{"id":16550,"date":"2025-04-30T07:58:41","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T04:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/?p=16550"},"modified":"2025-04-30T08:59:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T05:59:00","slug":"vii-practical-conference-innovations-in-plumbing-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/en\/vii-practical-conference-innovations-in-plumbing-education\/","title":{"rendered":"VII Practical Conference \u201cInnovations in Plumbing Education\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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On April 2025, the VII Practical Conference \u201cInnovations in Plumbing Education\u201d took place in Kyiv, organized by the EdUP project in cooperation with leading companies in the plumbing industry.<\/strong><\/p>

The event brought together vocational training teachers from 22 partner vocational education schools. The conference included two key components: a soft skills development training and hands-on sessions held at Install Fest Ukraine 2025. In addition, a professional skills competition for instructors was conducted.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Soft Skills Training at Academy DTEK<\/h3>

The training was hosted at the Academy DTEK education center and aimed to enhance educators\u2019 communication and conflict resolution capabilities. Participants explored the following topics:<\/p>

  • Conflict studies and de-escalation techniques<\/p><\/li>

  • Argumentation and building effective dialogue<\/p><\/li>

  • Providing constructive feedback to build trust in the classroom<\/p><\/li>

  • Persuasive communication without manipulation<\/p><\/li><\/ul>

    These skills will help instructors strengthen their engagement with students and respond effectively to the challenges of modern vocational education.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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    Practical Workshops at Install Fest Ukraine 2025<\/h3>

    The hands-on component featured expert-led workshops delivered by specialists from top industry companies, including Walraven UA, WAVIN, Raftec, Leon-Service Plus (GEB), and TECE Ukraine. Participants practiced:<\/p>

    • Pipeline installation<\/p><\/li>

    • Polypropylene polyfusion welding<\/p><\/li>

    • Working with sanitary fittings and repair technologies<\/p><\/li><\/ul>

      Additionally, Geberit \u2014 a key donor of the EdUP project \u2014 conducted a dedicated seminar on drinking water hygiene and the new FlowFit piping systems.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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      Professional Skills Competition<\/h3>

      Alongside the conference, a professional competition was held for instructors specializing in the installation of plumbing systems and equipment.<\/p>

      Participants demonstrated their expertise in:<\/p>

      • Laying pipelines<\/p><\/li>

      • Welding polypropylene pipes<\/p><\/li>

      • Installing sanitary equipment and filtration systems<\/p><\/li><\/ul>

        The competition was supported by Geberit, WAVIN, Ecosoft, Caleffi, Atlass Filter, and Cordivari.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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        Winners of the Competition<\/h3>

        \ud83e\udd47 Oleksandr Melnychenko<\/strong>, Brovary
        \ud83e\udd48 Volodymyr Herasymenko<\/strong>, Cherkasy
        \ud83e\udd49 Mykola Kosovych<\/strong>, Ivano-Frankivsk<\/p>

        The winner and runners-up received professional tools and materials from private sector partners to support their work at vocational schools.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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        Winners of the Competition: Volodymyr Herasymenko, Oleksandr Melnychenko, Mykola Kosovych<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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        On April 2025, the VII Practical Conference \u201cInnovations in Plumbing Education\u201d took place in Kyiv, organized by the EdUP project in cooperation with leading companies in the plumbing industry. The event brought together vocational training teachers from 22 partner vocational education schools. The conference included two key components: a soft skills development training and hands-on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16524,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75,74,67],"tags":[],"zakupivli":[],"class_list":["post-16550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-engagement-of-the-private-sector","category-new-teaching-methods","category-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16550"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16555,"href":"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16550\/revisions\/16555"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16550"},{"taxonomy":"zakupivli","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edup.org.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/zakupivli?post=16550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}