Who wants to be a Construction worker?
Overview
Country:
Slovenia
Level of Outreach:
National
Field of Interest(s):
Promotion of the attractiveness of the Construction Industry (e.g. promoting diversity and gender equality, increasing youth participation and apprenticeships, enhancing career paths and mobility within the sector, raising awareness of the sector)
Supported By:
own funds
Description
As part of the annual MEGRA construction fair in eastern Slovenia, an educational and career day for the Slovenian construction industry will be organized, which is expected to attract numerous elementary school pupils, high school students, and construction students. Every year on this day, lectures by experts are organized, and the entertainment part consists of the traditional quiz "It's Nice to Be a Builder," which will be hosted by the well-known Slovenian rapper Six-Pack-Čukur and a ceramics teacher at the Maribor Secondary School of Construction and Gymnasium. An interactive quiz will be prepared for visitors on stage with the audience and stage area, where the host and his assistant will invite a small audience from elementary schools to come forward and participate in the quiz, which will feature questions related to construction. The audience can help three times, and depending on their success, the participants receive various prizes. The questions are popular and relate to the execution of works, the names of tools, the professions involved, interesting materials, methods of work, etc.
Project/Initiative Data
Start Date:
March 1, 2020
Total Budget:
1000 eur
What makes this project/initiative unique?:
It updates accumulation/synthesis of good practices used in the construction field in the participating countries in order to be disseminated to the interested parties, It identifies the training needs for developing adequate programs in respect of trasversal skills, promotion and attractiveness of construction industry, energy efficiency, digitalization, green and sustainable construction
Partners
https://www.gzs.si/zbornica_gradbenistva_in_industrije_gradbenega_materiala/Novice/ArticleId/89785/sejem-megra-2025-za-nami-porocilo-na-voljo-zgigm-sodelovala-vse-3-dni-med-tednom
Aim
attract youth to construction sector and get higher enrolment rate in VET schools in Slovenia
Target Groups:
youth: 13,14 years old, before entering to SECONDARY SCHOOL
Outcomes
Results of the project/initiative:
A lot of publicity in media, attractive awards, show based event addressing speaking in public
Replication of Good Practice
Entrepreneurship/SMEs Opportunities, Career moves
Organisation & Contact
Organisation:
Private Sector organization
| Name of Organisation | Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Slovenia - CCIS Division: Chamber of Construction and Building Materials Industry of Slovenia - CCBMIS + VET school form that part of region (Srednja gradbena šola in gimnazija Maribor) |
|---|---|
| Town/City | Ljubljana |
| Coordinator E-Mail | zgigm@gzs.si, info@gradbena.si |
| Coordinator Website | www.gzs.si/zgigm, https://gradbena.si/ |
| Name of The Person Responsible | Gregor Ficko, Boštjan Čukur |