CompAAL

Description

CompAAL is an EU funded project aiming to develop qualification profiles for jobs in Ambient-Assisted Living (AAL). AAL specialist skills are needed in many professions, in which job requirements have changed because of fast-evolving technologies. New skills profiles have to be set-up for professionals from various backgrounds, for example architects building AAL compatible homes, staff of ambulatory home care and, most of all, IT specialists in order to enable them design AAL systems and interfaces, to manage interoperability, as well as to create, manage and moderate social networks.

CompAAL will identify the main needs and requirements in jobs in the field of AAL in the participating countries and the knowledge, skills and competences (learning outcomes), which are insufficiently trained in the framework of related qualification programmes. For this purpose, each project partner will carry out desk and fiel research analysing all available studies and extracting the learning outcomes, i.e. knowledge, skills and competences needed for AAL related jobs.

CompAAL will have a long-term impact on vocational training institutions providing further education in the fields of AAL-related ICT applications and geriatric care in the sense that they will be able to improve their training offers based on the developed training guidelines. These adaptations will reduce the mismatch between trained competences and competences needed in the labour market and will also increase the comparability of qualifications in the field of AAL via reference to the various levels of EQF. Employers in AAL-related jobs will be able to recruit appropriate staff from all over Europe, as qualification profiles will increase transparency and comparability of all AAL qualifications.