises (SME). The project Mess-iN is targeted toward a better vocational education of employees through the combination of near workplace e-learning and attendance-based seminars in a blended learning arrangement. The project was first launched 2005 in Bavaria.