Summary of the project

We received following beneficiaries for a practical training in Wrocław (Poland) in the framework of the European Leonardo da Vinci Programme II:

1. Iraia Campo Azpeitia
2. Eider Oyarbide Errazquin
3. Antxon Arsuaga Oria
4. Nekane Urroz Erasun
5. Aitor Zabala Echeverria

Beneficiaries arrived in the evening on 18^th March 2005 at the Wrocław Airport. They were picked up by FUTURUM Team and transported to their accommodation place – students’ hostel of Medical Academy in the centre of the city.

On the next day the group was taken for a guided tour through the city of Wrocław. They visited the modern centre as well as the old town, got to know the history of the city and the most popular places there. The guidance was done in Spanish.

During the first week beneficiaries attended an English course, organized by Futurum and the language school El Universo. The course contained following topics:

- jobs and places, routines, the city and the country.
- exchange programs twin cities
- living abroad, cultures and manners
- holidays, climate/weather, transport
- shops and shopping
- places to eat, food and drinks
- celebrations, festivals and events
- sports, accidents and injuries, illnesses
- entertainment, the arts, charity
- education, technology, science

After having completed the course they were introduced by the Fagor MasterCook SA – a company where they continued their placements. They were placed in the following departments:

1. Iraia Campo Azpeitia – Maintenance Service
2. Eider Oyarbide Errazquin – Management of Constructors Team
3. Antxon Arsuaga Oria – Maintenance Service
4. Nekane Urroz Erasun – Maintenance Service
5. Aitor Zabala Echeverria – Management of Constructors Team

Trainees, who were placed in Management of Constructors Team, performed the training programme aimed at codification of Brandt’s cookers and prototyping: construction and realization of prototypes of some different issues connected with the project. Their stage included:

- studying and contact with cookers’ structures
- presentation of the product
- approach to the components and construction analysis
- designing of different mechanical pieces
- resolution of mechanical and other miscellaneous problems linked with the Brandt project
- prototyping
- codification in the database and in the drawings of products

The core aspect of training programme of Iraia and Antxon, who worked in a Maintenance Service, was refrigerators’ production. Their placement was divided in a few sub-parts:

- learning on refrigerators production technology, learning on the structure and principles of operation of machines used in the production process
- updating the schemes of production plant – working with AutoCad
- participation in works on production line modernization
- elaboration of prevention plans for the machines

Additionally, they observed operations related to machine failures elimination and took part in exercises on PLC programming (Simatic S7).

During their free time beneficiaries organized trips to different cities, like Krakow or Prague. They gained information about the whole Poland and Middle-Eastern Europe, its customs and tradition. They had also a chance to take part in such extraordinary moments like the anniversary of Poland’s EU accession or Easter. It gave them the overview of Polish culture and believes.

On Friday, 9^th of June, the students were transported to the airport and flew back to Basque Country.