The Erasmus+-funded strategic partnership “NetKom4.0” is having an impact. Following three years of joint training for teachers in the field of Industry 4.0, trainees can now benefit from the NetKom project. As part of an ERASMUS+-funded mobility program, students Mika, Noah, Baris and Christoph are currently gaining international experience in Portugal. The four trainees from the Eckener School in Flensburg are spending their block course at “ATEC” in Palmela. While the other students in the IT-B3-23 class are working on a project task in the Eckener School's IT laboratory, the four Flensburg students are sweating on a real-life problem at ATEC. Various training areas, including robotics, Industrial 4.0 Lab, battery storage, smart home and solar technology, are to be networked with each other. The task is to develop a suitable concept for the school, procure and implement the necessary hardware and train the teaching staff. The project task is designed in such a way that the school's learning field 12 “Carry out customer-specific system integration” is fully implemented.
Patrick Meinken (Eckener-Schule), Baris, Christoph, Mika, Noah und Maik Jepsen (Eckener-Schule) (from left)
“We are being confronted with a real project here and feel that we are being taken very seriously,” says Noah, who presented the cost calculation to the school's management. After researching various sources of supply for switches on the Portuguese market, a new, cost-effective hardware provider was found for the school. Christoph and Mika are now working on the firewall and the virtualization environment. “We can apply the knowledge we have acquired so far directly and are constantly learning,” say the two budding IT specialists specializing in system integration. Communication is always in English, which is not a problem for the third-year trainees. “Nevertheless, there are differences in the way we communicate,” says Baris, who is preparing the final presentation at the same time. “In addition to the professional and intercultural experiences, the five-week stay gives us a great insight into the way people live and work locally,” is the unanimous opinion of the students.
Christoph and Mika configuring virtual machines
Thanks go to the Flensburg Chamber of Skilled Crafts and the Wirtschaftsakademie Schleswig-Holstein GmbH, which supports Erasmus+ mobility. (mj)