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QA - Case StudyStefan Walch

EQAVET Peer Learning Activity

Higher VET and the role of quality assurance

Larnaca , Cyprus, 21 March 2018

Who we are

HTL Imst

What we do: How does quality assurance

support us?

Case study: From the student’s first idea to the

manufactured individual piece of furniture

Outline

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Higher Federal Technical College Imst

Schools and colleges for engineering,

arts and crafts in Austria

www.htl-imst.at

HTL Imst


HTL Imst


Quelle: Google Maps

Disciplines

Interior Design

Civil Engineering

Computer Science

HTL Imst


College for Higher Vocational Education /

College for Engineering

440 students (330 male, 110 female)

Age: 14 - 19 years

Training period: 5 years

School Upper Secondary

4th + 5th year Post Secondary Level, EQF / ISCED 5

HTL Imst


Post Secondary VET Course / Add-on Course

140 students (130 male, 10 female)

Age: 18 - 45 years

Training period: 4 to 6 semesters

Short-cycle Tertiary Education, EQF / ISCED 5

Overview

www.bildungssystem.at

HTL Imst


20 fields with numerous specialisations

Chemical Engineering, Food Technology, Materials

Technology, Electrical Engineering, Electronics,

Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering,

Mechatronics, …

High demand for graduates

HTLs in Austria


Facts

100 school locations

63,000 pupils/students (male 83 %, female 17 %)

9,800 graduates per year

www.htl.at

Test & Certification Institutes at HTLs

Monitoring, testing and certification tasks

at 21 HTL sites (20 %)

HTLs in Austria


Higher vocational training concept

General education (40 %)

Theoretical technical background (45 %)

Practical experience (15 %)

■ Manufacturing, Production, Laboratory,

Workshop

Scope of training: 35 - 40 units per week

Mandatory internship: at least 8 weeks

HTLs in Austria


Final qualification

School leaving examinations (university entrance)

and diploma examinations

Certified Engineer

after 3 years of professional work experience and a

certification interview

EQF 6

HTLs in Austria


QIBB - Austrian VET Quality Initiative

Implementation since 2005

Quality and Process Manager (SQPM) supports

school management

www.qibb.at

Quality Management


Context

Teaching in interior design

Educational objective

From the student’s first idea to the manufactured

individual piece of furniture

Case Study


Every student is able to

design – construct – manufacture

an individual piece of furniture

Case Study


Learning & Teaching

Individualized teaching of students: content, form

of instruction, coaching

Work safety

Acquired vocational skills

Final Examinations

Certified Engineer

Aspects


Role of QA - Questions

Plan - What was/is our goal?

Do - What have we done?

Check - What have we achieved? How do we check?

Act - How do we proceed? What are our next steps?

PDCA


Quality Report

Annual Report: Structure – PDCA

Management and Performance Review


Learning & Teaching


Plan

Interdisciplinary and individualized teaching

methods encourage the students.

Do

Development of an interdisciplinary training

concept based on

■ Production process for an individual piece of

furniture

Individual supervision and support by the teacher

Learning & Teaching


Check

Annual self-evaluation using the questionnaires

provided by www.qibb.at

Structured individual feedback of students to the

teacher

Learning & Teaching


Evaluation tools: digital questionnaires

Learning & Teaching


Learning & Teaching

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Comparison: school/state/national level

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Act

Transformation in the role of the teacher

■ From instructor to coach

Effects of QA

Supports major reform initiatives

■ Individualisation of teaching and learning

■ Competence-oriented teaching, testing and

assessing

Learning & Teaching


Work Safety


Plan

Students can work autonomously and safely with

wood processing machines.

Do

Project team dealing with work safety (Austrian

Ministry of Education, AUVA - Austrian Workers'

Compensation Board)

Upgrade of safety equipment

Work Safety


Do

Comprehensive instruction of the students in the

safe handling of production machines

Check

Checklists for machinery inspection

Checklists for safe machinery operation

Work Safety


Safety instructions / Check lists

Work Safety


Act

New developments in production technology (e. g.

laser technologies) require continuous training of

teachers

Courses on work safety are held by instructors of

the HTL Imst for other schools

Work Safety


Effects of QA

Compliance with legal work safety requirements

(concerning teachers and students)

Work safety is essential for individual teaching and

learning

Work Safety


Plan

Students can perform complex tasks in design,

construction and manufacturing processes on their

own.

Do

Elaboration of the diploma theses with external

project partners (companies, authorities)

CLIL – Content and Language Integrated Learning



Check

Final Examinations

■ Application-related examination tasks

Act

Certified Engineer: after 3 years of professional

work experience and a certification interview, EQF 6

■ Certification interviews for engineers conducted

by our teachers



Effects of QA

Support in the implementation of the new final

examination regulations

■ Examination guideline with process descriptions

RPL (Recognition of Prior Learning)

■ Agreements with selected universities



Benefits of QA

PDCA-Cycle is the instrument for achieving

continuous improvement

Management tool

QIBB supports development in terms of

■ pedagogical, didactical, professional

■ personnel, organizational

aspects

Conclusion


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