On 20 and 21 April, the regional edition of the Professional Training Competition in Mechatronics took place at the INX - Instituto Narcís Xifra of Spain, where 4 teams composed of 2 participants and their tutors performed the tests proposed by the experts, which consisted of 3 challenges.
The first was the mechanical, electrical and pneumatic assembly of a production station, in which they had to meet very specific standards, demonstrating their technical and soft skills.
The second challenge required the assembly and communication of the first station with a new production station, to realise a complete simulated production process.
The third and final challenge was divided into 2 sections: the first section was the automation of the production process, programming a PLC that followed specific steps to execute the production sequence, and the second section was the performance improvement and energy saving of that production process.
The meeting was an opportunity to share the DIGITRONICS project and the e-learning platform with the teachers of INX and the various training centres that participated in the Professional Training Competition in Mechatronics.
The winning team will travel to Gdańsk from 5 to 9 September 2023 to represent Catalonia in Spainskills, a national skills competition activating a network of collaboration between administrations, educational institutions, companies and professional organisations in Spain.
INX is committed to promoting the partnership between Business and Training, and the Business Forum event of the Narcís Xifra Institute is part of this. Approximately 40 companies participated by reaching out to the INX centre to learn about the services it offers, including the DIGITRONICS training course.
Business Forum also included an orientation session conducted through interviews between companies and students and alumni of INX's industrial training courses. This represented an opportunity to organise company internships for first-year students, an opportunity to start work contracts for second-year students close to graduation, and also a labour market opportunity for those former students interested in changing jobs, given that 100% of students leaving the training pathway end their training cycle with a job. This was a wonderful opportunity for professional development and training in mechatronics, which is part of the goals of the DIGITRONICS project.
On 20 and 21 April, the regional edition of the Professional Training Competition in Mechatronics took place at the INX - Instituto Narcís Xifra of Spain, where 4 teams composed of 2 participants and their tutors performed the tests proposed by the experts, which consisted of 3 challenges.
The first was the mechanical, electrical and pneumatic assembly of a production station, in which they had to meet very specific standards, demonstrating their technical and soft skills.
The second challenge required the assembly and communication of the first station with a new production station, to realise a complete simulated production process.
The third and final challenge was divided into 2 sections: the first section was the automation of the production process, programming a PLC that followed specific steps to execute the production sequence, and the second section was the performance improvement and energy saving of that production process.
The meeting was an opportunity to share the DIGITRONICS project and the e-learning platform with the teachers of INX and the various training centres that participated in the Professional Training Competition in Mechatronics.
The winning team will travel to Gdańsk from 5 to 9 September 2023 to represent Catalonia in Spainskills, a national skills competition activating a network of collaboration between administrations, educational institutions, companies and professional organisations in Spain.
INX is committed to promoting the partnership between Business and Training, and the Business Forum event of the Narcís Xifra Institute is part of this. Approximately 40 companies participated by reaching out to the INX centre to learn about the services it offers, including the DIGITRONICS training course.
Business Forum also included an orientation session conducted through interviews between companies and students and alumni of INX's industrial training courses. This represented an opportunity to organise company internships for first-year students, an opportunity to start work contracts for second-year students close to graduation, and also a labour market opportunity for those former students interested in changing jobs, given that 100% of students leaving the training pathway end their training cycle with a job. This was a wonderful opportunity for professional development and training in mechatronics, which is part of the goals of the DIGITRONICS project.