Co4Health – Competences for Healthy Building in Construction Professions

Nowadays, people spend 80% of their life indoors. Also due to climate change the topic of healthy living is becoming increasingly important for the construction industry and training in constructi...

Nowadays, people spend 80% of their life indoors. Also due to climate change the topic of healthy living is becoming increasingly important for the construction industry and training in construction professions. The aim of 'Co4Health' is to develop innovative learning scenarios for Healthy Building and to anchor them in VET, thus equipping future skilled workers with these new competences – as a contribution to increasing the labour market relevance, attractiveness and future orientation of VET.

For this purpose, partners from five EU countries are pooling their expertise. Based on a jointly developed competence matrix, we elaborate learning content, materials and tools and test them with trainees in construction professions. Ongoing dialogue with actors from business, science and policy strengthens relevance and usability. Accompanying capacity building ensures anchoring in the curricula and use in training. Transfer makes the project results available throughout the EU.

The result is a model for integrating the topic of Healthy Building into vocational education and training. The model includes a matrix of current competence requirements for health in construction, learning units to be used in teaching in various construction professions, further training for teachers, action plans for capacity building of VET institutions, with strategies for quality assurance, strengthening inclusion and internationalisation, and recommendations to the policy level.