In Europe staff needs to continually update their knowledge, skills and competences to fill the gap between their education and training and the demands of a rapidly changing labour market. An effective culture of lifelong learning is key to ensuring that everyone has the knowledge, skills and competences they need to thrive in their personal and professional lives.

The iQVet industry partners have described the Vocational Education and Training (VET) demand within mechanical industry for short, tailored learning opportunities that could better be coordinated with extensive and busy production plans and work activities inside the mechanical industry. This demand for new forms of VET learning could be linked to the current, corresponding increase in Europe for interest in ‘micro-credentials’ that certify the outcomes of small learning experiences.