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POLAND
Centre for Vocational Training in Wysokiem Mazowieckiem
www.ckzwm.edu.pl
This school cooperates with companies operating in the local labour market, e.g., with the
Mlekovita Dairy Cooperative. The dynamically developing dairy production plant implements new
technologies, allowing for far-reaching automation and robotisation of technological processes. As
a result, there is a growing demand for well-prepared middle-level technical staff able to meet the
challenges. The school's cooperation with Mlekovita for many years resulted in the implementation
of new fields of study. Since 2005, mechatronics has been taught.
In 2017, following the idea of Mlekovita, the school implemented the direction of refrigeration and
air conditioning technician education. So far, this is the only school in Podlaskie Voivodeship, where
one can gain qualifications in this profession. Students learning the professions implemented in
cooperation with Mlekovita carry out their apprenticeships in the plant; teachers cooperate with
technical staff, and graduates find employment there.
In 2021, the school received a prestigious award from the European Commission for innovative
teaching. It has resulted in the creation of a model curriculum for teaching about alternative sources
of automotive propulsion. All the materials that have been created are available on the AlterDrive
platform and can be used to teach automotive technicians practically all over Europe
(www.alterdrive.eu).
PORTUGAL
Escola Profissional para a Indústria da Metalurgia e da Metalomecânica (EPIM)
escolaprofissionalmoita.com/empresas-pedagogicas/epim/
EPIM (VET School for the Metallurgy and Metalworking Industry) aims to create effective links
between students' training path and the reality of the local, regional, and national labour market.
For this, the school act as a “pedagogical company” - an innovative offer in the National Education
System that permanently connects students, the School, companies and, consequently, the job
market.
The concept of “pedagogical company” presents a structuring and differentiating pedagogical
model, which causes effective changes in the management of the training framework.
The “pedagogical company” is a space for learning in a real, practical, and concrete context, as
students mobilise their transversal and technical skills through the provision of services, or the
design of products aimed at a portfolio of existing customers in the market. The “pedagogical
companies” present two typologies:
- companies that are “born” in the school, develop a business plan, and become logistically and
financially autonomous structures
- companies/institutions that collaborate with the School and provide the technical subjects
through the allocation of spaces, material resources and equipment

Thus, partner Companies/Institutions have direct intervention in the training process of future
professionals in their area, can adapt the curricula to the demands of the labour market and
integrate young professionals with reduced adaptation costs.

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