Project: “Launching of Sector Skills Alliance for Training & Apprenticeship of Health Care and Food Supplements Salespersons (H-CARE)”
No. 540170-LLP-1-2013-1-TR-LEONARDO-LMP
Web: https://healthcaresales.eu
Sub-programme: Leonardo da Vinci
Action: Multilateral Projects for Development of innovation – Sector skills alliances
Start date: 01 January 2014
End date: 30 June 2016
Duration: 30 months
Who are the organizations comprising the project consortium?
- Istanbul Regional Educational Directorate (IMEM), Turkey – Project Coordinator
- European Medical Association (EMA), Belgium
- “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi (TUIasi), Romania
- BFI National Institute for Vocational Training, Austria
- National Agency for Vocational Education and Training (NAVET), Bulgaria
- “ZGURA-M” Consultancy company, Bulgaria
Who may benefit from the project?
- Unemployed graduate adults (18+) who want to obtain up to date knowledge, skills and competencies (based on ECVET principles) through innovate VET training on Health Care and Food supplements sales.
- Current employees in Health Care sales establishments who seeking enhancement of their career.
- VET training centers that can extend their training portfolio by offering such innovative training resources.
- Trade companies (SMEs) in the field of Health Care and Food Supplements that can train more competent employees within their establishments and to increase companies’ sales and image.
What does the project offer?
Following the identified gap between the needs of the market and available, but not relevant VET courses, the project will develop innovative blended training programme for Vocational qualification of a new job profile “Health Care & Food Supplements salesperson” targeted to unemployed people (18+) or current employees in the Health Care sales sector. This profession does not exist in National Occupational Classification frameworks of EU countries so far. It means that the people who will participate in the testing phase of the project will have a unique opportunity to take part in innovative training developed for the first time in Europe.
In addition the project will provide national qualification descriptions (by ECVET learning outcomes) and will build them on “Integrated Competencies Framework for Public Health Workforce Development” and with European Qualification Framework (level 4 & 5), so that the existing qualifications in this field will become more transparent and comparable.
Which are the project products?
- Comparative analysis of the national findings related to training needs and gaps, knowledge and competencies of the project beneficiaries;
- H-CARE unified curriculum and training modules:
- M1. Health Care Introduction & Health prevention recommendations
- M2. EU and National legislative framework
- M3. Trading with medical devices and Assistive technologies
- M4. Trading with food supplements
- M5. Communication & Work with disabled customers
- M6. Sales management skills
- M7. Entrepreneurship skills
- M8. E-commerce
- M9. Internship
- H-CARE control tool (EQAVET based);
- Occupational core profile of “Health Care and Food Supplement Salesperson”
- Consolidated Usability report
Project manager – TUIasi
Prof. PhD. Chem. Margareta Gabriela CIOBANU
