News
2018-10-30
Metal AM master’s degree - Capacity Building from Industry to Academia
Together with universities, companies and students are involved in the ADMIRE project which aims to design a Metal AM Master degree (MSc) according to level 7 of the European Qualification Framework. In the design of the Metal AM master’s degree, a set of innovative features are used: a ...
2018-10-30
Last peek through the keyhole at RADICLE’s final meeting
After four years of ongoing collaboration and research RADICLE is coming to an end, as the final meeting between members came to an end. In Coventry (UK), from the 15th to the 18th of October, all members from the project’s consortium (MTC, GE, CRF, Rolls-Royce, GKN Aerospace, LOE, Permanova, VTT, ...
2018-09-12
Hungary
EWF's unique harmonised qualification system for European Welding Practitioner has been recognised as equivalent to Hungary's national qualifications framework level 4, paving the way for Hungarian welding practitioners to see their competences recognised throughout the countries that use EWF's ...
2018-09-12
Empowering non-destructive testing with advanced VET qualifications
As part of a broader agreement between both organisations, EWF and EFNDT have agreed to consider the feasibility of developing VET modules for non-destructive testing engineer and a European NDT Engineer qualification. According to Chris Eady, EWF President “I am very much looking forward to our ...
2018-08-03
FineSol solution test results and further steps discussed in Sweden
Solder paste is one of the most critical ingredients in the manufacturing of PCB’s nowadays. The ability to produce a solder paste with a smaller particle size allows the fabrication of smaller PCB’s. Thus, every component that relies on this type of electrical circuit boards (every electronic ...
2018-07-12
FSW-Tech Working Session for the Guideline Development of FSW Personnel
On June 4th and 5th, EWF hosted the FSW-Tech consortium for the working session for the guideline development of the friction stir welding personnel, organised in the framework of the Erasmus+ project, FSW-Tech. The project addresses the development of three professional profiles of ...
2018-05-21
LASIMM project consortium gathers in the UK
During April 10th and 12th, EWF together with the LASIMM partners gathered for the project consortium meeting and the interim review meeting, where representatives from European Commission were present. The meetings were hosted by Cranfield University in the UK. There was also a visit to Global ...
2018-05-08
EWF is actively involved in ISO/TC 261 to support Additive Manufacturing
During the 11th Plenary Meeting of the ISO/TC 261 Technical Committee, Dr Eurico Assunção, EWF Deputy Director was appointed as the Convenor of the Joint ISO/TC 261-ASTM F 42 Group: Personnel training Working Group until 2021. The 11th Plenary Meeting took place on April 6th at The Johns Hopkins ...
2018-05-08
Weldchance project - supporting youngsters in choosing a welding vocational career
The welder profession is high in demand. For attracting new people to opt out for welding profession, we need modern and attractive training and upskilling programs. We need new vocational curricula, new teaching methods and cutting-edge didactic tools, as well as an emphasis on lifelong education ...
2018-05-08
WOW Project - New learning route for the European Welding Specialist and the European Welding Practitioner
Work-based learning opportunities in welding - WOW - is a European Project involving partners from six European countries: TWI - UK, ISQ - Portugal, CESOL - Spain, ISIM - Romania and IIS - Italy. The objective is to set the demanded requirements for apprenticeships and in company-training to be ...
