Advanced training modules

Contents of the advanced training in the area of wood (A):

• Handling the circular saw (work on the circular saw, maintenance work, changing saw blades
• Orientation in the specialist wood room and in the machine room, taking into account legal requirements
• Safety and accident prevention regulations
• Professional and proper use of woodworking tools
• Wood joining techniques (including tenoning)
• Creating and reading technical drawings using product examples
• Sharpening cutting tools
• Handouts and devices to facilitate practical teaching
• Demonstrating product-specific differentiation measures for use in the classroom
• Development of material lists and work flow charts
• Exchange on didactic and product-specific integration options in terms of work-based learning

Contents of the advanced training in the field of wood (B):

• Handling of the circular saw (work on the circular saw, maintenance work, saw blade change
• Orientation in the woodworking room and in the machine room, taking into account legal requirements
• Safety and accident prevention regulations
• Professional and proper use of woodworking tools
• Professional processing of  veneers, taking into account the veneer press
• Creation of individual templates for veneer patterns, taking into account aspects specific to the learning group and practical differentiation options in the classroom.
• Wood joining techniques (including working with the miter saw)
• Surface treatment methods (waxing, oiling, staining)
• Creation and reading of technical drawings on product examples
• Development of material lists and work flow charts
• Handouts for practical lesson implementation with further practical examples
• Exchange about didactic and product-specific possibilities of integration in the sense of work teaching.

Contents of the advanced training in the field of Metal:

• Reading of technical drawings (radii, dimensions, drillings etc.)
• Workplace design under ergonomic and safety aspects
• Manufacturing of workpieces according to instructions and directions
• Marking of workpieces and punching of drill holes
• Safety regulations as well as proper and professional operation of upright and pillar drilling machines
• Manufacture of bores, counterbores and threads
• Machining of workpieces (sawing and filing)
• Correct selection of tools and their use in practice
• Materials science and possible applications in the classroom
• Surface treatment of various materials
• Measuring and gauging the workpieces produced
• Use of various measuring tools

Contents of the advanced training in the field of electrical engineering:

• Workplace design under ergonomic and safety aspects
• Dangers of the electric current with body flowing through
• Tool knowledge with practical applications
• Soldering of different materials
• Bending and joining work according to instructions and guidance
• Wiring of electrotechnical products
• Explanation and use of basic elements in the field of electrical engineering (e.g. voltage source, wires, insulators, LED, light bulb, buzzer etc.)
• Handing out of working documents and correct selection of aids for professional implementation
• Demonstration of product-specific differentiation measures for classroom use

Contents of the advanced training in the field of textiles:

• Activation and reactivation of basic knowledge about the sewing machine
• historical knowledge about sewing
• proper designation and use of sewing utensils &
• Basic knowledge of fabrics
• Precautions and examples for practical lesson preparation
• creation and reading of cutting patterns using practical examples
• product-specific instructions on the sewing machine
• implementing own creativity
• Examples of structured lessons with students:
  - Students know what they are doing and what goal they want to achieve in the end
  - Free work, project work, open lessons
  - Working out lesson content on one's own responsibility

Contents of the advanced training in the field of textiles (B)

• Material science around the techniques "braiding, crocheting and knitting

• Historical development of the techniques - Effects of the use of machines

• Selection and analysis of suitable products with regard to potential differentiation possibilities

• Preparation of work flow charts

• Material and price calculation

Participants will be able to penetrate the different techniques, apply them and thus independently produce selected products. In doing so, the work flow plan is subdivided into meaningful sub-steps in order to penetrate these as independently as possible and to ensure a high degree of independence.

Contents of the advanced training in the field of textiles (C)

"Recycling and Upcycling"

• Selection of items or materials suitable for upcycling or recycling projects such as T-shirts, umbrellas, plastic bags, bed linen, shirts and much more.
• Teaching basic knowledge about materials in order to be able to decide which ones are suitable for making which products (material science)
• Imparting knowledge about the sewing machine and sewing
• Selecting suitable products and creating work plans (material calculation)
• Creating and reading work plans
• Making proposed products

For this purpose, the techniques are broken down into sensible individual steps and carried out one after the other. Instructions in words and pictures will be provided as a reader.

All participants may bring to the training several of the materials listed above that are suitable for upcycling or recycling projects. This will help them to get an idea of the subject area and to start thinking about how to reuse or recycle discarded items. 

Contents of the advanced training in the field of nutrition:

• Health-promoting nutrition - food preparation techniques and meal design
• Professional and proper processing of food in the kitchen
• different production methods (e.g.: cooking techniques, ...)
• safety and hygiene in food processing in the classroom
• Accident prevention and safety education in the kitchen classroom
• Professional and proper use of tools and machines in the kitchen (e.g., cutting techniques)
• Workplace design and work organization in the kitchen
• Methodological tips for lesson design

Contents of the advanced training in ceramics (A):

• Clay materials science, ceramic specifications
• Professional and proper use of tools and machines
• Workplace design and safety aspects
• Elementary work with clay (promotion of key qualifications, sensory experience, creativity, practical exercises)
• Production processes and design techniques: Building hollow bodies, hollowing out solid bodies, slab technique, thumb technique, free modeling
• Introduction to engobing and glazing (theory and practical application)
• Firing: Kiln science and practical tips
• Processing techniques, aids, practical tips for handling the material in class
• Design ideas, project work, group work for lessons with pupils

Contents of further training in the field of ceramics (B):

• Exchange of experiences in the existing workshops
• Questions, technical problems, suggestions
• Consolidation of techniques already learned
• More intensive work on a larger workpiece in the area of the "sausage technique" - observing drying times, statics, shaping
• Hollow bodies in the "slab technique" - planning, preparing and assembling slabs
• Producing and processing marbled clay.

The aim of this coaching offer is to enter into an exchange with colleagues and the instructors of the second phase on the basis of one's own teaching concept, in connection with the practical training courses carried out so far. The lesson plan brought along should form the basis for a joint discussion about subject didactic principles, references to the partial competencies of the design competence, the assignment to potential content areas as well as the significance of a product in relation to exemplariness.

A prerequisite for participation is the prior submission of a teaching concept, which is then sent to the group of participants as preparation.