The Malta Qualifications Council hosted the VQTS II (Vocational Qualification Transfer System) National Workshop on the 3rd February, at the Council's premises in St Lucia.
VQTS II is a Leonardo da Vinci Project based on the results of the Leonardo da Vinci project ‘VQTS’. The core results of the VQTS project and the Competence Matrix have been transferred to another Vocational Education and Training (VET) sector (electronic/electrical engineering) and to other countries and languages. The VQTS II project focuses on transferring and further elaborating of methods and procedures for the development of a Competence Matrix by using the ideas and principles in the VQTS project. The Malta Qualifications Council is a partner in this project.
The half-day National Workshop was chaired by Dr James Calleja Chief Executive, Malta Qualifications Council. Ms Doris Mangion, Senior Manager Standards and Qualifications, Malta Qualifications Council was responsible for organising the National Workshop. The Workshop was attended by experts from the field of VET, as well as from the field of Higher Education (HE). These were Mr Vince Maione, Deputy Director MCAST and Mr John Sciberras, Director MCAST and Dr Ing Edward Gatt and Dr Ing. Cyril Spiteri Staines from the University of Malta.
The principal aim of the workshop was to discuss the Austrian and German Competence Matrices for the sector of electronics/electrical engineering. The experts discussed the development of competence profiles based on the Competence Matrices, as well as gave proposals to concrete procedures to enhance permeability and progression between VET and Higher Education. Overlapping areas of competence profiles of VET and HE programmes were also identified.
Similar national workshops were hosted by the project’s other partners, as well as by the project coordinator, 3s research laboratory in Vienna, in their respective countries. The three year Leonardo da Vinci project will end in September this year.