Eurodata

The European welding fabrication industry has a turnover of more than 1.6 billion Euros per year, 1.900.000 employees, and offers (as in the Lisbon strategy) free movement of products, services, personnel, etc.
Harmonized European welding curriculum guidelines, some of them developed with the support of the LdV co-financed EUROWELD, are currently enforced in 29 European countries. However, the examination of trainees’ skills and expertise often lack objective assessment which can compromise their obtained know-how.

EuroDATA aims at supporting the implementation of a harmonised system for the examination of the training objectives. Aware of the importance of current competence and constant upgrading of skills in the field of welding and manufacturing technologies, through the support of EUROWELD project, the EWF coordinated the development of Harmonised guidelines for different categories of welding personnel. These are now operational in 29 European countries but the final training exam procedure needs to be harmonised and fully implemented at an European level. Therefore, the aim of this project is to support the implementation of an online database of Examination Questions and Answers in 6 countries – DE, IT, PT, RO, SI and SK, focussing the training of welding personnel.