B³ - Battery Education Network Bavaria

The current transformation process, especially in the automotive industry, requires far-reaching adjustments to the value creation networks - as well as the qualifications of current and future employees from the battery ecosystem in Bavaria.

As a "battery competence trio", the B³ Battery Education Network Bavaria (B3) aims to make a substantial contribution by means of tailor-made qualification concepts for industry and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as well as their employees throughout Bavaria.

The project will begin with needs analyses based on economic and vocational training aspects. This will be followed by the development and subsequent consolidation of tailor-made qualification offers for the battery ecosystem.

A powerful consortium

The project consists of a network with expertise - six renowned battery research institutions in Bavaria, the SKZ and bbw, two Bavarian educational institutions, Bayern Innovativ as an innovation and transfer network in Bavaria and the IAW of RWTH Aachen University as a supra-regional partner.

Research project partners:

• Bavarian Center for Battery Technology (BayBatt) at the University of Bayreuth (UBT), Chair of Environmentally Compatible Production Technology
• Fraunhofer R&D Center for Electromobility Bavaria FZEB at the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research (FISC)
• Fraunhofer Institute for Casting, Composite and Processing Technology (IGCV)
• Landshut University of Applied Sciences (HAWL)
• Institute for Machine Tools and Industrial Management (iwb) at the Technical University of Munich
• RWTH Aachen University, Chair and Institute of Ergonomics (IAW)
• Technology Transfer Center for Electromobility at the Technical University of Würzburg-Schweinfurt THWS

Project partner Educational institution:

• Bildungswerk der Bayerischen Wirtschaft (bbw) gGmbH
• SKZ - KFE gGmbH

Project coordination:

• New Materials Cluster at Bayern Innovativ - Bavarian Society for Innovation and Knowledge Transfer mbH

Project sponsor:

• VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH

Qualification programs with high practical relevance

The project will focus on three qualification focuses in the form of short-term modules (Modul-Batt), work process-oriented measures (APO-Batt) and offers for trainers (Coach-Batt). The qualification offers should have a high practical relevance and will be developed by development tandems consisting of a specialist partner (university or research institution) and a didactic partner (training provider) in iterative development processes and with the strong involvement of representatives of the target groups. This means that training courses can also be offered at existing facilities of the project partners, such as the iwb at the Technical University of Munich

Objective: Qualification and development of skills for future requirements - qualification concepts

The project also focuses on developing skills, in particular for independent and flexible solutions to professional situations within the "battery ecosystem".

The strong practical orientation is supplemented by virtual learning units in a learning management system (LMS) and makes it possible to offer very modular and individual "learning journeys" and to complete them with practical modules in the learning laboratories of the research partners.

The educational institutions aim to sustainably consolidate the developed qualification concepts from the sixth year onwards. The innovation cluster ensures broad networking in the target groups of industrial companies and SMEs as well as in the educational networks.

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