Safe the date: Technology-supported vocational training for professional drivers in Europe – A matter of quality

Vocational education and training has been assigned with the challenging task to prepare all professional drivers in Europe for continuously changing job requirements and to keep them qualified for their job.

Technology-supported training offers additional opportunities in order to reach this goal and to achieve the high quality of training necessary in order to ensure drivers employability and to make a contribution to safety on European roads.

The ICT-DRV conference provides an inside view of the current situation of computer-based distance learning and simulator-based professional driver qualification and discusses a number of questions related to a high-quality and learning oriented integration of such training approaches into professional driver training praxis in Europe.

This interdisciplinary conference aims to provide a platform for VET providers, public bodies, researchers, developers of simulators and e-learning, social partners, employers, and other groups of stakeholders in order to explore and discuss opportunities, limitations and requirements to enhance professional drivers’ vocational education and training effectively with high-quality computer-based distance learning and simulator-based training.

A special focus is placed on the expedient integration of such training approaches into the framework of Directive 2003/59/EC. The conference will be held in German and English.

Further information on the conference is available here.