Need Analysis for the Integration of Digital Tools for Teaching, Learning and Assessment of the Welders

This paper aims to identify the needs for updating the European Welder Training Guideline in order to introduce chapters for new digital innovative tools that can be used both in theoretical and practical training of welders. The objective of the revision of curriculum in the context of digital tools is to boost the digital skills of trainers, both youngsters (I-VET) and older personnel seeking further training (C-VET), thus targeting the issues raised during COVID-19 pandemic crisis as well as to increase the attractiveness of secondary/vocational schools and innovativeness of learning programmes. The paper present a research among VET school teachers for identify in what extent the new theoretical and practical digital tools can be implemented in order to increase the level of digital competences of the teachers as well as digital and professional competences of the learners.