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Who is this program for?
- High school graduates in Finland, Italy, Estonia, and Switzerland.
- People able to dedicate 22 to 26 hours per week to the course.
- People interested in the areas of circular economy, sustainability, raw materials, green new deal, and green economy.
- People interested in getting a Higher Technician certificate in the span of a year, in order to better their employability.
- Fluent English speakers (B1).
- Young Europeans interested in doing a short stay in Ferrara, Italy.
A Junior Expert in Circular Economy is a higher technician that can play the role of “ facilitator” for innovation processes in relation to circular economy. He or she are able to:
- Manage a company’s quality system and quality control of product and process.
- Assess the impact of business performance on the ecosystem, implementing and promoting policies for environmental protection, energy saving and health and safety policies at workplace.
- Describe the potential and ways in which circular economy contributes to sustainable development.
- Contribute to optimize processes, products and services with regard to their potential for circularity.
- Evaluate industrial processes and products in relation to their life cycle in order to reduce their environmental impact.
- Apply project management tools, particularly in relation to project and intervention increasing the sustainability of industrial processes.
Participants of the course will be able to work in:
- SMEs and large companies from the construction, industrial, sustainability, and manufacturing (mechanics, mechatronics, automotive, agri-food, ceramics, etc.) sectors.
- Companies and consultancy firms that operate in international contexts and deal with international partners and clients.
- A variety of positions that demand highly-demanded skills in product evaluation, high environmental impact production processes, and sustainability analysis.
- Understand opportunities related to the re-design of products to increase their sustainability.
- Interact within a working group, adopting communication modalities and attitudes in order to guarantee the achievement of a common result.