Nucleation – VET and E&T

NUCLEATION was established and organized within the ENEN2plus project (funded by the European Union under Grant Agreement No. 101061677).

NUCLEATION is a community of practice open to professionals in nuclear domains who wish

to discuss any topics, share experience, seek advice, learn from each other, agree on common actions and collaborate,

all relevant to Vocational Education and Training (VET) as well as lifelong learning and continuous professional development.

NUCLEATION represents a community of people, not of organizations. It invites individuals from primarily the following backgrounds to become its members:

• Managers in education and training institutions, either public or private, that develop and offer vocational training directed towards occupations, job positions, or other professional activities in nuclear domains like nuclear medicine, radiation protection, nuclear energy, or nuclear waste.
• Managers in organizations that are active in nuclear domains, and who are responsible for competence development of the human resources in these organizations.
• Individuals capable of delivering vocational training that is relevant for activities and jobs or positions in nuclear domains.

The domain of interest of NUCLEATION consists of vocational training that is offered and delivered for competence development and qualification of human resources, all in organizations that are active in nuclear domains.

Vocational training might be provided either in formal or non-formal settings, developed and implemented both within these organizations, as well as delivered by professional training providers.

This includes vocational training that not only contributes to the achievement of organizational goals through a more competent workforce, but also supports the personal development of individuals in the workforce, potentially increasing their motivation and commitment while promoting life-long learning.

The objectives of NUCLEATION are

• to enhance the competence of its members in the development, delivery and application of nuclear vocational training,
• to become a well-known partner when it comes to enhancing the nuclear competences in the European Union, recognized for its competence as well as its capabilities and speed to deliver.

None of the potential members of NUCLEATION can provide the full range of training for all nuclear professions or for the personal development of individuals in the workforce. However, each member has different contacts and is involved in training in different ways. The community will help each member to fill gaps, so that the aggregate capability of NUCLEATION is greater and broader than the sum of the capabilities of each member.

Consequently, NUCLEATION shall build up a strong, competent and reactive enough learning solution capacity as represented by the network of its highly experienced and capable members, thanks to which

• professional vocational training can be delivered within relatively short timescales after a request has been received; vocational training might be provided either in formal or non-formal settings, developed and implemented both within nuclear organizations, as well as delivered by professional training providers.
• the effectiveness of specific vocational training offers in view of the competence development of human resources in nuclear domains can be analyzed.
• it can be explored how specific vocational training offers have been developed, implemented, and evaluated in comparison with best practice methods, processes, and tools.
• it can come up with recommendations about when to engage VET vendors for developing or implementing vocational training, how to specify the vocational training to be considered, and how to select a suitable vendor.