TVET teachers in Dong Nai enhance technical competences in practice-oriented training courses

24.05.2018

Factual discussion among participants about the correct application of parallel gauge blocks in regular training and production situations of their occupations

Metal cutting expert Mr. Thomas Schafer explains and demonstrates the longitudinal turning process to the participants

Precisely aligning a machine vice of a milling machine with a dial gauge for accurate machining

Measuring with the external micrometer and documenting the results in group work

Participants learning the professional application of an electric roundness testing machine

Ralf Hill, GIZ/CIM-IE at LILAMA 2 and the German trainer Ricardo Bartsch introduce the course objective for “Technical Communication” to the training participants and teaching and learning materials to be applied

Project work: Clamping device

Metal cutting teacher manufactures turning work piece during the practical entrance assessment

Metal technology teachers producing milling work pieces for the project work: "Clamping Vice"

Clamping vice manufactured during the training

Sliding device produced on turning and milling machines

Mr. Nguyen Hong Tien, vice-dean of mechanical engineering faculty of LILAMA 2, was rewarded by the trainer, Mr. Thomas Schafer, for outstanding team spirit as well as leadership and motivation.

Construction mechanics teacher demonstrates competence in pocket milling

Mr. Ralf Hill recognises the continuous improvement of professional competence of every teacher and rewards Mrs. Phan Thi Anh Tu for best performance in work organisation and complying to safety & health regulations at the work place

Construction mechanics teacher demonstrates competence in pocket milling

“Reading technical documents as well as the professional operation and maintenance of mechanical and electrical testing and measuring devices used in mechanical engineering are prerequisite qualifications for professional work planning and quality assurance during the whole manufacturing process”, explained Mr. Ricardo Bartsch. He is one of the German trainers who conducted the further training courses “Technical Communication”, “Testing and Measuring Technology” and “Conventional Metal Cutting” for up to 25 key teachers of LILAMA 2 International Technology College (LILAMA 2), Vocational College of Machinery and Irrigation (VCMI) and Dong Nai College of High Technology (DCoHT).

Building up on the acquired knowledge and skills in technical communication and measuring technology, the key teachers also enhanced and deepened their knowledge and skills in manufacturing of work pieces and sub-assemblies with conventional machine tools. “The participants proved their competence in realising real work orders independently during the conventional metal cutting course. They planned projects, manufactured work pieces on lathe and milling machines, assembled and aligned parts as well as checked and documented functions and measurements according to the required quality”, defined Mr. Thomas Schaefer, an expert in conventional metal cutting.

The three practice-oriented training courses with a duration of 180 hours were specifically designed for Metal Cutting-CNC and Construction Mechanics teachers. They were also relevant to some extent for Mechatronics teachers. The courses were conducted in the training workshops and testing laboratories at LILAMA 2 in Long Thanh, Dong Nai Province from 16 April to 17 May 2018.

As the next step, the newly acquired competences of LILAMA 2, VCMI and other TVET teachers of Dong Nai will be further developed and consolidated through international trainings in manufacturing of complex project works by CNC machine tools.

The series of training courses is part of a comprehensive further training concept for teaching staff of LILAMA2, VCMI and other qualified TVET teaching staff in the region. The concept aims at developing practical professional competences of vocational trainers comparable to the competences of a German skilled worker in the industrial occupations of Metal Cutting-CNC, Construction Mechanics, Industrial Electronics and Mechatronics.

The training courses were held within the field of activity “Support of Centres of Excellence for TVET” as part of the Vietnamese-German Programme Reform of TVET in Viet Nam. The programme is implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).