Education for Sustainable Development in the Vocational Education and Training System Facilitated by the European Sustainability Competence Framework. Case Study on Sustainability Competences Integration in Technician in Agriculture Professional Training Standard

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to create a methodology for identifying the gap between the sustainability competences (knowledge, skills, and attitudes) and professional training standards from Romania. The authors develop a tool for crosschecking professional training standards with the competences of GreenComp: The Sustainability competence framework. For testing and validating the methodology, the authors used the Professional Training Standard for Technician in agriculture qualification. The methodology can be used by the Romanian authorities to identify what sustainability competences are missing from all the other professional training standards, so the paper may have impact in the VET curriculum redesign in Romania and, subsequently, on the development of the new generation of skilled workers.