3D Jail Project - IO1 - Competence framework for 3D printing in jail

competitors. There are Industrial 3D Printers intended for this, as the ones from the
company “Tractus 3D”.
3D printing in prison can also be focused on printing items for the social good. An example
of this would be the 3D design and printing of low-cost customised prosthetic limbs, for
those who are in need and cannot pay for expensive bionic parts. This idea was carried
forward, for example, by the “Ayudame 3D” project, which was founded in Spain, and gives
3D-printed arms to people without resources from everywhere in the world, thus improving
their life quality.
Another example are companies that make 3D-printed ultrasound organ phantoms, helping
hospitals to prepare for surgical operations. According to the article “The Application of
Ultrasound in 3D Bio-Printing”, “three-dimensional (3D) bioprinting is an emerging and
promising technology in tissue engineering to construct tissues and organs for
implantation. Alignment of self-assembly cell spheroids that are used as bio ink could be
very accurate after droplet ejection from bioprinter. Complex and heterogeneous tissue
structures could be built using rapid additive manufacture technology and multiple cell
lines”.
Requirements of Software- and Hardware Skills
In order to think about implementing 3D-printing workshops in prisons, it is essential to
define the initial background of both trainers and inmates, and what skills and competences
they need as a base.
Through the activities developed during the first stage of the 3D Jail project, the basic
competences needed for both groups were determined as follows:
Inmates
Responsibility
Curiosity
Perseverance
Will to learn
Good health
Trainers
Effective communication
Experience in using CAD software and in
teaching it
Knowledge on how to motivate others
Knowledge on the particular issues and
characteristics of the prisons
Capacity of adapting themselves to the
prisons and the level of motivation and
intellectual skills of the inmates
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