XtraBlatt Issue 02-2020

AT WORK
EU EDUCATION MINISTERS
A LOOK INTO
LEARNING
In autumn, Krone presented “live” to the EU Ministers for
Education the company training of mechatronic engineers.
The German educational system enjoys
a very positive reputation worldwide.
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1 Once the sward has lain a few
days, it’s swathed with a band
rake.
2 Sven Ribbrock, member of the
Dortmund Parks Department
staff, is responsible for mowing.
sward mown for the first time this year. The
mower is front-mounted on a Holder implement
carrier. Operator Sven Ribbrock says:
“Naturally, you can’t match the speed of a
mulcher operation when mowing with a
cutterbar.” But the operation is much more
insect-friendly. The sward is precisely and
cleanly cut by the sharp blades on the dual
cutterbars. Above all, much fewer insects
are killed compared with during mulcher
operation. Studies show that small animals
and insects have time to flee the cutterbar
action. And again, after mowing, the creatures
can scuttle off before the sward is
swathed and afterwards baled.
PUBLICITY WORK
The city of Dortmund is also among the
certified municipalities in the German
programme “Stadtgrün naturnähe” (Nature-near
urban parklands). The project is
supported through the Federal Programme
for Biological Diversity by the Federal
Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN) and
Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU).
Because the Parks Department had already
undertaken a few measures towards
ecological grassland management, all this
work has now been recognised by a national
award: the “Stadtgrün” Nature-near label
in silver.
The required actions include not only concrete
application of extensive husbandry
methods on the parklands but also the
accompanying public relations work.
“Especially during the initial phase of the
changeover to extensive management of
grass areas, it was important to have the
citizens understand and agree with our
work”, points out Jürgen Hundorf. Naturally
there occurred one or two telephone calls
criticising the unkempt appearance of the
grass in the parklands. But through consequent
public relations work we managed to
convince everyone about the advantages of
the new concept.” «
And the dual vocational education programme
has earned a special position in
this respect. However, it remains of elemental
importance that, for industry and crafts,
young people undergoing general school
education receive the grounding necessary
for subsequent successful vocational training.
An opportunity to demonstrate modern
mechatronic engineer training in Spelle to
those responsible for education in the EU
was therefore an ideal chance.
However, full meeting agendas and the
indispensable corona prevention measures
meant no visit to Emsland by the education
ministers was possible. But what was
possible – thanks to modern transmission
technology – was a “live link” giving the
top-level audience a direct view into Krone
training, with practice-oriented explanations
in addition.
Thus, the politicians were able to take
advantage of an informative insight covering
current vocational training themes
such as digitalisation and dual training,
but also training under corona conditions.
Peter Kottmann, manager of Krone mechatronic
training, answered thereby diverse
questions from the German minister of
education Anja Karliczek to the backdrop of
Live transmission of Krone training enabled the EU ministers and civil servants an insight into practice-oriented
instruction procedures.
a simulated training session in Spelle. Hereby,
instructor Stefan Rammes explained a
circuit diagram within a BiG X mechatronic
system to some trainees.
Among the points made clear in this respect
is how complex the technical qualification
is, and the kind of balancing act the instructor
has sometimes to carry out in order to
combine in everyday training the latest very
advanced product technologies with the
themes of preparation for testing according
to national registration requirements. The
fact is, increasingly more new thematic
areas must be covered, e.g. additive assembly
procedures, network technology,
data security or computer programming. A
good solution is offered by project-oriented
and process-related training, states Peter
Kottmann. «
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