Drone European Platform (DEP) project and the use of Drones offer a variety of interesting opportunities in the field of agriculture.

CECE (Spain)

DEP is willing to develop and present a holistic approach to the increase of effectiveness of educational offers in what is related to delivering to the world of work better qualified trainees.

This project include innovative technology in VET specifically in agriculture curriculum. A course to build a drone, to fly it safety, to learn about the topic and to teach other partners about it. The project aims to increase the skills and knowledge of teachers and their ability to transmit and implement it on the learning process of the students. It will establish a network of knowledge and exchange of ideas at European level that helps to learn and acquire the necessary skills to use drones.To train other trainers to acquire current knowledge and to prepare them to transmit that information to their students.

Objectives

• To include innovative technology in VET specifically in agriculture curriculum
• To develop a Drone Course at the European level
• To increase the skills and knowledge of teachers in the area of drones and their ability transmit and implement it on the learning process of their students
• To prepare students with the skills to find a job more easily
• To train other trainers to acquire current knowledge and to prepare them to transmit that information to their student
•  To unify agricultural sector between countries
• To convert countryside and agricultural job in an attractive career for youngsters
• To learn from the different countries participating in the project and their national legislation, the uses of the drones in their countries and the trends drones are initiating
• To establish a network of knowledge and exchange of ideas at European level that helps to learn and acquire the necessary skills to use drones

Aim:

• To exchange legislation, knowledges, courses and materials on the use of drone in VET
• To make video lessons generated in the training course
• To promote mainstreaming
• To train teachers, leaders and other school staff in promoting innovation.
• To spread around Europe, the knowledge on how to use drone in education.