The PUMP-UP project aims to develop resources applicable to the Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) sector across the European Union, addressing common training needs.

It aims to gain through transnational cooperation, which can safeguard compliance with EU instruments for occupations and skills and improve regulatory convergence, ensuring homogeneity and wider applicability at the national level.

The main objectives of the project are:

1. Revise occupational requirements for HVAC technicians to reflect current labour market skill needs and shortages.
2. Develop and pilot-test a novel curriculum and training content on Heat Pump installation & maintenance.
3. Support VET providers to integrate project materials & adapt their offerings to market needs.
4. Introduce flexible training delivery methods and open-access resources to encourage self-paced training.
5. Develop a recognition scheme based on micro-credentials to foster the recognition of Heat Pump skills acquired in non-formal settings.
6. Foster the capitalisation of project results in VET practice, through the validation and integration of relevant occupational requirements into national/EU competence frameworks & certification schemes.

In the project, RENAC will lead partnership efforts of heat pump skills requirements and provide specifications for an EU wide qualification for HVAC technicians. Moreover, it will lead the projects dissemination efforts.

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