Addressing Skills Needs of Lighting Professionals

The proliferation of contemporary technologies, as well as the need to covers pecific topics on lighting, green, entrepreneurship and horizontal needs, have created serious training needs for lighting professionals. These professionals are typically working adults, already working in the lighting or neighboring sectors that have to be re-skilled or up-skilled so as to become or to remain knowledgeable and competitive in the lighting volatile landscape. In this regard, the ECOSLIGHT project designed and is currently implementing a staged training approach including introductory online learning, followed by blended(online, face-to-face) and work based learning on specific job role profiles ithas identified.