Horticulture 4.0 - Vocational Education for Digital Transformation in Horticulture

PLANNED RESULTS

The Consortium will develop a learning outcome-oriented curriculum and further training program on "Smart Greenhouses" for European VET teachers in response to the growing needs of the agricultural sector’s labour market.

The chosen professional field - precision technology in smart greenhouses - has a great potential for all sub-sectors of vegetable production and has been a key driver of digital transformation of agriculture across Europe in the recent years.

Result 1: Digital Competence Map of smart greenhouse workers

Result 2: Smart Greenhouses Curriculum

Result 3: Smart Greenhouses – practice-oriented learning content

Module 1 – Advanced digital skills for smart green houses

Module 2 Smart technologies in greenhouses

Module 3 – Innovative Teaching Methods

Result 4:  E-learning platform for delivering online course for VET teachers

Result 5: Smart Greenhouses e-book for VET teachers and Trainers

The objective of the project is to contribute to the digital and green transition of agriculture by delivering innovative, high quality learning materials for VET teachers on smart greenhouses, involving actors from the labour market.

The project will

  • identify the digital skills needs for smart greenhouses in collaboration of companies in order to tackle future skills mismatches in horticulture
  • facilitate the development and scale-up of flexible, modular, and learner-centred micro-courses enabling VET schools of the agriculture sector to give quick and relevant response to the needs of the labour market
  •  foster technical and digital skills and effective, innovative training methods of teachers in agriculture, help them to learn and teach in virtual environments and provide them up-to-date knowledge on smart greenhouses.