V International Workshop Skills and Competencies of the XXI Century Workforce V International Course Entrepreneurship and Career Opportunities in Raw Materials Sector.

Data: 13.12.2024

V International Workshop
Skills and Competencies of the XXI Century Workforce
V International Course
Entrepreneurship and Career Opportunities in Raw Materials Sector

For the fifth time, the MEITIM II (Master Program in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Technology Integration in Mining issued a course titled Entrepreneurship and Career Opportunities in Raw Materials Sector.

The partners of MEITIM II: Technical University of Madrid (UPM) (leader), Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (WUST), and Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT).

ABOUT THE COURSE

Most industrial sectors are facing a new era that requires companies to transform their operations, create new business models and foster a digital culture. In this context, the industry is facing a changing talent landscape, necessitating new skill sets in their workforce. Companies need to ensure that their staff are properly constituted to support this transformation process.

During the course, entrepreneurship skills and innovative thinking of engineers were trained using examples from the raw material sector. Case studies widened the understanding of skills and competencies of the future workforce and current trends of the industrial revolution.

The course was oriented to:

Introduce entrepreneurship and career opportunities in mining engineering. Familiarize with the primary sector of the raw materials value chain (geology, mining, mineral processing, metallurgy, and the environment). Enhance the creativity and innovation capacity of engineers. Improve the mindset of entrepreneurship.

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

Defining which skills and professional capacities are needed by students that will constitute the Engineering workforce in a few years is vital to benefit from technological advances and to contribute to the development of business in new competitive environments.

The Skills and Competencies of the XXI Century Workforce International Workshop explores different opinions and trends in the business sector. Students, leading companies, research centres, and stakeholders met with selected speakers and renowned figures in the industry to investigate and discuss future professional needs.

The 5-day Workshop on Skills and Competencies was part of a course Entrepreneurship and Career Opportunities in the Raw Material Sector. The course consisted of 5 modules: Lectures and Assignments, InnoBoost Game, Industry visits, Workshop on Skills and Competencies, and Self-Study material. After an intensive week in Lappeenranta, students were required to follow online lectures, complete lecture-related assignments and write a workshop summary. The International 5-day-long workshop was at Lappeenranta University of Technology in Finland.

Mobility: 25-29th of November 2024. Online: 28th of October – 13th of December 2024.

The course was credited with 3 ECTS.

29 students of our faculty took part in the course.

Activities

Visiting the Mining Museum in Outokumpu

Visiting Metso at Dewatering Test Center in Lappeenranta

Activities and lectures at LAB University of Applied Science

WGGG students at LUT University in Lappeenranta November 2024